I heard that term on the Channel 2 news this morning and spit out my coffee. What in the hell is it? Is this just more stupidity from the media about guns?

 

Here is a link to an article that stated it:

 

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/04/08/NYC-hostage-rescue-leaves-4-cops-wounded/UPI-49641333899203/

Considering that it was stolen in a free state, my guess would be an SBR AR or AK. Legal where it came from, not so much in NYC and the hands of a convicted felon.

Wonder if they meant a carbine?

It doesnt surprise me that NYC doesnt know what a SBR is.

Glad the officers will all be ok. Unfortunately the perp lived.

Considering that it was stolen in a free state, my guess would be an SBR AR or AK. Legal where it came from, not so much in NYC and the hands of a convicted felon.

 

Na, probably a standard gun that was actually "sawed off". SBR's aren't as popular as we think. They can be expensive.

Na, probably a standard gun that was actually "sawed off". SBR's aren't as popular as we think. They can be expensive.

 

I have to agree with this. I would honestly think that someone with a legal SBR would have a more than adequate safe to prevent theft.

Na, probably a standard gun that was actually "sawed off". SBR's aren't as popular as we think. They can be expensive.

 

a simple SBR AR is pretty cheap.. $200 stamp (I think) and then a pistol upper..

 

not exactly earth shattering when you consider the coin a lot of people have tied up in guns..

There was a documentary about automatic weapons that someone posted a week or so ago.In the segment talking about Camden and the illegal guns seized they shown in the camden PD a few sawed off AK's they picked up. The ak47's had the barrel cut down right to the piston and no stock so it could be hidden under a coat.

Saw a pic of the weapon on the news this morning... looked like someone chopped off (or otherwise removed) the rear stock of an SKS (or derivative.) It really really looked like the picture of the SKS-M on wikipedia, except it was either a terrible picture or someone painted it grey with a rattlecan.

I got a mental image of some guy hacking the barrel of a rifle short and then wondering why he can't hit %@*+# with it

Saw a pic of the weapon on the news this morning... looked like someone chopped off (or otherwise removed) the rear stock of an SKS (or derivative.) It really really looked like the picture of the SKS-M on wikipedia, except it was either a terrible picture or someone painted it grey with a rattlecan.

 

HA! so it's not even a rifle.

HA! so it's not even a rifle.

 

How do you figure???

Yes , and in the article they said the guy had armor piercing .223 ammo.

 

Very glad all the officers and the babies are ok.

How do you figure???

If the stock WAS cut off.

I got a mental image of some guy hacking the barrel of a rifle short and then wondering why he can't hit %@*+# with it

 

That is exactly what I had imagined!