Talk:Bushmaster XM-15

Recent edit
Preserving here by providing this link. I restructured the "Variants" section by removing unnecessary section breaks. Changes to the copy were minimal. I also tagged the article for primary sources, as a number of citations are to sales catalogues. Please let me know if there are any concerns. --K.e.coffman (talk) 00:05, 4 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Preserving here by providing this link. --K.e.coffman (talk) 02:27, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

I've done a general revert for convenience sake. I feel there are a number of reasons to roll back these recent changes. I see no benefit in reducing the details in the specifications. This is especially true of things like length where barrel length is a critical factor in overall rifle length. The same is true of weight. The range stats I'm less concerns about since range is heavily dependent on the particular round being fired. So that is a change that is only getting rolled back because it's easier to revert all. The sales brochure providing barrel material is also something I'm rather indifferent on. It's not a critical detail and it's self cited but non-controversial information like this is reasonable to cite to the mfr. While "Notoriety" isn't a great section name, "Use in mass shooting" is not an appropriate section name given the DC snipper shootings weren't technically a mass shooting. They were a series of individual shootings and thus shouldn't be under a "mass shooting" heading. I will restore the comment about "an American sociologist who studies gun violence in the United States" as it is relevant to the section. Springee (talk) 02:59, 8 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Seems like a logical approach. -72bikers (talk) 14:29, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Sandy Hook
I partially restored the material that has recently been removed: diff, on the details of the post-Sandy Hook lawsuit. I believe that the information is relevant since the lawsuit concerned this particular model specifically.

I did not restore the various dismissals / appeals. I might add a sentence that further progress on the lawsuit has been forestalled by the bankruptcy proceedings. --K.e.coffman (talk) 21:48, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Not a weapon used in the Iraq war by the US… stop saying this…
This is not a weapon system used by the American military as it is not up to par for military use as it is a semi automatic weapon and finest have a select fire option. 2600:8800:8289:900:481C:7E80:C99B:981E (talk) 10:49, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

How would it be modified to accept higher capacity magazines than NY allows?
Most AR pattern rifles accept stanag magazines, including this one-- which have no real capacity limiter, other than weight. It doesn't really make sense to say that it was modified to accept a mag that it should already accept without issue... 98.15.246.54 (talk) 20:40, 24 November 2022 (UTC)