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New from CMMG: Muzzleloading AR-15

January 18, 2012

Yep, you read that right. As if Tactical Bacon wasn’t zany enough CMMG is making a 50 caliber muzzleloading AR-15. The main charge and projectile are loaded down the front of this 20 inch barrel, but the user needs to place a primed 5.56 case (no powder, just the primer) in the chamber to light the thing off. The gun uses a standard AR-15 bolt and bolt carrier but the gas system is inoperable, meaning you need to manually cycle the action. Ammunition is stored inside the single shot sled-like magazine block. When asked why they made such a thing, the rep replied “we got drunk one night and someone made a bet.”

16 COMMENTS

Moonshine7102 January 18, 2012 At 13:49

What in the…? I don’t even…
pair-o-dee January 18, 2012 At 14:01

Checks calendar to see if April just rolled in…
Jeff O. January 18, 2012 At 14:16

“We got drunk one night…”

All great stories start this way.
- Here iam January 18, 2012 At 14:18
  
  Truth in advertising..
- Moonshine7102 January 18, 2012 At 14:19
  
  And some not-so-great. Lest we forget: the consumption of alcohol has been known to cause minivans.
  - Jeff O. January 18, 2012 At 15:30
    
    I am so stealing that!
    - Moonshine7102 January 18, 2012 At 15:32
      
      Be my guest. I can’t remember where I first heard it. I suppose if SOPA passes, I’ll have to start citing a source.
DrewR55 January 18, 2012 At 14:18

Yes ladies and gentlemen,
We have the one and only, the first muzzle loading semi-automatic assault rifle. It’s just what our founding fathers had in mind. /snicker

All the same, is it legal for black powder season?
Matt Gregg January 18, 2012 At 14:29

As goofy as this is it still isn’t as bad as that damn Mossberg 464 SPX.
- jimmie January 18, 2012 At 14:56
  
  How dare you make fun of my next rifle!!
James January 18, 2012 At 14:38

‘When asked why they made such a thing, the rep replied “we got drunk one night and someone made a bet.'”

Just the sort of people I want designing my next weapon.
- kaluce January 18, 2012 At 16:13
  
  That is EXACTLY who I want designing my next rifle. I’ve seen some crazy things, but this one definitely takes the cake. hah.
Todd S January 18, 2012 At 16:36

It’s still better than a Hi-Point…
Keith Wade January 19, 2012 At 16:44

A bet is one thing but producing it is another
Liberty4Ever January 19, 2012 At 23:02

That “getting drunk” story is just a cover to conceal something far more sinister. This was an evil ploy by a marketing department that knows there is a small but exploitable segment of gun buyers who will be compelled by their mental illness to purchase this, for no other reason than it’s an AR they don’t already own. Maybe it started with all of the “collect the entire set” marketing of freebies in breakfast cereal when they were kids.
Badman400 January 19, 2012 At 23:18

I know that was directed at me and my “collection” of XDs, and I resemble that remark.