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Offline diggdug

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SOCOM
« on: May 20, 2008, 05:48:18 AM »
Could someone please enlighten me? ???
What does SOCOM stand for and what is a SOCOM AR?
Most people say I'm an idiot!

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Re: SOCOM
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2008, 06:24:06 AM »
i believe SOCOM  is an acronym for Special Operations COMmand. SOCOM AR would be a civilian advertising ploy to suggest their AR is what SOCOM would select in a semi-auto rifle.
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Re: SOCOM
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2008, 08:05:25 AM »
i believe SOCOM  is an acronym for Special Operations COMmand. SOCOM AR would be a civilian advertising ploy to suggest their AR is what SOCOM would select in a semi-auto rifle.
another gold star for sharon.   i never could figure out what they were thinking when they named it that, other than it sounded cool.

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Re: SOCOM
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2008, 08:10:32 AM »
(chuckle)
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Luke 22:36-38

Honor the American Soldier and Sailor, the source of Our Freedom

Really, it only hurts when I breath - SharonAnne

An armed society is a polite society - Robert Heinlein

THE TREE OF LIBERTY MUST BE REFRESHED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS - Thomas Jefferson