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Editorial/Opinion/Blogs / Re: How popular is the AR-15?
« Last post by GtHawk on Today at 02:20:32 am »Sorta. .308? 30.06? Serviceable for deer. Elk if you're lucky and can get close. Decent. But just barely reaching into big iron. Good to 150-250 yards, maybe. Pigs, I guess (I ain't got those around here)...I think it can be reliably stated that no one would really consider going after big game at 400 yards with an AR- 15, but I think the AR-10 in .308 will reach out to 1400 yards.
Super good varmint gun in the .223... I've said as much. So yeah... hunting, I guess.
Popular enough I guess, since most folks just go for deer.
When it gets interesting... Big magnum rounds... collapsible. Something you could pack in, then assemble and reach across mountains... Enough poop to go after bighorn and mountain goat, elk over 400 yards...
You ain't even in the ballpark for moose, griz, and kodiak