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re: AR hunting rifle?

Posted on 1/24/14 at 9:47 am to
Posted by bapple
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Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 1/24/14 at 9:47 am to
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Bap. Since the subsonics are higher in weight but slowe, is there any lack of penetration issues vs a lighter supersonic? For, say, a 120 yd shot?


I'd say within 150 you would probably only see a few inches of drop. But I imagine past that range it would start dropping considerably.
Posted by dstone12
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:03 am to
This thread always poses a good question.

Folks ask it because they want ONE gun to be the 'end all, be all' when they have to travel light (in a shite flies scenario).

No one ever wants to try to answer it, because there is no real answer to the question.



That said, 5.56 is here to stay. Too many guys have bought one, and combine that w the fact that the military doesn't want to change. And you have a bulk production ammo caliber more than ever. It will continue to be here for a looooooooong time. You don't have to be a gun guy to know that the average person that just bought a $1000 ar ain't going to a 6.5 or 6.8 then has to buy thousands of new rounds.


Even if military adopted 6.8 or 300 blk en mass, it would take a long time to get those ammo boxes of 20 rounds down to $7.99.

Apparently they are looking for cartridge-less ammo and want to skip the next cartridge of choice.
This post was edited on 1/24/14 at 10:09 am
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