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re: AR hunting rifle?
Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:03 am to bapple
Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:03 am to bapple
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.
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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Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:07 am to dstone12
To me the biggest advantage of the .300 blk is having one rifle that will handle two calibers with just the change of the upper. Pop two pins and bingo a different weapon platform. Already having several AR-15 rifles and many mags for them makes the .300blk a no brainer in my case as compared to the 6.8 or even a .308, 7mm-08 etc. in the AR platform.
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