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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: NataSS on October 15, 2009, 09:59:56 AM

Title: Evolution of the modern hunting rifle.
Post by: NataSS on October 15, 2009, 09:59:56 AM: http://nssf.org/msr/video.cfm

Dont know about anyone else here but I frequently use my AR10 on hunts.
Title: Re: Evolution of the modern hunting rifle.
Post by: huntnphool on October 15, 2009, 10:07:52 AM: Personally I think adding all these traditional hunting calibers to the AR platform will go a long way in diminishing the "assault weapon" tag placed on these firearms. I think its a good thing myself.
Title: Re: Evolution of the modern hunting rifle.
Post by: Buckmark on October 15, 2009, 10:16:04 AM: Quote from: huntnphool on October 15, 2009, 10:07:52 AM
Personally I think adding all these traditional hunting calibers to the AR platform will go a long way in diminishing the "assault weapon" tag placed on these firearms. I think its a good thing myself.

:yeah: X2
Title: Re: Evolution of the modern hunting rifle.
Post by: NataSS on October 15, 2009, 10:18:49 AM: Right now there are a metric of cal. choices for the AR platform. I have a friend of mine that is using Olymic Arms AR's exclusively on his hunts. I cant remember what the cal was of the one he brought when i hunted with him last but the casing was a big fat body and the projectile was probably in the .243 size.

He said it shoots flat as a board and will pretty much stack rounds on top of each other.

EDIT: Found out it is a .243 SSM
Title: Re: Evolution of the modern hunting rifle.
Post by: Straight Shooter on October 15, 2009, 10:45:42 AM: Quote from: NataSS on October 15, 2009, 10:18:49 AM
Right now there are a metric of cal. choices for the AR platform. I have a friend of mine that is using Olymic Arms AR's exclusively on his hunts. I cant remember what the cal was of the one he brought when i hunted with him last but the casing was a big fat body and the projectile was probably in the .243 size.

He said it shoots flat as a board and will pretty much stack rounds on top of each other.

EDIT: Found out it is a .243 SSM

The .243 WSSM is ballistically the same as the .243 Win... just shorter and fatter... just like the .25 WSSM vs the .25-06. I picked up a Win Coyote in .25 WSSM for my dad a few years ago... not a real popular cartridge, but he reloads and enjoys it.
Title: Re: Evolution of the modern hunting rifle.
Post by: thinkingman on October 15, 2009, 12:06:43 PM: The uninformed might take this as 'psycho hillbillies with assault rifles running around in the woods'.
We need to consider our image, as tough as that might sound.
Title: Re: Evolution of the modern hunting rifle.
Post by: demontang on October 15, 2009, 12:30:39 PM: I use an ar15 for yote and plan on getting a 300ossm for big game