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What does this have to do with a spice drawer and make up. That’s just bizarre.
And I was not saying every item in my example of "have it and not need it" was the same or served the same purpose. I was speaking of why people have any number of things in their home/lives that other people would wonder "why would anyone need that?" The person asking the "why" is doing so from a narcissistic, self-absorbed perspective based on the belief that the world does or should think like them, and since they cannot figure out a reason to own a semiautomatic rifle, they cannot figure out why anyone else would have a reason to own one. I used examples of common, even ubiquitous items that people own that others might ask that same about to illustrate that particular point.
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Originally Posted by natalie469
Real hunters don’t use this easy method of killing.
My semiautomatic is chambered in .308. Here is Outdoor Life discussing the .308 Winchester round for hunting:
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The .308 Winchester is certainly the most successful short-action big-game hunting round in history. It’s been used worldwide on everything short of dangerous game and is a perennial favorite among whitetail hunters.
In a well-constructed action, it is one of the most accurate rounds out there and is capable to 500 yards on deer and other big game.
My .308 semiauto IS a proper hunting rifle. Real hunters have been shooting .308 at deer in this country since the 1950s. What should a real rifle season hunter be using? I specifically bought a longer barreled version of my rifle so that it is essentially a hunting rifle with greater flexibility of purpose. Given that hunting is a 1SK thing, how a second round gets chambered (manual cycling of the bolt or my gas piston doing it) is almost entirely meaningless. Neither of my precision bolt actions are chambered 308, but I am considering a .357 rifle for straight-wall regs in Ohio. I have easy access to several 308 Win states though, so my long barreled, hunting optics 308 semiautomatic will indeed suffice for "real" hunting.
But since you speak so authoritatively on "real hunters" perhaps you can clue me in to what specific firearms, calibers, barrel lengths, optics, etc are used by those folks. Regale me, please.
What does this have to do with a spice drawer and make up. That’s just bizarre. Real hunters don’t use this easy method of killing.
Wrong. Many hunters use this platform for hunting, mostly smaller game though, for medium game and up, more powerful rifles are used, or a larger caliber in the AR platform.
They should have added inexpensive as well.
In interviews with TIME, leaders of 15 state shooting groups said semiautomatic rifles are popular with hunters in their states. Hunters say they favor the gun for its versatility, accuracy and customizable features for shooting animals.
Fair point. Personally, that is why i chose the AR15. I don't hunt, so i don't need anything high powered but wanted a semi auto to plink with and defend my family with, so went with a pistol version. Bonus, with the AR in 5.56...it's a weak enough round, my wife can shoot it, and our local indoor range allows it. And with the pistol version, i can toss it, and a few hundred rounds in a backpack when we travel to our rural cottage.
My reason for my semiauto in 308 took years before I settled on the specific rifle. I wanted an all in one platform that could do decently precise marksman hobby shooting, also be a capable hunting platform, and should a need ever arise, serve as both self-defense and long term survival rifle. And I wanted a common, nearly ubiquitous ammunition. I have other firearms for their rather specific purposes, and was looking for a proper "all 'rounder" platform.
That's why I have a longer (20") barrel, chambered .308, precision instead of combat optics, side mounted iron sights and most importantly, piston vs direct impingement. It created, FOR ME, the best overall performance value across multiple current and possible future uses and scenarios.
I also have access to several outdoor ranges that allow virtually any caliber, so practice time is no sweat, even using high powered cartridges.
Just one more rifle in the safe for the most part, but it has its specific role, same as the other ones.
Wrong. Many hunters use this platform for hunting, mostly smaller game though, for medium game and up, more powerful rifles are used, or a larger caliber in the AR platform.
They should have added inexpensive as well.
In interviews with TIME, leaders of 15 state shooting groups said semiautomatic rifles are popular with hunters in their states. Hunters say they favor the gun for its versatility, accuracy and customizable features for shooting animals.
I hand load 80 grainers for the wife's AR. I carry one loaded in 6.5 Grendel and .50 Beowulf for starters. You can take pretty much any game animal in America with it.
I hand load 80 grainers for the wife's AR. I carry one loaded in 6.5 Grendel and .50 Beowulf for starters. You can take pretty much any game animal in America with it.
Sweet.
Those must be fun. Like shooting a FAL with an 11" barrel. j/k No really, I know a guy who has one. Real fun to shoot at night.
And in the meantime, high cap mag sales in AZ and Nevada are booming
Benitez last month also ruled California's ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines unconstitutional. But the 9th Circuit subsequently allowed that statute to remain in effect while the state appeals.
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