06-02-2012, 10:26 PM
rickOshay Wrote:Is the issue here about semi-auto hunting rifles, or just the AR-15 platform? Or is it the 6.5mm caliber? Others have already given good answers in favor of the caliber. Is the issue really about negative views of the AR?
With regards to semi autos: Ruger, Remington, Browning autoloaders have been taken into the woods for decades. And now Benelli has joined the pack with the cool looking R1. Would a Remington 750 in 6.5 Grendel be more accepted as a hunting rifle than a 6.5G Remington R-15?
It is unfortunate that Outdoor life ran an article on the top 20 semi-auto hunting rifles, but 12 of the 20 were AR variants. http://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/galler...me-hunting
Interesting to see the negative views of ARs in the comments below the article.
On the AK outdoor forum there was a comment regarding the safety/hazard or an autoloader. Specifically, how this particular hunter was uncomfortable walking around with one in the pipe before and after a shot. From what I'seen this is the second most common argument against outside of calibers and mag capacity being too much/unnecessary.