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Would you recommend making the 300 a carbine and the Beowulf the midrifle?
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I would not think 300 blk would be a good SHTF gun just because when the time comes the ammo will be way more rare than the standard (aka military) 223/556 but if thats what you really want for a home defense situation I could go either way. More energy out of a middy versus a carbine, less sharp recoil impulse from the middy compared to carbine, but with a carbine you get a better cyclic rate ( but unless you have an auto sear your not gonna notice that) and you can get shorter barrels usually but this also drop velocity. If your going standard 16" 300 blk then I would prefer the middy for better long range accuracy and less sharp recoil impulse and more muzzle energy.
As for the beowolf I dont know anything about that round but since you want to "big game" hunt with it I would say maximize your barrel length and maximize gas length in order to get more muzzle energy and velocity out of that projectile. but like I said I know nothing about that round.
Personally if I were getting my first AR I would start off with a 556 gun, learn the weapon and see if you like it (of course you will what am i thinking) then upgrade to the more expensive calibers. You can always have one lower and put different uppers on it (at least for 300blk, there are many others I dont feel like listing) for different applications but always have that real SHTF 556 upper waiting to be used in that circumstance
One mans opinion.