Posted: 6/29/2010 3:51:21 PM EDT
| I stopped by gander mountain today just to take a look at some shirts,decided to go to the back and look at the new "Hunting" type ARs. I came across one in a 7MM with a $1,500 tag. Anybody have one? |
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308. 243win 7mm-08 223. In five years ever hunter will have this gun. Uh, no. These rifles can't touch what many of us are capable of building, and many hunters would rather spend 350 on a bolt gun that's just as, if not more, accurate. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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308. 243win 7mm-08 223. In five years ever hunter will have this gun. Uh, no. These rifles can't touch what many of us are capable of building, and many hunters would rather spend 350 on a bolt gun that's just as, if not more, accurate. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile ^this. not to mention, if you had that lineup, what does the .308 do that can't be done by either the .243 or the 7mm 08? (or vice versa) I went the other way and just have the .308 bolt gun to do the job of both those other guns, and the .223 for speed/capicity/handling semi. As far as "every hunter will have one", nope, they won't. Every medium/large game animal in North America can be taken with a .308 and even some small ones. All at a "reasonable" price for the bolt gun and the ammo etc. Not to mention in the "big" AR platforms, it gets stupid expensive stupid quick buying guns, uppers, mags, ammo, optics etc etc I had one at one time till I opened the safe one day and looked at my $4k rifle w/8 mos worth of dust on it... I'm not that guy and put it on the EE that day. |
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I think the AR-10 pattern rifles have more military applications than they do hunting applications. For most hunting, a bolt gun is the better tool IMO.
That said, I will be hunting this season with one of my AR-10s, but mine isnt a 10 lb nightmare like those things, it is about 7lbs with optic. |
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I think the AR-10 pattern rifles have more military applications than they do hunting applications. For most hunting, a bolt gun is the better tool IMO. That said, I will be hunting this season with one of my AR-10s, but mine isnt a 10 lb nightmare like those things, it is about 7lbs with optic. That's still more than enough gun. Arkfroader and I have both put whitetail down with 5.56 guns, and done so humanely. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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308 is borderline overkill for Arkansas white tail. Anything bigger is definatly overkill, unless you're planning on some multi hundred yard shots. IMO, anyways. And lets face it, 9 out of 10 hunters cant print a group at 100 yards, much less farther away. Living so close to the mayflower range, I see some truly pathetic shit come fall. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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308 is borderline overkill for Arkansas white tail. Anything bigger is definatly overkill, unless you're planning on some multi hundred yard shots. IMO, anyways. And lets face it, 9 out of 10 hunters cant print a group at 100 yards, much less farther away. Living so close to the mayflower range, I see some truly pathetic shit come fall. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile This would be fun to watch. |
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visit this link at your own risk.... http://www.fd-defense.com/FD338 |
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Could be a boat load of fail. Could be interesting. Anxious to see what kind of mags they use for the 338. Pretty sure the pmags aren't awesome enough to cram in a round that much bigger than 762 NATO |
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you are a VERY ugly man, Tweeder..... ETA: damn Texans.... He makes a much uglier woman when he dresses up for his night job... uugghhh. Quoted:
Could be a boat load of fail. Could be interesting. Anxious to see what kind of mags they use for the 338. Pretty sure the pmags aren't awesome enough to cram in a round that much bigger than 762 NATO looks like the mag size is WAY off of what it'd take for a 338. Nice renderings, but in the manufacturering biz, you can't sell renderings... show me real steel and aluminum and then show me a couple mag dumps and other functionality tests before you say your rendering is worth $5k. anyone can draw pretty, and say "I'm gonna..." |
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Dusty, I'm almost done with the renderings of your custom bumper and rock guards. Thank ya buddy. 
Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile no prob man... Ah hell, all Dan needs is a I-Beam on the front of his Jeep welded to the frame. He dont like any of that fancy shit!
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