Feelings on AR style rifles in camp?

Would you allow someone to use an AR Platform to hunt in your camp?

  • Against the idea

    Votes: 7 4.2%

  • Open minded but no

    Votes: 8 4.8%

  • A little hesitate but go ahead

    Votes: 6 3.6%

  • Go ahead

    Votes: 146 87.4%
  • Total voters
    167
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bob88144

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how would you fill about some bring and Assault Rifle platform weapon into hunting camp to use? Would you be O.K. with it or have a hard timing stomaching that decision. Honesty is welcome. I know ethics is a questions so i will i throw in a couple of factors. .308 caliber, scoped, single shot: no burst or fully auto. five round mag hunting deer out to 200 yards
 
I just bought a Remington R-25 (it was available and in my price range....and the camo has actually really grown on me).....sounds awful familiar:).....I have absolutely no problem with it, as i see this no differently than using a military designed bolt action (mauser variants etc.). Just my opinion, and i find that most military rifles can be made extremely accurate in some really cool chamberings.

Petey
 
If you do your part properly, the deer never sees what rifle you are using. The platform is only that: a platform to store the cartridge and fire the bullet.

Pops
 
While I do not own nor plan to own an EBR, I have no problem with them. I have known many folks who shouldn't be hunting with even a slingshot but it is not the weapon's fault! Florida does have a 5 shot magazine rule for rifles...
Brent
 
Fillings on AR style rifles in camp?
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Myself, I don't like fillings except in cream donuts. Oh, and jelly donuts, too. Oooh, ooh, and those Bavarian creams, and . . . oh, never mind. I think ARs are just fine.
 
Please, use the proper terminology & don't be bamboozeled by the media & politicians: It's only properly called an "assault rifle" when it is full auto. :D
 
i voted Go Ahead but i do have some warnings:

dnt be surprised if people call u Rambo

dnt be surprised if it gets handled by everyone checking it out

dnt be surprised of all the people who make fun of you show up the next year with the same gun :D
 
I suppose the same dilemna occured when a man showed up in a camp full of muzzleloaders with a Sharps or a Rolling block.Then those dang repeating lever guns.If that wasn't bad enough,folks started using those bayonet handle bolt guns from the war!!Then city slickes from Abercombie and Fitch got scope.You'd think a man with eyes could do anything with iron sights.
Brother bought an AR about 1965.SN in the 3000s range.That is only 44 years ago I started shooting one.Shooters can be a little slow to get used to new ideas.How would you feel about an 03 springfield?A rem 742?
Townsend Whelen"Only accurate rifles are interesting"

A freefloated AR that shoots less than 1 MOA is to be expected.They can have a good trigger,and mount optics well.A well placed .308 round,does it matter?
 
HiBC, I do not know the exact model but my grandma loved her Springfield .30-06. From my memory I am gambling it was a 1903 with a sporter stock on it....
Brent
 
More than likely a DCM Springfield sporter.That was back when the Government considered citizens to be good people and encourage us to be good shots.
 
As far as I'm concerned, if it's legal in your state and county, then full auto and a suppressor would be great!! Unfortunately, that combination is not legal for game animals in TX, but it is for wild pigs. I would love to be waiting with a beltfed when 50+ wild pigs come along in a bunch.

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If you do your part properly, the deer never sees what rifle you are using.
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I have always wanted to hunt with a rifle that is so scary the deer just drop dead from fear at the sight of it so I don't even have to shoot them.

Just for the heck of it I'll post this pic of my 7 year old son with his first deer. If you search you can find the original thread down there somewhere.

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I brought the SOCOM-16 out this year :D

Friend's dad made a comment about it when we went for a last-day drive, but hey, it's a heck of a bush gun.
 
As far as I'm concerned I dont care as long as its a legal caliber, I aint gonna give you crap about it, to each his own, if your more comfortable hunting with an AR platform rifle cool.
 
1: Your spell checker is working fine.
2: Your English needs a tad more work. Feelings, rather than Fillings, etc.
3: An "Assault Rifle platform weapon " doesn't exist if there is no assault taking place.

If the Wildlife Management in your area allows it, why fear it?
A Browning BAR in 308, is no different, in its end-use, than my AK chambered in 308.
The AK is just far more comfortable to shoulder and fire than a Browning.
The Browning is probably far more accurate. In heavy brush, that means little.
Here in Texas, if I run into 15 pigs and piglets, my AK is going to 'down' more meat than the Browning, due to magazine size.
An AR-10 is accurate and comfortable. Best of both worlds. And still a 308Win.

Just because some military in the world uses 'it' to shoot people, does not make it more dangerous than any other rifle.

Try it once yourself.
Shoulder a "Hunting Rifle" like a Browning. Then shoulder an AR or an AK.
Which is more comfortable for you to hold?
Cocked wrist and limited finger mobility of the Browning? Or straight wrist and full range of motion with the pistol grip rifle?
 
Honesty is welcome.
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First of all, semiautomatic rifles are not assault rifles and it P.O.s me to see otherwise intelligent people refer to them as such. Deer hunting has nothing to do with the jungles of Viet Nam nor the streets of Bagdad nor mall ninjas nor any form of assault and I resent people bandying around a military term that has been so misused by the radical antigun press. If you want to call them ugly black rifles go ahead, or even homeland defense rifles but please lose that terminology! Having said that I'll move on. Sorry for the abrasive tone but there are certain defamatory terms that should not be said in polite company.

Now, concerning the AR platform and deer hunting, I've not hunted with anything but my Grendel this year, as I consider the 6.5mm 120 grain Nosler ballistic tip to be the perfect whitetail cartridge and the rifle to be solid, water resistant and easy to carry. To date I've killed deer with .243, 6.5mm, .270, .35, .45 and .50 bullets but this little AR is the best compromise between preserving meat and knocking the deer down.

I consider the .308 to be bigger than needed for southern whitetails, but I like the concept of the Remington R-25 which has a nice Realtree camo finish. proving to all the room temperature IQ observers that even though its ugly it's not an ugly black rifle.

As for FA, burst, et cetera, my state allows semiautos but not machine guns, and allows 10 round magazines.

BTW, welcome to TFL. :D
 
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