Mostly big game hunters prefer centerfires like Ruger American Rifle, Winchester XPR renegade etc. Why AR 15 is not in big game hunting lists. Is there any Customization ideas out there for an AR 15 build to make it for big game hunting?
When's the last time you shot a Deer Melvin? Like never? 100 yard brain shot is optimum with a AR-15 .223? You really don't know anything do you?there's people who really CAN hunt (and shoot) and then there's people like the lops here. who are lucky to be able to hit a deer's vitals at 100m, if they cant shoot from the bipod.
I'd love to find one but all the reasonable priced ones around here look like they were dragged behind a tractor.Back when I did a lot of deer hunting, my caliber of choice was .308 Winchester. It is one of the calibers of choice in the AR platform. At that time I did a lot of long range shooting regularly so I felt very confident with engaging a target at 500 yds.
I had a Remington M788 in .308 for 14 years, bought it in 1979, fantastic rifle. For a 5 year period i used to put a 1000 Canadian 7.62mm Ball through it each year. After 5 years it still gave groups of 1 1/4" at 100 yards.
I shot my bragging shot with a Remington M788 fitted with a Bushnel/Banner 4x scope fitted with a BDC. I was using Remington 150 grain Core Lokt. I was hunting on the prairies and only able to get within 450 yds. I got into the prone, snuggled up to the stock, dialed into 450 and gently squeezed. 6 pointer mulie buck, 1 shot, heart shot! He went straight down. I never started out hunting season unless I had fired a minimum of 200 rds in practice for that year.
If you have an opportunity , buy one, great guns
I bought a beautiful 1919 Rock Island Arsenal 1903 with a burnt out barrel about 8 years ago. I had a horse shoe up my butt when I found 3 brand new 1903 barrels on the internet, bought them and rebarrelled mine. Once I got it finished I found out that BATF wouldn't let me bring it into the US for matches. It was considered to be "US Ordnance supplied to a foreign power".I'd love to find one but all the reasonable priced ones around here look like they were dragged behind a tractor.
I currently have 3 Remington's a 1903A3 and two heavy barrel model 700's a .308Win and a .300Win Mag.
Still would love to happen upon a 788.
Getting "a solid brain hit" at only 100 yards sounds easy doesn't it, when we're sitting comfortably in climate-controlled living rooms tapping on our computer keyboards. Let's look at the real world application, and the tolerance-stacking that comes into play.it depends mostly upon your ability to get within 100m and get a solid brain hit. Then a 223 softpoint drops them like rocks.