Reply #111: I see downthread you recognized the AR-14/5 flip.. [View All]

[X_Digger]

Actually, the M-16 preceded the AR-15 though. Full auto came first, for the military, then the civilian semi-auto, not the other way around.

The AR-15 makes a great 'varmint' gun, for hunting small game at a distance (rabbits, prarie dogs, ground hogs.) The normal round it's chambered in is too small to hunt deer.

Guns that are commonly used to hunt deer and larger game? Are much much more powerful.

Here's a comparison picture I made for someone who didn't know the difference between various rifle calibers.



The middle round, 243, is about the smallest round that most hunters would use for anything larger than a ground hog (woodchuck / whistle-pig).

Here's a much larger chart of different rifle ammunition. Notice how far to the left the 223 is (denoted as #16).



A rifle's lethality isn't really based on it's design / cosmetics / color. It's about caliber.

As I mentioned upthread, _all_ rifles were originally designed to kill people in war. So I'm not understanding your aversion to certain guns based on what they were originally designed to do.

Can you clarify what characteristic makes a rifle okay or verbotten?