I'm currently in the process of building a bolt rifle in .308, with the single purpose of hunting. I have everything but the scope and stock(which is on order at manners). I'm considering selling everything except the stock and saving it for future build. I would like to get an AR in the 12.5-16 inch barrel range. I would use the AR for work(police), hunting(coyotes, whitetail deer, and hogs). My only real option for calibre is .223/5.56, because thats all our department authorizes. What I would like to know is...have any of you ever hunted deer with this similar setup. All I have ever hunted with is .308, but I know a .223 will stop a deer dead. What velocities are you getting out of the shorter barrels, and what are the twist rates. If I go with the AR option my max range will be 300 plus or minus 50-100yrds determined by conditions. If I stay with my single purpose bolt action I can reach 1k at our farm shooting steel, but 500yrd max for hunting(my personal limit). Just looking for some of you that have hopefully tried this route on an AR platform. My price range is $1500-$2500.
I also posted this in the hunting/fishing section, but no one spoke up....so here it is in the semi-auto arena.
I also posted this in the hunting/fishing section, but no one spoke up....so here it is in the semi-auto arena.