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Barrel Fluting and observation
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10 years 6 months ago #38678
by Siscowet
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I have always had a compact with the animals I hunt: Aside from vermin and pests, I will always make use of their meat, and never kill them just to kill them. Also, I will always try to make their demise as painless as possible, that means doing everything possible to make sure they die after the first shot. As fine a rifle as my AR10's are, I am afraid that temptation of having a readily used second or third round might be too much temptation. Now if it was feral pigs I was hunting, that would be different. They are man made pests that do serious damage, and to be able to take out two or three at a time would be useful. But with deer, bear, etc., I have never yet needed a second shot, except to dispatch someone else's mistake, to take them out of their suffering. For that reason, I will continue to use my trusty 30-06 bolt action for game, and save my AR10's for fun and self protection.
Replied by Siscowet on topic Barrel Fluting and observation
Ranchwagon wrote: Having read the pro and cons for barrel fluting, it sounds to me, it ain't cheap to install a fluted barrel that will save weight and maintain accuracy. I can understand where the price is worth it with the exception of hunting.
I used to reload and shoot a lot but with bolt action hunting type rifles and had several that I could shoot 100 yard groups with all 5 rounds touching a quarter sized dot. Some were custom built and some were not. Less optics, I doubt if I had any more than a $1000 in anyone of them.
I guess I'm just an old tightwad, but for hunting, I'll stick to the old bolt actions. But for fun and defense, I love my AR's, both in 5.56 and 7.62.
-agree:I have always had a compact with the animals I hunt: Aside from vermin and pests, I will always make use of their meat, and never kill them just to kill them. Also, I will always try to make their demise as painless as possible, that means doing everything possible to make sure they die after the first shot. As fine a rifle as my AR10's are, I am afraid that temptation of having a readily used second or third round might be too much temptation. Now if it was feral pigs I was hunting, that would be different. They are man made pests that do serious damage, and to be able to take out two or three at a time would be useful. But with deer, bear, etc., I have never yet needed a second shot, except to dispatch someone else's mistake, to take them out of their suffering. For that reason, I will continue to use my trusty 30-06 bolt action for game, and save my AR10's for fun and self protection.
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