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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
You would consider using a 5.56 for hunting deer? As that would not be a round I would choose. 7.62 is a full length rifle cartridge, and not quite so popular as an assault rifle round due to the recoil and size. It is a popular hunting and sniping round due to its ballistics and better kill probability.
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People hunt deer with pistols but yeah a deer would be on the upper end of the scale of things i'd hunt with the 5.56. It's a fine coyote round though, even the slower 55 grain version.
The point is the AR series are indeed valid hunting weapons though again that is not the purpose of the RKBA.