Hunting with the AR-10
Guy Sagi, the Editor in Chief of Shooting Illustrated, has written about his experience hunting antelope with an AR-10.
It is great to see semi-automatic rifle hunting going mainstream.
8 Responses to “Hunting with the AR-10”
Sort The Responses Below: |
-
danwrote on October 06th, 2009 at 6:39 am Link To Comment |
My question is, what caliber in the AR-10 was he shooting that used an 80 grain bullet? If he was carrying an AR-10, why not a 308 with 150 grain SP?
Please rate this comment:
0 
0 -
Allenwrote on October 18th, 2009 at 3:38 am Link To Comment |
According to the original link the caliber is .243 Winchester. And the rifle being used is not an Armalite AR-10. It is DPMS LR243L.
Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
Toddwrote on November 30th, 2011 at 9:29 am Link To Comment |
I shot a whitetail in Montana with a RRA LAR-10. One shot, behind the shoulder, from 120 yards. DRT.
I got the 26″ barrel, and this gun is HEAVY. Unless I have to lug the gun two miles or more into the bush, then you better believe I’ll hunt with my AR-10.
Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
Heathwrote on October 05th, 2009 at 4:56 pm Link To Comment |
That scope looks wild on that AR. Perhaps he has a sun shade on it?? I checked SWFA and they do indeed come with a sun shade and are offered in two different reticles; mil-dot and Balistic Plex. They run $700 t $740 depending on the reticle.
But I agree, it’s good to see article where the black rifle is getting positive things said about it! Can you imagine trying to belly crawl with that heavy thing? Yikes!!
Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
John K.wrote on October 05th, 2009 at 1:40 am Link To Comment |
I don’t hunt and if I did, I’d probably prefer a regular, old bolt action I’m familiar with over a .243 Winchester EBR (seems like that’s really pushing it for large game but what do I know?). Having said that, to each his own. It’s good to see someone who goes out there and actually gives something new a try instead of outright dismissing it (remember the whole Jim Zumbo thing two years ago?).
I’ve had way too many hunters tell me that they don’t care about politics or don’t feel that issues like the AWB or CCW affect them. And when I ask them why they feel that way, I often the usual excuses (“it’s not my fight”, “I don’t need feature X”, etc) which boils down to “well, they’re not going to take *my* rifles so screw you”. Then I point out that Mausers, Lee-Enfields and Mosin-Nagants (ie. common BA rifles that look “normal” to the average person) all seemed to do their job pretty just 60 years ago and that an inanimate object, like a rifle, is no more or less deadly if you take off all the tacticool stuff and replace the plastic with a nice wooden stock.
Hell, Simo Häyhä killed 500+ Soviet soldiers and all he had was a “hunting rifle” with iron sights. What makes you so sure that your rifle won’t be banned?
Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
michaelwrote on October 04th, 2009 at 2:43 pm Link To Comment |
Great pic if only we could hunt like that down here in Australia. One question though is that scope one of the new Ziess scopes with built in laser range finder?
ThanksPlease rate this comment: 0 0 -
Stevewrote on October 04th, 2009 at 2:46 pm Link To Comment |
michael, I think it is a Burris Laser Scope (built in range finder)
http://www.burrisoptics.com/laserscope.html
Please rate this comment: 0 0 -
Lancewrote on October 03rd, 2009 at 7:26 am Link To Comment |
Still take a M1A over any AR-10 to hunt with it has better durablity.
Please rate this comment: 0 0
Leave a Comment
-
Twitter
-
Email Subscription
-
Facebook
Top Posts
-
Categories
I shot a whitetail in Montana with a RRA LAR-10. One shot, behind the shoulder, from 120 yards. DRT.
I got the 26″ barrel, and this gun is HEAVY. Unless I have to lug the gun two miles or more into the bush, then you better believe I’ll hunt with my AR-10.
According to the original link the caliber is .243 Winchester. And the rifle being used is not an Armalite AR-10. It is DPMS LR243L.
My question is, what caliber in the AR-10 was he shooting that used an 80 grain bullet? If he was carrying an AR-10, why not a 308 with 150 grain SP?
That scope looks wild on that AR. Perhaps he has a sun shade on it?? I checked SWFA and they do indeed come with a sun shade and are offered in two different reticles; mil-dot and Balistic Plex. They run $700 t $740 depending on the reticle.
But I agree, it’s good to see article where the black rifle is getting positive things said about it! Can you imagine trying to belly crawl with that heavy thing? Yikes!!
I don’t hunt and if I did, I’d probably prefer a regular, old bolt action I’m familiar with over a .243 Winchester EBR (seems like that’s really pushing it for large game but what do I know?). Having said that, to each his own. It’s good to see someone who goes out there and actually gives something new a try instead of outright dismissing it (remember the whole Jim Zumbo thing two years ago?).
I’ve had way too many hunters tell me that they don’t care about politics or don’t feel that issues like the AWB or CCW affect them. And when I ask them why they feel that way, I often the usual excuses (“it’s not my fight”, “I don’t need feature X”, etc) which boils down to “well, they’re not going to take *my* rifles so screw you”. Then I point out that Mausers, Lee-Enfields and Mosin-Nagants (ie. common BA rifles that look “normal” to the average person) all seemed to do their job pretty just 60 years ago and that an inanimate object, like a rifle, is no more or less deadly if you take off all the tacticool stuff and replace the plastic with a nice wooden stock.
Hell, Simo Häyhä killed 500+ Soviet soldiers and all he had was a “hunting rifle” with iron sights. What makes you so sure that your rifle won’t be banned?
michael, I think it is a Burris Laser Scope (built in range finder)
http://www.burrisoptics.com/laserscope.html
Great pic if only we could hunt like that down here in Australia. One question though is that scope one of the new Ziess scopes with built in laser range finder?
Thanks
Still take a M1A over any AR-10 to hunt with it has better durablity.