Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles AR for hunting, need advice

As true as that is, the original military designs have been refined for hunting because the needs are very different.

Kind of like how race car design helped define the modern automobile and military aircraft helped define the modern passenger aircraft.

Today you see more and more bolt action "AR" rifles intended for target and hunting rather than combat. The bolt versions are no more handy than their auto-load cousins but they do have advantages for their intended use.