Dunno, I"ve killed a lot of stuff with irons on an AR upper....
And todays combat ARs run glass...
Understand that. I've done the same with irons on bolts and levers.
I would feel very undergunned going into combat with a bolt gun and 3 or 4 in a blind mag and perfectly fine taking the same rifle on a big game hunt.
Glass topped or irons, my first choice for combat would be an autoloader with a high-capacity mag. That same rifle and mag would be my last choice for a big game hunt and illegal in many if not most or all states.
Which reminds me - I need to get 5-round mags for my two AR15s and AR10. Might take them hunting one of these days just to piss off the snowflakes.