I own exactly one AR. It was an itch I had to scratch, and secretly wanted to tweak the noses of people who didn't think I should own it. Discovered how much fun it is, shot it a bunch, got tired of it, and now it sits out of sight cleaned and oiled with a couple ammo cans full of the handload it likes, waiting for the call I hope it never gets.
I stepped out of character and carried it hunting a couple times. Being a 20" H-Bar with fixed stock and 1-4x scope it is no lightweight. Ergonomically it's different than my other hunting rifles in its weight class- not better, not worse, just different. I did get a few sideways looks from some young tacticool hunters who I guess couldn't figure out the old guy dressed like a 1950's Field and Stream ad, carrying a black quick-shooter. That itch has now been officially scratched too.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
