The AR is a very good platform for hunting. Up here, we could use Robinson Arms in -say- 6.5 Grendel, but it come to over $2.5k. RDB and Tavor are not there yet.
Without the AR - which would come at a comparable price with a bolt rifle - the interest is exponentially diminished, as tinkerers are not motivated and the novelty not spread... making the whole deal arduous.
A lot of Canadians hunt with SKS and many used M14. That would be a crowd interested in Grendel or 6.8...

Last edited by Eltorro; 02/08/21.