Welcome to new members who, just coincidentally, use assault rifles to hunt!

[overthehillvet]

189. Different rounds for different needs

I have been on hunting trips to Wyoming with my 308 length AR lower and three different upper receivers. 22-250 for prairie dogs in the afternoon, .243 WSSM for antelope in the evening, and .308 for mule deer the next morning. One lower receiver and the three appropriate calibers I needed in the different upper receivers. The uppers go on and off the same lower receiver in seconds. Do you really believe that this concept of hunting rifles will go away any time soon. It is much easier to buy the one lower receiver and then buy the upper receivers in the calibers that you will need or want. You do not have to buy several different expensive rifles and scopes that way and they are much easier to transport.
Also the AR upper Receivers are not the part of the rifle that is registered and can be delivered directly to your home.
I think your views on the AR platforms are very narrow and not fully informed. Everything changes and that includes hunting rifles. That change does not depend on you seeing a need for the change or agreeing with the change but this change is already well underway.