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12. Semiautos are normally limioted to 5 rounds in the magazine when hunting big game.

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A lever action can put rounds down range almost as quickly if one is so inclined. Granted, the semiauto can be reloaded considerably faster...but given that the vast majority of hunters usually fire only one or two shots when hunting a big game animal, what's unsporting about the semiauto?

I can imagine similar conversations taking place in 1910 ("No hunter needs a scope! That's just cheating!) and 1885 (No hunter needs a repeater! They're just lead pumps!)

Like it or not, the AR-15 is one of the most popular hunting rifles in America, and will be only more so for the next few decades.

I'll be going hog hunting with my friends later this year. I plan on using a Bushmaster AR-15 chambered in 6.8mm SPC. On the other hand, I could take my M1A SOCOM in .308. I could also go really old-school and use a Swedish Model 96 Mauser in 6.5 Swedish which is 114 years old and shoots like a dream. It's been sporterized (something I normally can't stand) but someone did a really nice job on it, cutting it down to 17" with a Mannlicher-style stock. I bought it at a gun show for only $200 around ten years ago, and it came with a Leupold scope!
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Decisons, decisions....