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To: combjelly who wrote (946278)	7/10/2016 11:35:50 PM
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But the most common barrel for an AR15 is 16". The 20" barrel is for the M16. You are simply wrong - one is a carbine the other a standard issue rifle. Most rifles are 20", most civilian carbines are 16". The 16" or shorter gun is generally called an M4, while the M16 is 20" and by no means a sniper rifle. The AR15 is also a 20" gun normally and the 16" is called an M forgery. :-) What kind of moron hunts with an AR15? Certainly no one interested in the meat. Again your ignorance is amazing - the AR platform comes in dozens and dozens of calibers and is being used extensively as a hunting weapon today. It's a very nice varmint rifle for prairie dogs, coyote and hogs, especially in 6.8SPC for hogs. I own several in various calibers including .22lr, .223/5.56, 6.8spc, 9mm, 7.62x39, 300 blackout and .308. The bigger the caliber you use the smaller the magazine you generally lug around as it gets heavy. The AR has nothing to do with the quality of the meat - your caliber selection and shot placement are more important. One big seller is buying a single lower with a nice trigger and then simply swapping uppers - and bingo it's a new caliber, new gun for another purpose. Having a common lower platform helps create/build repeatable skills no matter which upper you use.