EnZym3 wrote:
Assault rifles are designed to bring large volumes of fire on a target (not necessaily in a pin point accurate fashion). This is called fire superiority. You don't need fire superiority when hunting. If you can't hit the game in one shot stay at home.
Actually, they are supposed to bring it on target in a reasonably pinpoint fashion. That's why most of them now have a 3shot burst instead of only a full auto option. That is the case at least for the US military IIRC. The soldiers were firing full auto and not doing a bit of good even in a suppressive role. With the 3 shot burst, they can land all the rounds fairly close together. Granted, I've never been hunting before, but I would imagine a 3 shot burst would be better than a single shot with the weaker rounds. Of course, I imagine part of the thrill of hunting is to take down the game in one shot, which is why hunters use the higher caliber sniper... oops... hunting rifles. Bow hunting is real skill I think as you need to be both hidden from the prey as well as get close enough and be accurate enough with the arrow. However, if my family was hungry, I wouldn't care what I used. That animal is going to be dead
. An assault rifle is just more versatile than a hunting rifle. I would rather have an assault rifle if I had a bear charging me. Yeah, a few rounds aren't going to do much to it, but I bet 30 will make it think twice