Springfield figured it out in 1906, now that is funny. The 1903 Springfield was a military weapon, and back then an assault weapon. The 1906 round 30 caliber was a military round as well. The '98 Mauser is the father of the pre-'64 winchester model 70, another military rifle. The Enfield, with its bolt ****ing on closing setup was strictly for military purposes, and on and on and on. 9mm luger, 45 ACP, 1911A1, 223(5.56), 308(7.62), were all military at some time or another. 12 ga pump was used as a military trench gun so effective, didnt the germans accuse us of violating the Geneva Conventions? The idea an AR is an assault weapon is a political PC term, and can be twisted to include anything and everything. You may wish to consider looking into Australia's gun bans, as to what was considered an assault weapon. It is just another semi-auto that has a different look, no different then your BAR, Browning Golds, Remington 1100's, etc.
If we start finger pointing on what we like and dont like, in the end it wont matter. United we stand, divided we fall. There wont be hunting, or weapons to hunt. I dont like model 700 safeties, they are too military like with their two position system, does that mean it has no place in the woods since it may give a tactical advantage to the hunter?lol. Heck we could argue baiting and game fences are wrong. Fact is, if you dont like it, then dont use it. Using an AR is less harmful then the 2 idiots poaching in Oklahoma the other day during muzzleloader season when one shot the other by accident.

Back to the topic, the 25 wssm brings something to the table for the AR platform, but for bolt action rifles, it has to fight some stiff competition with the 25-06. With the modular format(adult erector set) of the AR, I think it will become a popular hunting round for the AR only guys.