Semiautomatic Rifles
 

I anticipate purchasing a semi auto rifle, preferably with a military style but not necessarily. I am looking at ranges of 300 yard plus for varminting and perhaps deer, if that is feasible. I am looking also at something that would be compact and would accept a scope. I probably have not narrowed things down too much but would like suggestions. I am not concerned about the price. I need accuracy and range as the primary criteria. Thank you in advance.

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Ar-10 Carbine or M1-A Scout/Squad Rifle come to mind for a military type rifle that could come close to doing all that. I think the AR-10 also comes in .243-Win.,.

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an L1A1 will do the job....also called an FAL...most are chambered in 308..and most of the ones i shot were pretty accurate...rapid fire at 50yds is nothing to hold them all on a paper plate...never really grouped one..but my dad did and he was really impressed...i will group mine this spring to see....i dont have a scope on mine....just the factory peeps...you can buy them new and ive seen some really nice new ones...DSA is a good maker i think...other than that all i know to tell you is look whereever you can find military type rifles...or assult rifles...or an AR-10 yould work....i know they come in a few calibers...

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Ar-10 or AR-15 would be the most common answer here, but I' m going to recommend either a M-14 (M-1A) or M-1 Garand. I' ve hunted both, and LOVED both, the Garand getting my favorite vote. The M-14 is a lot nicer to carry, since it' s a lot lighter and much shorter, but I' m a .30-06 far through and through, and I found the extra weight to actually be helpful when taking offhand shots. For your ranges, either would be great at it (.308 or .30-06 basically) but the M-1Garand would probably be noticeably better.

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Varminting at 300 yds. requires a very accurate firearm. There are Semiautos today that are a lot more accurate than they were in the passed but I don' t know of any that are 300 yd. varmint accurate. Browning and Remington make semiauto hunting rifles.

Robin.

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Natty:

The only thing about buying a .22 cal. is it may not be legal to hunt deer with it in your state. Good luck.

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i will second ridgerunner.....i read an article in shotgun news last month or the month before......all aobut diffrent ar-15 2 pages on accurazing one...the company ridge runner talked about is in there and shotgun news field tested it and got groups of .29 i believe....check them out before you insist they wont do it...if you put a good high power scope on a well built AR not even a accurized one i bet it will hang with factory bolt guns....most people dont treat semis like bolt guns and just spray lead and have fun with them......i used to do that until i seen what they do.....many are more accurate than given credit....

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Then I guess someone has never been around many M1-A' s then.

Because I' ve yet to see any bolt action hunting rifle, equipped with iron sights do any better.:)

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I' ve shot a few AR' s that I can comment on. I' ve shot a out of the box stock AR that was very difficult for me to shoot if only because the terrible trigger and unnerving loud rattling sound it made when it fired. I' ve also shot a NM AR that felt ver solid and had the most perfect trigger I' ve ever felt that was more accurate than any bolt rifle I' ve shot. I' ve never shot a NM M1A but have seen guys do incredible things with them, I' ve shot a Beretta Model 59 which is an Italian versian of the M14 that wasn' t very accurate however. You really get what you pay for with semi-autos.

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Very true, there are many guns today rebuilt from scrapped out guns. Some of which have literally been drug through a jungle.
And many of their " new" recievers are not built to original spec' s either. Whith the cheaper ones you may get a bargin or a real lemon.