What are your thoughts on this round for whitetail hunting? Pros & cons. Trying to decide between this and an AR-10/ 308. Thanks.
Don't waste your $ on 6.8!
The people that say you can't hunt deer with a 5.56mm are just plain ignorant and wrong. Go with the standard 5.56mm round and never look back.
There are plenty of rounds that will kill a deer. There are also limits as to what is actually legal to use to kill a deer. The poster in this thread is looking for options other than the 223/5.56, and as teddy12b clearly pointed out, its an issue with legality. Many states strictly enforce laws that limit the calibers and/or cartridges that are legal for deer hunting.The people that say you can't hunt deer with a 5.56mm are just plain ignorant and wrong. Go with the standard 5.56mm round and never look back.
Nobody here is saying that. Read before postign please. Of course a 5.56 will kill a deer, but not all states allow it . . .
Just curious, but what kind of configuration were you thinking about in the 6.8? The one I had was an M4 looking rifle, and I wouldn't buy that again. However, that Stag hunter model looks like it'd be the cats @$$ if a guy wanted a hunting 6.8 that was setup for accuracy.
There are plenty of rounds that will kill a deer. There are also limits as to what is actually legal to use to kill a deer. The poster in this thread is looking for options other than the 223/5.56, and as teddy12b clearly pointed out, its an issue with legality. Many states strictly enforce laws that limit the calibers and/or cartridges that are legal for deer hunting.