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AR15's are not Hunting Rifles. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] frezik@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Nah, it's a small round as rifles go. "High powered military rifle" is a complete misnomer.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The likely issue there is less the size of the round and more the impact of the pressure wave on tissue. Body shots with a standard high-powered rifle round may not leave much useable meat on something the size of a rabbit.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, if you want meat. Farmers usually want to control rabbits from eating everything else.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

5.56 is a waste of money for rabbits though

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

A small round traveling really fast can do a lot of damage, not a great round for small game - stick to .22 or birdshot.