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while the AR is an accurate weapon, at longer ranges it's ability of the 5.56mm round to do serious damage to the target is always going to be far less than the 7.62 NATO will do.
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Not if you can't hit what your aiming at. It's about Marksmanship, the shooter not the rifle.
Give you an example, I went to a HP match yesterday. Two shooters stand out. One shooting a M1A super match, one an as issued CMP M1 Garand. There is no doubt the Super Match will out shoot the as issued Garand using surplus ammo, but the Garand shooter at this match out did the M1A shooter by 20 points at 600.
Another something to take into consideration. Everyone knows the 45 ACP is the cats meow for stopping power. @820 fps the 230 grn 45 ACP develops about 340 ft lbs of energy (muzzle energy), a 77 grn 223 develops about 450 ft lbs of energy at 700 yards.
If one was to pay attention to High Power shooting, he would know that people are legging out quicker with the ARs then we did with the M14s. Younger people and ladies are getting more involved in HP shooting, and more juniors and ladies are legging out since the ARs have shown up. Why is that? Because the ARs are easier to shoot.
Plus the ARs are cheaper to shoot, both in rifles and ammo.
The main thing is the shooter, regardless of what rifle we're talking about.