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[Capt. mike]

I guess what I'm asking is with just run of the mill FMJ is there really that much difference in a 300 to a 5.56. I love me some 7.62x39. But it suffers all the problems cited by 5.56 haters, it just punches holes too. Any of these will kill someone dead in one shot if its in the right spot but what advantage does the 300 have besides the fact that people love ARs and they wanted them to grow up to be an AK that they could dress up like a barbie doll.

[Rumbler]

As a guy with a well documented disdain for the AR platform in general, I can say what it is for me; the flexibility.

But . . .

1) I don't shoot run of the mill FMJ. Ever. I can't afford that and the performance is substandard.

2) With the same gun I can shoot 230gr bullets that hit like a ton of bricks so quietly you really don't need ears on even unsuppressed, to "AK-47 +P +accuracy".

But . . . admittedly the mechanical issues of the AR platform still exist.

Jafar kinda talked me into giving the AK platform a try - I know this is a coming out of the closet for me - but I like it. It is NOT as flexible, but undeniably it is a solid, reliable, combat effective weapon, one I could afford to feed factory ammo. I used to poo-poo all MBRs that didn't start with an M1 . . . but even closed minded 'ol SOBs like me can learn new stuff.

I guess what I'm asking is with just run of the mill FMJ is there really that much difference in a 300 to a 5.56. I love me some 7.62x39. But it suffers all the problems cited by 5.56 haters, it just punches holes too. Any of these will kill someone dead in one shot if its in the right spot but what advantage does the 300 have besides the fact that people love ARs and they wanted them to grow up to be an AK that they could dress up like a barbie doll.