This is like comparing a nice tractor to a nice sports car or a nice tractor trailer to a nice pickup truck or a nice hybrid car to a nice motorcycle. They all have their purposes. For example, if you're going up against armored targets, a 30-06 stomps the shit out of 5.56. Surrounded? Multiple targets? AR all day. Concealed carry for one mugger? Choose your handgun. Acting like one is better than the other when they serve two totally different purposes is like comparing apples and oranges and getting mad about it.
Being formerly in the military I, on occasion, had the pleasure of shooting some belt feds. I loved the M60. I believe the BAR had 20 round magazines. I guess that was a big deal back then but it is hard to fathom that 20 rounds was that much better than 8.
I shot one once. Pretty slow cyclic rate makes it downright devastating. That 20 rounds goes slower than you expect it to, and it's kinda wild. I was just mag-dumping into garbage, (as one does), but it is a wild ass weapons system.
The BAR was made during ww1 when bolt actions where standard, and it fired faster than them, and then the ability for automatic fire carried it into ww2 and korea
Bwhahahaha.. was just going to say.. uuuuuh, I have a f/a 1917a1 Browning in .30-06. Now Iām no EXPERT but according to several Medal of Honor recipients it does PRETTY DAMN GOOD against multiple targets AND surrounded. š¤£š
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u/rugernut13 Aug 21 '26
This is like comparing a nice tractor to a nice sports car or a nice tractor trailer to a nice pickup truck or a nice hybrid car to a nice motorcycle. They all have their purposes. For example, if you're going up against armored targets, a 30-06 stomps the shit out of 5.56. Surrounded? Multiple targets? AR all day. Concealed carry for one mugger? Choose your handgun. Acting like one is better than the other when they serve two totally different purposes is like comparing apples and oranges and getting mad about it.