i just seem to lean towards firearms in in the .300 caliber range. if somebody made a 10 round .357 upper i'd be all over it since i really would prefer not to add any more calibers to the what i already have. to get the hunting performance i would like i think .300 is a good option.

i'm actually leaning more toward 7.62x39 today. may be something different tomorrow but thinking it's maybe the strongest option because of price and availability of ammo. should be ordering the lower in the next few weeks. will be shopping for uppers...

well what about remingtons 30 AR. i heard its not bad.

never hear of Remington AR... you think it will be more popular than .300aac? jus a week or so Bass Pro here started stocking a .300aac AR15. I still think I may be leaning toward a x39. I'm not a huge fan of th ar15 platform but one good thing about them is you have plenty of options.

I've read that the 300AAC is much more reliable in the AR platform than the 7.62x39, also that its a great deer sized game cartridge.

Why not just get a mini thirty? Mines been great!

Yeah, the 7.62x39 is having issues.

That said....and I say this with regards to all of the specialty calibers....I have yet to meet a deer that didn't expire at the expense of a 62 grain TSX.

EDIT: Or a Hog for that matter...

that's what I thought I saw somewhere SP... was hoping that they had worked some of that out by now. thing is I have my m1a that I'm hoping its finally right. it's still a little bulky to me and the ammo is going to cost me. as much as I want performance I think I want something I can put a lot of round through and not break the bank. x39 would do that but aac probably not so much... which is why I was thinking x39z

i do almost wish I was okay with .223 but just prefer looking at .300 caliber ammo I guess. after watching a guy reloading .300aac im on the fence on which way to go. It looked simple enough and loading various .300 caliber ammo has been on my mind. Wouldn't be anytime soon but think the plan would be to load .9mm, .38, .357, .308 and another rifle caliber. Would probaly just buy x39 but I'm guessing reloading it would be an option if ever get there. I would more likely look into loading .300aac at some point if I went with that.

I also like 7.62x39, lazi. I bought a stainless mini thirty ten years ago its been a great rifle, very reliable. A little heavy with the wood stock, but I think I prefer wood on that rifle.

Lazi...what is it about 5.56 that doesn't do it for ya? Perception of lethality?

I'd argue it's more about the bullet selection, than the caliber. That, and knowing your ethical limitations regarding distance on targets.

Ishi...I can't wait to eradicate some hogs. My AR is still a couple of months away from being ready, though. Maybe I'll take some out with my 30-30 or S&W 29 in the meantime.

it's just my perception Ish. have no doubts that 5.56 is a very capable round. I love my fiveseven and it would be my go to handgun if things went crazy. and I'm acutally the same way with .400+ calibers. I have a nice short sub2000 .40 that should be fine with most .40 cal ammo. Even some of the hotter stuff but i still want a .357 lever action so I can shoot .357 and .38 special.

i really thought long and hard about a mini30. always comes back to "ahh...". I never remember what it is that shuts me down to the idea of one but it's always something.

i was thinking of doing to do a .357 lever action or .300 ar15 when a group buy came up for the AR lowers. I got my name on the list so now I'm making plans.

S&W makes an upper that shoots 300 Whisper and 300 AAC interchangeably.Gives you more options, might be worth taking a look at.