r/canadaguns • u/raymondtrudeau • Jul 23 '26

Misc Question

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Anybody know what gun his mag would used in? Looks a lot bigger than 5.56-.223 to me.

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u/Cre_AK47 Name Prohibited by OIC Jul 23 '26
  1. - Likely for an AR-10.

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u/Xyzzics Jul 23 '26

No conservation officer needs an AR-10! /s

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u/Cre_AK47 Name Prohibited by OIC Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

"You don't need an AR to hunt down a deer" - Government.

Also Government - "Our Conservation Officers NEED AR-10s as they're the best tools for the job for deer/wildlife management".

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u/GodsGiftToWrenching Jul 23 '26

To extend on the point of "you don't need an AR to hunt deer"

The government hiring zew Zealand and american sharp shooters with AR-15's to cull deer on an island in BC, complete with 30 round mags, and suppressors, from helicopter. The program costed millions and many hunters said they would gladly fill extra tags to help the cull, they were denied

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u/Ben-jams Jul 23 '26

They culled the wrong deer ontop of it.

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u/yourunclegord Jul 23 '26

If that is true it wasnt an accident just like them not giving the tags to locals so the meat wouldnt get wasted.

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u/Ben-jams Jul 23 '26

The expert marksmen from the U.S. and New Zealand only managed to kill 84 deer, 18 of which were the wrong species of deer.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10517770/sidney-island-deer-cull-costs-millions/

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u/noveltyisthe Jul 24 '26

Don’t blame the Kiwis, the Yanks gave them the wrong info….again!

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u/ecclectic Jul 24 '26

Worked out to something like $20000 per deer killed. So fucking stupid.

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u/AresV92 Jul 24 '26

Fuck hand me $20,000 in cash I'll go kill every single deer on the island with a knife tied to a stick!

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u/ecclectic Jul 24 '26

Everyone was pissed about it, the FN were more than willing to do it, but the government said that was 'bad optics'

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u/noveltyisthe Jul 24 '26

Common sense says that is too much….

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u/wpgffs Jul 23 '26

They did the same in western Manitoba a few years ago to help stop the spread of CWD. I’m not sure if they ever released the data from the cull on how many deer may of been infected

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u/AresV92 Jul 24 '26

Same near Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. Banned ARs then paid foreigners to use suppressed ARs to kill deer destroying the town. All a racket to make money and suppress our freedoms.

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u/613mitch Jul 23 '26

Last i checked, the helicopter one was suppressed bren 2 ms rifles, not ar 15s - though im sure there have been contractors using AR15s well in the past.

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u/yummybunnybear Jul 23 '26

Also: "Ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines... You think the deer have Kevlar vests?" - Joe Biden

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u/EnvironmentBright697 Jul 23 '26

I can’t think of a better rifle for grizzly defence than an AR-10.

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u/Dickastigmatism Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Cougar too, I imagine. It's very simple though, as they are Peace Officers their lives are more important than ours.

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u/LeVieuxLoup Jul 23 '26

What about a .45-70 lever-action? It's chambered in an even bigger cartridge while also being fast.

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u/ptv83 Jul 24 '26

Owning both, the AR-10

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u/EnvironmentBright697 Jul 24 '26

I’d want a semi-auto against a charging grizzly

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u/GrayCustomKnives Jul 24 '26

Fast, but nowhere near AS fast, and with something like that fast is damn near tied for number one priority. Realistically most people can probably squeeze off 7-8rounds from an AR-10 in the time it takes to get 3 out of a lever gun. Some may miss but that’s still way more noise, flash, and potentials holes in Pooh.

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u/AresV92 Jul 24 '26

Easy to short stroke in a stressful situation. The old adage of manual actions being more reliable is no longer the case with these very tried and tested semi automatic actions available (until they were banned).