Re: The reports so far with some editorial....
Got to disagree, Lysenko. The StG 44 was select fire meaning it could, at the flip of a switch, change function to fire either semi-automatically or fully automatically and was designed around 1942. An AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle and never was capable of fully automatic fire although it was later developed into the M-16 which is a select fire rifle. The AR-15 itself is based on the AR-10 which was designed as a replacement for the M1 Garand and all were semi-automatic with the Garand being developed in 1928. Thus, although the action changes from a long stroke piston rotating bolt in the M1 Garand to direct impingement rotating bolt in the AR variants the lineage is not from the later developed Sturmgewehr. About the only common trait is the pistol grip stock which is largely cosmetic.
I'll also argue that having a quick follow up shot provided by a semi-auto when hunting is not only useful but more humane. Hunting conditions vary greatly from one moment to another and one cannot predict things like wind gusts or the twitches a deer might make. A quick follow up shot ensures a quicker and more humane kill in the event the first shot doesn't quite find its mark and only serves to wound the deer. No hunter I would hunt with desires to bring pain or suffering to an animal, all try their best to make clean quick kills, and all hate the thought of losing in the brush a wounded animal that will likely endure a slow and painful death.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
