i'm not sure any AR platform in 308 that is light...i would much rather have the bolt gun if my hunting application involved and significant amount of walking.
If you are a stand hunter, then most any would do for me...i have killed several whitetails with an armalite.
"You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."
Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, 1941
"A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left."
Ecclesiastes 10:2:
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