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Les:
If you were to build an upper to hunt deer/coyote and (maybe hogs), what caliber etc. would you use?  5.56, 6.5, 6.8, 300blk? In an AR-15 platform. Cost is always an issue as well. But accuracy is paramount. 

shooter:
 go with the larger AR-10. and have upper is 243 and 308. I got a 8.5 inch barreled 308. outstanding on deer

RobertH:
As long as you achieve the 900 ft/lbs at 100 yds, do whatever you like. 5.56 won't make it. It barely makes it out of a 16" barrel. Of course this is for deer, coyotes don't have a minimum caliber. Not sure about hogs. Remember shot placement and a clean kill is best and ethical.

gsd:
bkoenig used a 6.8 one season I thought. Like Rob said, as long as you hit 900 ft/lbs at 100yds for deer, you're in the clear.

tstuart34:
I think I looked into one time and a 11" 6.8 will maintain the power factor. Now you throw a suppressor on it and that changes things again.

I checked with the Game and Parks a year or so about the power factor that they publish. The gentlemen that I spoke with said he knew of no way that the G&P had of checking your loads. It is mainly to keep dumb people from using 22lr on deer(example).

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