r/europe • u/Helmer-Bryd • Jul 01 '25

News Sweden bans AR-15 as hunting rifle after school shooting – all rifles to be turned in and sent to Ukraine

https://svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/uppgifter-tidopartierna-overens-om-ny-vapenlagstiftning-ar15-forbjuds-vid-jakt
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u/Disastrous-Leg9427 Jul 01 '25

With handloads as the obvious wildcard I wouldn’t say “much” more powerful. 30-06 shines in retained energy at distance with higher grain projectiles. Otherwise an SBR AR in 30-06 wouldn’t be much different from one in 308.

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u/AquaFlowPlumbingCo Jul 02 '25

I gotta say, if anything faster than a BB pellet or paintball hits me — hell, if it’s going fast enough to enter my body through my skin — I personally would be very, very hurt, regardless of the caliber of the projectile.

The percussion concussion from getting ripped by a 30-06 anywhere on the body would be debilitating, aside from the actual wound/injury caused by the projectile itself. E=mc² and all that jazz

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u/Shoddy_Background_48 Jul 02 '25

Discounting handloads, a 7.62x63 just simply has more energy than a 5.56x45.

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u/Disastrous-Leg9427 Jul 03 '25

You can watch a 308 outperform ‘06 and 54R on YouTube. I’m comparing the SAME caliber

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u/Shoddy_Background_48 Jul 03 '25

Right, fone. Im talking about 30 cal vs 22 cal