Hoplophobes who wouldn't know a falling block breach from a falling cinder block love to parrot how AR-pattern rifles serve no sporting function. Then how come so many semi-automatic rifles that survived decades in the pre-Stoner market have been discontinued in the years since? And how come the EBR is becoming such a common site in deer stands and hunting lodges?

Author notes a number of semi-auto sporting rifles no longer in production

Category of guns that the AR Pattern has destroyed

...It is interesting how the hunting rifle market after WWII went more and more towards the semiautomatic and then as the new millennial approached. The market shifted towards bolt actions. Of course, the rise in popularity of the AR pattern rifle immensely helped kill other designs....