Such hostility and not very "High Road" from some of you. Whether you agree or not, piling on like a pack of feral dogs is very unprofessional. Some of you are not even giving thought to any points fragout has given.
The truth is, a "General Purpose Rifle" is not any one particular configuration. The bolt action 6mm I grew up with was equipped with nothing but a Weaver 4x and a sling, made an excellent GPR for me. Whether anyone agrees or not, I don't care. I also put a Mountain Rifle chambered in 280 Remington to use as a GPR. It too worked very well in that role. Other rifles, including the M14, a FAL, Garand and an AR in 5.56 have served as GPRs. Don't like my choices? Tough. They worked. Get over it. Don't like fragout's choice? Tough. Get over it. You wanna discuss why? Fine, we're adults here. Wanna continue being pissy? There's the door. I'm sure the mods can show you to it. Yes, I'll be using the Report This Thread option