What do you want to Assault?
My .223 Remington can assault a Woodchuck with assaultive authority, one shot-at-a-time. My bolt-action, four-round magazine would not be very effective in today's terrorist wartime, but 14x accuracy may make up for that short-coming during homeland defense. I can get five rounds of authority by shoving one up the spout in addition to my tiny reservoir, but that's it. I am so much an American Sportsman that it often hurts. I know criminals don't follow any rules, nor do terrorists. An AR-10 in .243 Winchester could blow-away my best efforts, firepowerwise, but I remain undaunted with my "Homeland Defense" .223 Remington loads containing 60 grain Nosler Partitions. I call them "maximum delivery loads" and they split shale rock, such as found in Utah. Stay armed with the best you have, and terrorists should drop like flies. Love America: Cliffy