In the 1990s, many "prepper" and "militia"-types turned to .308 due to the 1994 magazine freeze. If you have fewer rounds, then you need to make the most of each round. That in part is the rationale behind my suggested "Homeland Defense Rifle." The end of that freeze has, though, spoiled many 2A practitioners, and between that and having watched too many "A-Team" reruns, they think lighter 5.56/.223 is the way to go. My hope is that recent legal turns will make them think more in the 1990s way in this regard
But even barring that, the generations coming behind us very likely will do so. If the gun bill recently (July 2022) passed by the U.S. House of Representatives becames law, not only will it freeze the number of civilian-legal "high-capacity" magazines in private possession, it will also apparently bar their transfer to other private parties. In other words, YOU can have what's yours, but your children and children's children will be stuck with 15 rounds. No inheriting, and no "grandfathered" ones buyable. A larger caliber makes all the more sense.
See link below for the concept.
Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD: E19: "My original fudd: The rather PC 'Homeland Defense/Militia Rifle' concept." (catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com)
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html
