I'm not talking about the caliber, I'm talking about the gun itself, the action. At it's most basic, it's the action that makes the gun whatever it is. In other words an assault rifle, regardless of caliber, is mainly due to the fact it has a full automatic action. Yes, it will typically be a bit more ergonomical than a standard rifle due to having a different stock, etc, but the action makes it what it is, nothing else. Taken further, a semi auto rifle, regardless of caliber, is still nothing but a semi auto rifle, regardless of it's appearance.
To take it to a level that even someone completely unknowledgeable on guns can understand, check out the links below. Both links show Mosin Nagant rifles. The first has them in their original wood furniture from way back around 1930. The second shows one in a new stock being made for them by Promag. It gives them a 'more sinister' appearance, as well as a detachable magazine, where the original had only a 5 round, internal mag. Too many who see the second one are going to say it's some sort of assault rifle, or even a 'sniper rifle', simply because of it's appearance. The thing is it's nothing but an early 1900's bolt action rifle, in a more modern looking stock.
That said, I understand what your saying, and your right, there are hundreds of wildcat cartridges out there. Even then most of them are based off of a standard round that someone has 'upgraded'. Think about it though, there are hundreds, or more, calibers across an equally large line of rifle brands and types. It's been that way for a long time, and there are more added every day. Heck I can by a brand new AR style rifle, or carbine, that shoots nothing but .22 LR, or even a 9MM pistol cartridge. Still, there is nothing about either of them that I would even remotely call an assault rifle, yet due to the way they look, the anti's are all over them.
In the end, it's a combination of the rifles action, as well as ergonomics that make it an 'assault rifle', and it has nothing at all to do with either the appearance or the caliber.
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