Back in the '80s I had an old ex-Somali version AR-10 that I hunted with in BC. Nice gun, took more than a few mulies with it. And very corrosion resistant in our humid wet coast forest.
Had a very interesting chat with two RCMP that I caught driving their 4x4 through the back of our posted property... "Hey, what sort of a gun is that?" "Just a .308, you do know you're on private property?...!" Smiles all round, and no issues... But then was then and now is now...
Surrendered it years ago, when laws changed, AFAIK, it's still the example in the VPD armoury.