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Posted: 12/4/2007 11:56:12 AM EDT
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Always with the excuses... |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 11:57:32 AM EDT
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Since you guys mentioned it, I'm headed over to the AR forum to find out what I'll need for a 6.8 build.
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Posted: 12/4/2007 11:58:50 AM EDT
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I'm not afraid... but I certainly don't need the hassle of re-buying a stash of ammo and magazines. Not only that but it could be a fad, like the next .45 GAP or Betamax. No thanks in that case! |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 11:59:26 AM EDT
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I don't need it for deer hunting here in Texas where .22 cal centerfire is legal. And because I reload, a box of Swift Scirocco IIs makes .223 just as effective.
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:00:14 PM EDT
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It ain't working. Keep trying. I'll buy in when the caliber is cheaper and more available. |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:02:37 PM EDT
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I would build one if they offered a 45 long colt that would also cycle 410 shotgun rounds for squirrel and rabbit.
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:05:04 PM EDT
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Maybe because Remington is supposedly (so I heard, may or may not be true) dropping it from production?
I think, when the manufacturer for whom the ammo is named ("6.8mm Remington SPC") is discontinuing the round, it might just have some viability issues. Yes, it's superior to 5.56 in many respects. So's 6.5 Grendel, and it offers a better long-range performance envelope. And Wolf Gold 6.5 G is becoming available...not so much the 6.8, AFAIK. I'd rather the 6.5, once I get my 5.56 AR together that is...(have to move to a free state or build a Kalifornicated AR here, damn SB23 and Roberti-Roos) |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:09:21 PM EDT
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How many companies produced handguns for .45 GAP? How many companies made ammo for it? Right now there are 14 6.8 AR MANUFACTURES to include the 'big names' of Bushmaster, DPMS, Rock River Arms, Stag Arms etc. There are another 10 companies that produce custom uppers and rifles. You can even get piston AR uppers. ( ETA: For those keeping score at home that is 3 times the number of companies that produce 9mm AR rifles and about 4 times the number of companies currently producing 7.62x39 uppers/AR style rifles ) Besides ARs you can get the 6.8 in rifles such as the XCR, the Ruger Mini-14, Remmington LTR, and the Thompson Contender. There are 3 domestic ammo plants that also produce brass (SSA, Hornady, and Remmington) as well as a number of smaller shops that turn out ammo. |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:10:54 PM EDT
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No they just are selling it in Austrailia anymore. If you don't live 'Down under' it's not an issue. |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:20:03 PM EDT
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That's nice. But it's still totally a boutique caliber, sorry to say. |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:31:50 PM EDT
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First, I like guns in the original caliber they were chambered for. I've had way too much negative experience with caliber conversions of all types. Feeding unreliability, ammo availability, magazine problems, etc, etc.
Second, I see no caliber vacuum the 6.8 fills that isn't already filled with something as good, or at least as good, and much more available. Third, ammo is scarce, expensive and brass is also expensive and not readily available. Fourth, humans aren't that hard to kill, 5.56 works fine. And if one doesn't work, shoot them a few times more, there's 30 rounds in the magazine. |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:56:09 PM EDT
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That is true for all calibers these days. And right now I have an easier time finding/getting 6.8 than I do 5.56
If you don't think it's readily available then you're not looking. I've never had a problem getting brass. I've even manages to score some at the range. Expensive? New 6.8 brass is cheaper than new .308 brass. |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 12:59:08 PM EDT
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Why are people afraid of having the 6.8mm Remington SPC for their ARs?
Not afraid, just no interest. You might want to rethink your choice of words. |
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Posted: 12/4/2007 1:05:18 PM EDT
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I'm not afraid.
 
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Posted: 12/4/2007 1:13:48 PM EDT
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Who's "afraid?"
 I had one and it was okay, no complaints. I decided that a .308 AR platform made more sense for me for a lot of reasons. (Platform and caliber consolidation played a LARGE part in my reasoning. Also, I don't reload.) So I sold it (and the mags, and the ammo). I have no problems with the chambering or its enthusiasts, it just wasn't for me. I don't, however, understand all the trash-talk over it... maybe that's just me. 
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Posted: 12/4/2007 1:16:01 PM EDT
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No fear. Just don't have the $ for one yet.
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Posted: 12/4/2007 1:26:49 PM EDT
[#17]
 Touche'. |
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