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Posted: 12/18/2005 9:56:08 AM EDT
Bushmaster discontinues the 308 ,but is currently testing 7mm.I dont get it,just make a 6.8 and be done with it ,mags are already available.
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 1:18:53 PM EDT
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Bushmaster discontinues the 308 ,but is currently testing 7mm.I dont get it,just make a 6.8 and be done with it ,mags are already available.



Why would they discontinue it and what 7mm are they testing?  Where did you hear this?
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 1:33:57 PM EDT
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Bushmaster discontinues the 308 ,but is currently testing 7mm.I dont get it,just make a 6.8 and be done with it ,mags are already available.



Why would they discontinue it and what 7mm are they testing?  Where did you hear this?



From the Bushmaster site;
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 1:40:36 PM EDT
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Bushmaster discontinues the 308 ,but is currently testing 7mm.I dont get it,just make a 6.8 and be done with it ,mags are already available.



Why would they discontinue it and what 7mm are they testing?  Where did you hear this?



From the Bushmaster site;
www.bushmaster.com/shopping/accessories/Images/m17s308.jpg



Hmmm..  I'm not surprised about the bullpup though.  But what's with 7mm?
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 3:17:24 PM EDT
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I heard this from an employee of bushmaster.I thought the same thing why 7mm.
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 3:19:32 PM EDT
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Well the ad does say exciting new products,I was just hoping for 6.8.
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 3:37:28 PM EDT
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Thats wierd, what 7mm platform are they going with, if it's true?
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 4:16:59 PM EDT
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Perhaps they are just talking the 7mm-08.  Barrel extension, bolt, magazine would all be the same.  I have been building the 7mm-08 on the AR-10 platform for years.  Where it is no where near as popular, nation wide, as the .308, I can't imagine that they would do it.
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 6:20:53 PM EDT
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neither can I
Link Posted: 12/18/2005 6:36:07 PM EDT
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Or perhaps by 7mm they mean 6.8 but are calling it something else for whatever reason. Like with the various names for the .300 Whisper. Or Alexander Arms calling 5.45x39mm .21 Ghengis.

Tsh77769
Link Posted: 12/19/2005 8:09:53 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 12/19/2005 1:51:52 PM EDT
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Who is the employee that told you this I love how rumors get started



Can we say this rumor was just "owned"?
Link Posted: 12/19/2005 5:11:22 PM EDT
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Time will tell
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