NEW GI 6.8 SPC
Anybody got anything on the newly-developed 6.8 SPC designed to replace the .223 cal which is getting so many of our boys killed in Iraq and Afghanistan?
NEW GI 6.8 SPC
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NEW GI 6.8 SPC
A bad shot is often caused by a loose nut behind the buttplate
I don't have any inside/1st-hand knowledge...
but http://www.google.com/search?q=GI+6.8+SPC
gets some interesting "hits"...
also, it seems there is consideration for the Grendel
I'll stay with my .223 and .308 until they have some experience
to get my attention...
but http://www.google.com/search?q=GI+6.8+SPC
gets some interesting "hits"...
also, it seems there is consideration for the Grendel
I'll stay with my .223 and .308 until they have some experience
to get my attention...
Re: NEW GI 6.8 SPC
Are you saying you think the 5.56mm round is insufficient for a combat role? When I look at the casualty reports, it appears to me that most of our troops are being killed by IEDs.jaeger45 wrote:NEW GI 6.8 SPC
Anybody got anything on the newly-developed 6.8 SPC designed to replace the .223 cal which is getting so many of our boys killed in Iraq and Afghanistan?
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Re: NEW GI 6.8 SPC
You ARE correct.Blindpig wrote:Are you saying you think the 5.56mm round is insufficient for a combat role? When I look at the casualty reports, it appears to me that most of our troops are being killed by IEDs.jaeger45 wrote:NEW GI 6.8 SPC
Anybody got anything on the newly-developed 6.8 SPC designed to replace the .223 cal which is getting so many of our boys killed in Iraq and Afghanistan?
And of those killed by enemy AK's, a few have been killed both in Iraq and Afghanistan by Bad Guys who'd been hit several times by our M16's and still were able to fire back and kill some of our boys- which should NEVER happen, WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED if those BG's were hit by .308 rounds or the .30 Ball M2 of old. That's all I'm saying.
I'll reprint here the entire article written by a retired USMC officer, plus the results of my own very unscientific but very personal experiments on the compared hits of the .223 and the .30 cal Ball M2.
A bad shot is often caused by a loose nut behind the buttplate
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OK, I'd be interested in reading that. Too bad we can't survey all those ragheads that are now enjoying their 77 virgins or whatever that were sent to paradise by that lowly little 5.56mm round.jaeger45 wrote: I'll reprint here the entire article written by a retired USMC officer, plus the results of my own very unscientific but very personal experiments on the compared hits of the .223 and the .30 cal Ball M2.
I've got an AR 6.8 spc, and have grown to like it very much. Very accuate, have dependable and I can't wait to go hunting with it to see what it will do. I expect to be deer and hog hunting within the next couple of weeks and it's going to be the rifle of choice.
As for the Grendel, I don't think that it's going to make it very far, several issues with it from what I have read.
As for the Grendel, I don't think that it's going to make it very far, several issues with it from what I have read.