New Marine Corps weapon to replace SAW

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One of the problems of the 6.5 gr is that it is very difficult to adapt to metal linked ammo.

This is a rumor based on conjecture by Stan Crist. I've been watching this misinformation go 'round the world. Fascinating how internet rumor takes on a life of its own.

Fascinating, indeed. Sorta like using "conjecture" to describe the facts that I presented a decade ago. :p

What I said in my 2005 magazine article is that the 6.8 SPC case dimensions appear to be far more compatible with the M27-type link configuration than is the shorter 6.5 Grendel case. The result is that it would necessarily be more difficult to design a viable link for the Grendel case. These are demonstrable facts, not conjecture.

Consider the RPD with metal-linked 7.62x39 Russian ammo. Parent case for the 6.5 Grendel. Proof of concept?

6.5 Grendel rounds certainly seem to fit very nicely in RPD links ( http://www.xcrforum.com/forum/attachment...ge0422.jpg ), but even if they should offer reliable feeding, they give ZERO proof that viable disintegrating links are possible.

My conjecture, which is just as valid as Stan's, is that there'd be no problem making 65G metal-linked belts. So there. Let's see THAT rumor go 'round the world.

Unfortunately, your conjecture that viable links can be designed and fabricated for 6.5 Grendel is no more than unsubstantiated conjecture, in contrast to the links made for 6.8 SPC machine guns.