04-05-2017, 11:33 PM
ricsmall Wrote:Sounds like a waste of money to me. If you're going to transition to a completely new platform anyway, go ahead and adopt the 260 or 6.5 CM. Why go the interim route? Ammo availability?7.62 ammo is already in the system. Adopting a new caliber would take much time and testing, in addition to developing new loadings like Tracer, AP, etc.
Regarding a transition to .260, the following remarks may be of interest:
"...US SOCOM is currently conducting an operational test with .260 Remington carbines and light machine guns. ... Anecdotal feedback about the US SOCOM test of .260 Remington suggests that users are highly satisfied with it. It shoots flat and fast to deliver much better accuracy than 7.62 mm M80 and has less felt recoil. What is interesting is that ARDEC has also gone to the trouble to develop a 6.5 mm EPR bullet for it."
http://forums.delphiforums.com/autogun/m...g=6622.145