11-17-2017, 01:51 PM
Most of butt hurt of the 6.8 goes back to the beginning where Remington screwed their pooch with errors in their saami submission with that the 6.8II guys have never gotten over it as their chambers and mine as I have a 6.8II also from back in the day is essentially a wildcat for handloaders only at this point as hotter factory loads have disappeared and their promised cheap practice load never appeared. The 6.8II would have been better served if it would have had a name change and had its own saami approval but then it would have had a harder time riding the coattails of the original 6.8 offering as they would have had to start from ground zero and provide the substantial outlay of cash and support for submission. But I digress as they should have named their improved chamber something along the lines of 270 Short.
My Bison shoots well but has broken 2 extractors and anything but the expensive PRI mags may induce occasional feeding errors. Both 6.5 and 6.8 have a lot in common from devoted advocates to similar performance at certain distance but the biggest difference is the 6.8 guys seem really defensive where I fail to see the same with the Grendel crowd. Oh and Harrison is a real tool, likely has done more harm than good with his abrasive approach and god like mentality for the future of the 6.8II.
My Bison shoots well but has broken 2 extractors and anything but the expensive PRI mags may induce occasional feeding errors. Both 6.5 and 6.8 have a lot in common from devoted advocates to similar performance at certain distance but the biggest difference is the 6.8 guys seem really defensive where I fail to see the same with the Grendel crowd. Oh and Harrison is a real tool, likely has done more harm than good with his abrasive approach and god like mentality for the future of the 6.8II.