10-23-2018, 06:44 PM
None of this "6.8" news should be considered a continuation of the Great Intermediate Cartridge Wars.
First of all, as LR and others have noted, this 6.8 does NOT mean the 6.8 SPC.
Second, the 6.5 Grendel has already won, in the sense that any new cartridge will NOT use a stubby, low BC bullet like the 6.8 SPC, but will use a sleek, high BC bullet like the 6.5 Grendel.
Hello?!? That's what we've been telling them since 2003. . . .
It is the CONCEPT that matters for our military, not the caliber.
Having said that, I don't know why they wouldn't use the 6.5mm caliber, which is the perfect compromise — splitting the difference between .22 and .30 cals. Any research department that seriously thinks there is a meaningful difference between 6.5 and 6.8 bullets of the same form factor is seeking to self-perpetuate their federal funding.
I'd be fine with a military 6.8 Grendel. But the 6.5 Grendel remains the cartridge to beat.
First of all, as LR and others have noted, this 6.8 does NOT mean the 6.8 SPC.
Second, the 6.5 Grendel has already won, in the sense that any new cartridge will NOT use a stubby, low BC bullet like the 6.8 SPC, but will use a sleek, high BC bullet like the 6.5 Grendel.
Hello?!? That's what we've been telling them since 2003. . . .
It is the CONCEPT that matters for our military, not the caliber.
Having said that, I don't know why they wouldn't use the 6.5mm caliber, which is the perfect compromise — splitting the difference between .22 and .30 cals. Any research department that seriously thinks there is a meaningful difference between 6.5 and 6.8 bullets of the same form factor is seeking to self-perpetuate their federal funding.
I'd be fine with a military 6.8 Grendel. But the 6.5 Grendel remains the cartridge to beat.
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