03-27-2020, 05:15 AM
LRRPF52 Wrote:Where are you seeing anything that would indicate the National Guards and Reserves converting to .300 BLK with 9" barrels?
The only mention of .300 BLK conversions has been for a small amount of PDWs in SOCOM for ADVON parties and maybe some SR work, to replace the MP5SDs and MP5A3s.
that is not what I was attempting to say. If the Active side goes for a new rifle/SAW in 6.8mm then what will they do with the M4 stock they have? The Guard and Reserves are saturated with weapons. And there is move to not transfer to the police. So what do you do with all those M4s? My thought was to convert them to a PDW (9 to 10 inch barrel) and have the support troops use them. The military has long wanted a PDW that could hit out to 300 meters. 300 BLK (7.62x35) would do that. The M1/2 carbine was the first PDW (.3 USC or 7.62x33). The 300 BLK was designed to compete with the 9mm pistol. It has much of the same benefits as did the M1 Carbine.