04-29-2022, 11:02 PM
I'm sure some of it is salesman-talk.
But if you do apples to apples, say both at 950 yd, then the 7.62 is 491 ft/lb ke, and the 6Arc is 439.
That looks pretty close, now the momentum impact may differ but if ke is the ability to rearrange the innards of the guy it hits, they are pretty close to equal. Don't we always say that when an animal is hit, you don't worry about 50 ft-lb or so?
Not trying to sway the argument one way or the other, but just laying out a side by side comparison... "at distance" -- whatever that means! Definitely easier to carry and easier to send out a followup shot as sight picture would be less disturbed by the shot...
Even as a hunter/shooter (and not by any means an SOF or even regular Army/Marine trained guy!) there are plenty of places I would choose my 308 (or Creedmoor!) over grendel or 6Arc... but there might be some places I would choose the 6Arc first, as well.
I really enjoyed reading '52's account on the relatively miniscule place a "new rifle" program has in the grand scheme of DoD procurement dollars, and actual on-scene fighting materiel... interesting indeed!
But if you do apples to apples, say both at 950 yd, then the 7.62 is 491 ft/lb ke, and the 6Arc is 439.
That looks pretty close, now the momentum impact may differ but if ke is the ability to rearrange the innards of the guy it hits, they are pretty close to equal. Don't we always say that when an animal is hit, you don't worry about 50 ft-lb or so?
Not trying to sway the argument one way or the other, but just laying out a side by side comparison... "at distance" -- whatever that means! Definitely easier to carry and easier to send out a followup shot as sight picture would be less disturbed by the shot...
Even as a hunter/shooter (and not by any means an SOF or even regular Army/Marine trained guy!) there are plenty of places I would choose my 308 (or Creedmoor!) over grendel or 6Arc... but there might be some places I would choose the 6Arc first, as well.
I really enjoyed reading '52's account on the relatively miniscule place a "new rifle" program has in the grand scheme of DoD procurement dollars, and actual on-scene fighting materiel... interesting indeed!
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