02-28-2023, 03:39 PM
Hello to all. I'm here to research, and maybe be converted. I'm wanting something with a bit more power than a .223.
A few weeks ago a friend had a couple of 6.8 AR's for sale at pretty good deals. I bought one. RRA 16" upper mated to a RRA .223 lower. Thinking that I had just what I need I set out to buy some ammo. Well, it's been a few weeks and I cant find anything local, I have however found some 6.5G in stock local to me which makes me question if I might have made a bad choice.
I don't think the 6.8 is bad but if I cant get ammo it doesn't matter. I've started getting reloading supplies for the 6.8 but that is a slow process.
To be honest I'm not after all the 6.5g can offer, a lot of it's potential would be lost on me. I'm looking for a hunting round I can use in an AR platform to take deer, hogs, coyotes. I've taken all those with my .223 using heavy bullets. But I've also had a few runners I had to track. I'm looking for some DRT types. I hunt at my house on my own land, shots are 150yds and under, I might occasionally need to stretch to 200yds. I can only imagine going to the range to shoot 300 or more. For what it's worth I have several AR's, some from 80%'s, all of them have either been built from parts up or had parts swapped to get what I wanted. I'm a big fan of SBR's. I'm not looking for a 6.5 or 6.8 for plinking and casual shooting, I have lots of .223/5.56 for that. I'm wanting a hunting gun.
I have my shop at the house where I do both wood and metal work. I have a machine shop and build my own Form 1 suppressors
A few weeks ago a friend had a couple of 6.8 AR's for sale at pretty good deals. I bought one. RRA 16" upper mated to a RRA .223 lower. Thinking that I had just what I need I set out to buy some ammo. Well, it's been a few weeks and I cant find anything local, I have however found some 6.5G in stock local to me which makes me question if I might have made a bad choice.
I don't think the 6.8 is bad but if I cant get ammo it doesn't matter. I've started getting reloading supplies for the 6.8 but that is a slow process.
To be honest I'm not after all the 6.5g can offer, a lot of it's potential would be lost on me. I'm looking for a hunting round I can use in an AR platform to take deer, hogs, coyotes. I've taken all those with my .223 using heavy bullets. But I've also had a few runners I had to track. I'm looking for some DRT types. I hunt at my house on my own land, shots are 150yds and under, I might occasionally need to stretch to 200yds. I can only imagine going to the range to shoot 300 or more. For what it's worth I have several AR's, some from 80%'s, all of them have either been built from parts up or had parts swapped to get what I wanted. I'm a big fan of SBR's. I'm not looking for a 6.5 or 6.8 for plinking and casual shooting, I have lots of .223/5.56 for that. I'm wanting a hunting gun.
I have my shop at the house where I do both wood and metal work. I have a machine shop and build my own Form 1 suppressors