Well, if you guys are talking about all new stuff:
1.) Use a new slightly larger magwell like LWRC was/is going to make.
2.) Develop a new uber polymer mag for said magwell.
3.) Use a beefier barrel extension with a larger bolt for higher acceptable pressures.
4.) Stick a fork in it and call it done.
Didn't the .222 spawn the eventual 5.56 cartridge?
The Grendel could spawn a slightly zippier .308 killer if called upon I guess. You'd hear whining from all of us folks with Grendels, but they'd sell even more rifles as we quietly stood in line for backorders on the new "_______"(insert roided Grendel Max cartridge's name here).
We love how the Grendel fits in the AR platform now, but most people eventually buy or build a whole 'nother rifle anyway.
Platform difference:
New upper, barrel extension, bolt, bolt carrier, lower receiver, and magazines.
You could still keep a lot of AR parts, and if somebody like Magpul made the mags then people would fight over who got the first shipment of them....
The first write up in a magazine showing how an 18" carbine performed at 1000 yards would incite a stampede of folk trying to get their hands on the new 6.5 "Death Wand".LOL
1.) Use a new slightly larger magwell like LWRC was/is going to make.
2.) Develop a new uber polymer mag for said magwell.
3.) Use a beefier barrel extension with a larger bolt for higher acceptable pressures.
4.) Stick a fork in it and call it done.
Didn't the .222 spawn the eventual 5.56 cartridge?
The Grendel could spawn a slightly zippier .308 killer if called upon I guess. You'd hear whining from all of us folks with Grendels, but they'd sell even more rifles as we quietly stood in line for backorders on the new "_______"(insert roided Grendel Max cartridge's name here).
We love how the Grendel fits in the AR platform now, but most people eventually buy or build a whole 'nother rifle anyway.
Platform difference:
New upper, barrel extension, bolt, bolt carrier, lower receiver, and magazines.
You could still keep a lot of AR parts, and if somebody like Magpul made the mags then people would fight over who got the first shipment of them....
The first write up in a magazine showing how an 18" carbine performed at 1000 yards would incite a stampede of folk trying to get their hands on the new 6.5 "Death Wand".LOL