06-27-2011, 12:08 AM
stanc Wrote:Gene:
That's a different series of tests, which were done by an organization other than ARDEC. The ARDEC study currently being discussed was, as I understand, done within the last year or so, and apparently did not test cartridges like 6.8 SPC and 6.5 Grendel. According to what Tony posted previously, it was a comparison of different caliber bullets only.
If Tony's list is complete, then .224, .243, .264, .284 and .308 bullets were tested, with .257 and .277 omitted.
So the next question is, is Tony wrong about what bullets were evaluated, or is Gary mistaken about .277 being tested, let alone being the best performer?
Stan
The notes I have are a bit ambiguous, so I'm doing some checking over the exact calibres used.
They certainly fired the bullets from something, and measured the results out to 300m, but exactly which cartridge cases were used I'm not sure.