6.5 x 40 New AR varient

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I like Cory's idea about shortening the middle hoop of the link.

As I said, that idea has been proposed before. On the old forum, someone else noticed the hole in the middle loop and suggested deleting it so the loop could be made narrower.

However, the loop width appears much greater in the close-up photo I posted, than it actually is in real life. Since links have to contend with different types of stress (tension, twisting, etc), it's far from certain if loop width can be reduced to the extent needed for correct cartridge interface with feed pawl and cartridge stop.

If anybody wants to spend their money in an R&D effort to create a new link for 6.5 Grendel, I sincerely wish them success. But, I ain't gonna hold my breath...