Every round has a fan base and variety is the spice of life, but every now and then there's a lot of fervor surrounding a round that honestly baffles me.
This isn't to denigrate what anyone else is into (for example, I have no problem with people who like a lot of cilantro in their Mexican food, even though it tastes like soap to me), but I just don't get it.
For me, the round I'm baffled by is the .300 Blackout. In terms of energy, it's anemic even by the standards of other specialty rounds for the AR-15 platform. With supersonic ammo it doesn't even break 2400 f/s with a very light for caliber 110 grain bullet, and subsonic, the energy figures are on par with a .357 mag fired from a handgun. I get that the velocity is suppressor friendly, but at such low speeds, wouldn't a heavier bullet with a larger frontal area be more effective than a skinny .30 cal bullet that probably won't expand?
Again, not to knock anyone's personal preference, I just don't get all the fuss around this rising star of the cartridge world.
This isn't to denigrate what anyone else is into (for example, I have no problem with people who like a lot of cilantro in their Mexican food, even though it tastes like soap to me), but I just don't get it.
For me, the round I'm baffled by is the .300 Blackout. In terms of energy, it's anemic even by the standards of other specialty rounds for the AR-15 platform. With supersonic ammo it doesn't even break 2400 f/s with a very light for caliber 110 grain bullet, and subsonic, the energy figures are on par with a .357 mag fired from a handgun. I get that the velocity is suppressor friendly, but at such low speeds, wouldn't a heavier bullet with a larger frontal area be more effective than a skinny .30 cal bullet that probably won't expand?
Again, not to knock anyone's personal preference, I just don't get all the fuss around this rising star of the cartridge world.