Little defensive there Scotty, no I was not calling anyone that owned a 16" barrel a mall ninja, I just figured they would be the first to jump my case for not opting for the more "tacktekool" 6.8, sorry for the confusion, but I don't think 16" tubes rule the world, I have shot a truckload of ARs and M16 for 15 years and never fired a 16", handled a couple of them at the gun store, did not feel right so I put them back.
Dedicated target bullet? No sir I was talking about the SST which is a very proven performer and has taken a whole bunch more deer then the Accubond has that is for sure. Might want to read what I was saying, then you would also know that the 6.8 and 6.5 load data I used was straight from Hornady #9 it is a reloading manual that we use as a guidline for developing loads, also a really good place for ballistic comparison because they don't go by cookie cutter factory spec and loiwest bidder powders, they go by max pressures with different standard powders and 31.2gr of CFE223 pushes a 123gr SST to over 2500fps in their test rifle a carbine Alexander Arms, if you have a hard time believing them give them a call I am sure they can explain it to you better then I can. Unless someone else has some wildly different PUBLISHED load data for the 6.8 that I don't know about this one is not even close enough to debate, that is about as one sided as any comparison can be, might as well be comparing the 30-30 to the 308.