Zak Smith
Member
And who says there's no "Sporting Purpose" to an AR15???
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Rifle is an 18" AR15 with a TA11 ACOG in 6.8SPC configured with a Magpul telestock and a flash hider (evil!!). Load was a 110gr Sierra Pro-Hunter at 2630fps. Shot distance was about 30 yards.
Terminal ballistics--
There was one small entrance wound in the hide just forward of the RH front shoulder. The bullet destroyed the RH shoulder - shattering bone and creating a huge amount of tissue damage. Passing the RH shoulder, it punctured the ribcage with a 1.5" diameter hole and must have proceeded to effect the catastrophic damage to the lungs and heart. We saw some damage to the inside surface of the ribcage which was probably due to fragments. There was no exit hole. The bullet/fragments were not recovered.
Based on experience killing deer with other more conventional cartridges like 30-06, 308, 270WIN, 257 Roberts, .30-30, etc, the performance of the 6.8SPC is within the expected range of outcomes.
[ link to LARGER image ]
Rifle is an 18" AR15 with a TA11 ACOG in 6.8SPC configured with a Magpul telestock and a flash hider (evil!!). Load was a 110gr Sierra Pro-Hunter at 2630fps. Shot distance was about 30 yards.
Terminal ballistics--
There was one small entrance wound in the hide just forward of the RH front shoulder. The bullet destroyed the RH shoulder - shattering bone and creating a huge amount of tissue damage. Passing the RH shoulder, it punctured the ribcage with a 1.5" diameter hole and must have proceeded to effect the catastrophic damage to the lungs and heart. We saw some damage to the inside surface of the ribcage which was probably due to fragments. There was no exit hole. The bullet/fragments were not recovered.
Based on experience killing deer with other more conventional cartridges like 30-06, 308, 270WIN, 257 Roberts, .30-30, etc, the performance of the 6.8SPC is within the expected range of outcomes.