MatthewVanitas
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Greetings. Please forgive any technical errors I may commit, as I am far from home and lacking my usual reference books (Catridges of the World, Misfire, etc.)
I read with interest the recent review of the 6.8mm SOCOM and its platforms in the recent SOF (the only gun-related rag sold at the expeditionary PX). Among other things, they had a spread of other 5.56mm rifles that could be easily reworked to 6.8mm, including Fabrique Nationale's FNC 5.56 rifle. As I understand it, the FNC is a revamped scaled-down FAL/STG58/L1A1 of sorts.
This got me thinking: weren't the Brits pushing a smaller version of the FAL chambered in .280 British back in the 1950s? I believe they were encouraged by the US to chamber the FAL for the new 7.62 NATO cartridge, resulting in a bulkier and more powerful rifle than they originally wanted.
So, wouldn't a 6.8mm SOCOM FNC basically be a .27 caliber mini-FAL? Would it be fair to say that such a device is a half-century late in coming?
(I do understand the FN isn't necessarily planning a 6.8 FNC, just that SOF is stating it could be easily done. But engaging nonetheless).
Just a random musing. -MV
I read with interest the recent review of the 6.8mm SOCOM and its platforms in the recent SOF (the only gun-related rag sold at the expeditionary PX). Among other things, they had a spread of other 5.56mm rifles that could be easily reworked to 6.8mm, including Fabrique Nationale's FNC 5.56 rifle. As I understand it, the FNC is a revamped scaled-down FAL/STG58/L1A1 of sorts.
This got me thinking: weren't the Brits pushing a smaller version of the FAL chambered in .280 British back in the 1950s? I believe they were encouraged by the US to chamber the FAL for the new 7.62 NATO cartridge, resulting in a bulkier and more powerful rifle than they originally wanted.
So, wouldn't a 6.8mm SOCOM FNC basically be a .27 caliber mini-FAL? Would it be fair to say that such a device is a half-century late in coming?
(I do understand the FN isn't necessarily planning a 6.8 FNC, just that SOF is stating it could be easily done. But engaging nonetheless).
Just a random musing. -MV