greyling22
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I'm going to rebarrel my ar. I'm leaning toward either the 6.5 grendel or the 6.8 spc. It is going to mostly punch paper, and I'd like it to do MOA or better with my handloads, but also spend time hunting hogs at 50-175 yds. It would also be nice to be able to strtech out to 500 in a pinch to take a shot at an antelope. but that would be very infrequent. Basically I want something with longer legs and more punch than a 223 without buying a new AR in 308.
6.5 grendel is theoretically a better long range gun, but I would not be getting a barrel longer than 18" so I am not sure how much benefit I would get there. You can also form the brass from 7.62x39, which is a huge plus. There is cheap wolf ammo out there for it, and it seems to be a niche, but growing niche caliber. On the minus side, bullets and brass are more expensive, and I hear there are some struggles with feeding.
6.8 has better velocity out of a short 16" barrel, might feed better, brass and bullets are cheaper, and I already have 90 pieces of range brass. and it would be simple to rebarrel to 224 valkyrie if that caliber ever takes off or proves to be a viable hunting round. On the minus side, it has shorter legs, seems to be waning in popularity, factory ammo is expensive, and barrels are harder to find.
does anybody have strong opinions or experience with either caliber? I will eventually be hanging a suppressor on it as well, which is why I want to keep the barrel length on the short size.
6.5 grendel is theoretically a better long range gun, but I would not be getting a barrel longer than 18" so I am not sure how much benefit I would get there. You can also form the brass from 7.62x39, which is a huge plus. There is cheap wolf ammo out there for it, and it seems to be a niche, but growing niche caliber. On the minus side, bullets and brass are more expensive, and I hear there are some struggles with feeding.
6.8 has better velocity out of a short 16" barrel, might feed better, brass and bullets are cheaper, and I already have 90 pieces of range brass. and it would be simple to rebarrel to 224 valkyrie if that caliber ever takes off or proves to be a viable hunting round. On the minus side, it has shorter legs, seems to be waning in popularity, factory ammo is expensive, and barrels are harder to find.
does anybody have strong opinions or experience with either caliber? I will eventually be hanging a suppressor on it as well, which is why I want to keep the barrel length on the short size.