So I'm having a serious first world problem here and would like your help making a decision.
I am currently considering building out one of my remaining AR lowers as a 18-20" 6mm ARC to use as a target/hunting rifle. This seems like a great idea to me as I prefer the ergonomics of the AR-15 over those of traditional bolt rifles and having a semi auto that would allow me to take deer out to 400 yards and shoot paper and steel at 600+ yards with reduced recoil as compared to my other rifles capable of doing that seems like a great thing.
But I also want to either buy or build a new precision bolt rifle for target shooting and possibly even using it for PRS. For that I came to the conclusion that 6mm Creedmoor made the most sense for me since I wanted to at least be able to order factory ammo for when I don't feel like loading my own.
So that has led me to a dilemma. Since these two calibers have such similar ballistics they have started to seem redundant to me and now I can't decide if I should just do one of them and use it for both roles or get both like I was originally thinking.
In either case, I will mostly be loading ammo for them, though having good quality factory ammo available is a must, and since I don't currently have any other 6mm chambering at least that part isn't redundant.
So what does the collective say?
I am currently considering building out one of my remaining AR lowers as a 18-20" 6mm ARC to use as a target/hunting rifle. This seems like a great idea to me as I prefer the ergonomics of the AR-15 over those of traditional bolt rifles and having a semi auto that would allow me to take deer out to 400 yards and shoot paper and steel at 600+ yards with reduced recoil as compared to my other rifles capable of doing that seems like a great thing.
But I also want to either buy or build a new precision bolt rifle for target shooting and possibly even using it for PRS. For that I came to the conclusion that 6mm Creedmoor made the most sense for me since I wanted to at least be able to order factory ammo for when I don't feel like loading my own.
So that has led me to a dilemma. Since these two calibers have such similar ballistics they have started to seem redundant to me and now I can't decide if I should just do one of them and use it for both roles or get both like I was originally thinking.
In either case, I will mostly be loading ammo for them, though having good quality factory ammo available is a must, and since I don't currently have any other 6mm chambering at least that part isn't redundant.
So what does the collective say?