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Thread: 6.8 SPC vs 5.56

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    Quote Originally Posted by witchking777 View Post
    Dude this is awesome,start a thread about ammo and finish with lever guns and camping lol I love it! So in all seriousness what do I need to switch to 6.8? Barrel,bolt,mags? Do I need a new barrel extension? How about .300 blackout with the 110 gr barnes tsx in a 16" barrel?
    Mags and a nice upper. I suggest a 16" bbl, PRI tube.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WDW View Post
    Who doesn't like camping?? Putting up a tent, a roaring fire, the sound of mischievous raccoons scurrying about???

    Personally, I did enough "camping" when I wore green to cure me for a lifetime. Scorpions in boots, coral snakes crawling over you, staying wet for a week or two because of constant rains (with, of course, the resulting immersion foot), and the most fun of all, sleeping in "snow caves" when the wind chill is -70.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeep View Post
    Personally, I did enough "camping" when I wore green to cure me for a lifetime..
    This... 1000X this.

    Plus, well over half of a 30-year career working out in the weather (either on the road or on the range)... I'm with Todd. An outdoor pool is the definition of "roughing it".

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    This seems relevant.


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    Sort of mimics the DB's theory on military operations.........If you can't drive to it on a highway, it isn't worth taking.
    Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TR675 View Post
    This seems relevant.

    Hah. The definition of "abject misery".

    BTDT; never again.

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    I would just like to say thanks to all those that took a moment to post their experiences with the three calibers. Lots of useful information.

    As a long range target shooter and varmint hunter, I'm a fan of long, lean, high BC bullets or something with velocity. With that in mind, I have always gravitated toward the 6.5 Grendel/Les Baer although I own neither it or a 6.8, and get where Alpha Sierra is coming from. From a ballistics standpoint, I think the 6.8 is only a slight improvement over the standard 5.56 loadings.

    For those that shoot inside a couple hundred yards then this isn't a big issue but recent military actions have required the use of a round that can reach further. While probably not something useful for the typical defensive use, living out in the West I get lots of opportunities to shoot beyond 100 yards, and get bored shooting my rifles/carbines inside that range unless I am going for groups.

    I am sure Sean M will chime in and say that anything under a 300 WM isn't enough.
    -Seconds Count. Misses Don't-

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    Quote Originally Posted by CompressionIgnition View Post
    I don't hunt moose ! but if one came at me I would unload on him.

    Or TEOTWAWKI lost /stranded in the woods I wouldn't have a problem with it either.

    BTW When I was a teenager I would climb a tree in order to bush whack WT deer. Things I use to do LOL.
    I haven't hunted since the move but If I go back I would take it up again. stalking deer .rabbit/squirrel / calling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TR675 View Post
    This seems relevant.

    I've got that tshirt and a bunch more like them. I will never forget when I came home from a 3 week 7th ID Lightfighter "camping trip" and my wife announced she was bored and wanted to go camping - I was a toxic leader that day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TR675 View Post
    This seems relevant.

    Pretty much what happened to me. Got stuck in a storm for 26 hours outside the wire and then it down-poured for 5 hours after it dissipated. I lost my excitement for beaches and the outdoors.

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