I do not know about 277 USA but I believe 277 Wolverine is 223 based - similar to 300 BO but with a 6.8 projectile. You see it discussed on the 6.8 Forum. I have 6.8 SPC and 6.5G AR uppers so I spend time on those forums. 9 vs 45 discussions are nothing compared to 6.5G vs 6.8SPC "discussions".Originally Posted by HCM
I’m putting my chips down on “never”.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
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Historically the trend is to a smaller caliber. A Brown Bess was a .72 and a Charleville was a .69; Mid-19th Century .50 - .54, then .45-70, then 30-40...
The M1 Garand was supposed to be a .276, but they had all this .30-'06 laying around...
After WWII, the Brits were pushing for something in a .27x too, but we rammed.308 Winchester7.62x51 through, because.
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Many years ago I read (or hallucinated) that those dirty Nazis did extensive testing of various calibers (probably shooting live prisoners) and concluded a 6mm midpowered cartridge was ideal for rifles and automatic weapons.
Anything larger/faster was overkill for dropping the typical human male.
Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
Don’t blame me. I didn’t vote for that dumb bastard.
Oh. I thought 6.8 = .270
But I dunno.
I just crushed a big bottle. 😉
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We should go the other way, 4.5 mm at 6,000 FPS.
Last edited by Bucky; 10-19-2018 at 08:07 PM.
Dirty NAZI assault rifle work started at 7mm but they had all those 8mm reamers...
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You're not wrong. .264" = 6.7056 mm
No.
Doesn’t sound familiar.
Ze Germans were very intellectual - as they are now.
We knew that a small deer and a man are “close enough” and firing rapidly and accurately requires a smaller cartridge.
No evil required for that.
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I’m going to buck the trend and say this will happen. SAW first. Rifles only to Infantry. The .223 isn’t going away.
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