Yep. I like eLander mags for 6.5G.Originally Posted by RAM Engineer
Yep. I like eLander mags for 6.5G.
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Yes they're the same mag in every case I've seen. Like here:
https://dura-mag.com/duramag-ss-6-5-grendel-6mm-arc/
The only thing new is bullet weight. 6mm-223 wildcats have been around for at least fifty years.
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Well, yes and no. 6mm-223 has been around for years but this isn't based on a 223 case. They're using a 350 Legend case with a rebated rim as the starting point. It is more or less the AR equivalent of the 284 Winchester.
I've had good luck with the E-Lander mags in my 6mm ARC.
What should come as no shock to anyone is that Hornady has just announced the 22 ARC. It is in essence the 6mm necked down.
https://www.hornady.com/22arc#!/
Soon to be followed by .20 and .17 ARC and 6.35mm and 7mm ARC. Maybe 7.62 and 8mm ARC as well....
I’m excited, but I already have one, sort of.
Had a Cooper 22 PPC bolt gun 20 years ago, great cartridge, very accurate. Rebarreled a 6.5 Grendel AR to 224 Predator (22 Grendel). Also have Bolt guns in 22-250AI (similar to 22 Creedmoor), 22GT, 22BR, 223AI and 223. I’m a big fan of 22 cal bullets. 2 ARs in 6mmARC.
Although Hornady has some consistency issues with the 88ELDM, I think I have about 10k on hand, and about 5k of the Berger 85.5. My current PRS cartridge of choice is the 22GT, with the 22BR as a close second. GT can use standard magazines, while BR needs a BR mag kit. For PRS those two bullets are great, and the recoil (lack there of) allows me to watch the trace and target impact (or miss).
BL, I will not be purchasing a 22 ARC, because I have enough irons in the fire already. But I am a fan, and I think this is a better 223 than 223 Rem.
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22 Creedmore, 22ARC... I'm kind of hoping they would simply make some ammo available for us non reloaders. 6ARC has been round for how long now? Yet I still can't find much of it available. I think 2 weeks ago was the first box I saw at a local LGS. Even though I havent built an ARC upper yet, I thought about buying it for posterity.
I wonder if this will have the same reported high maintenance as the 6ARC? Dirty burning powders and difficult case-shoulder magazine to chamber transition supposedly makes the 6ARC not as forgiving of maintenance as a standard 5.56.
*note, I’ve never fired or owned a 6ARC, just repeating what I’ve seen reported on Sniper’s Hide.
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