6.8SPC and 6.5 Grendel? Are those still a thing?
Hornady press release from August
https://press.hornady.com/release/20...t-for-6mm-arc/
Seems as though someone in the DOD likes 6MM ARC. If it’s all it’s cracked up to be (weren’t 6.8 SPC and 6.5 Grendel supposed to be all that and a bag of chips?) has better range than 5.56/6.8SPC/6.5G, fits in the existing platform... AND is already in use by some entity within DOD, why do we have to expend metric tons of taxpayer dollars to build a better mousetrap that may, or more likely may not, come to fruition?
I really don’t know anything about government acquisition programs, but when our deficits are where they are, it seems applying a little frugality might be in order. The .338 LMG sounds like a no brainer. But theoretical case designs, some of which have been in the works for decades and haven’t borne fruit, and uber large defense contractors peddling Buck Roger’s next gen wizardry, sure sounds like a boondoggle to me. Someone will come out ahead and I don’t think it’ll be a line dog in an infantry company.