With all of the What deer round for my recoil senisitive kid or wife and the popularity of the AR platform along with the surge in suppressors why is there no love for the 6.8 SPC. Looks like it would be a good choice for deer and hogs in any of the above scenarios?
The 6.8 is a good choice for the scenarios that you talk about.
PSA often runs Federal gold dot ammo for $9.99 per 20
Runs 2800 FPS or more out of a 16 inch barrel.
Hornady 120 Grain SST loads run about 2450 from a 16inch barrel.
The Hornady Grendel 123 grain SST load is slower than the 6.8 out to 200 yards
and both loads are about the same at 300 yards.
In my opinion both are 200 to max 250 Yard deer cartridges.
IF a man can be satisfied with a 250 yard capable cartridge in a short, lightweight,low recoil rifle then I think that the 6.8 is a good hunting cartridge/rifle.
I have 2 6.8 rifles as I like the concept of short ,lightweight and low recoil.
I have a IWT 16 inch 6.8 uppers on an Aero Precision Gen 2 Lower.With a Leupold 3-9x40 VX1 scope in An Aero Precision scope mount AND loaded 10 round magazine the weight is 7 pounds 7 ounces.
I built an upper with the same components but used an 18 Inch ARP 6.8 barrel and the weight is 7.9 ounces Loaded.
Looking forward to trying both out on deer this upcoming season.
To learn more about the 6.8 and other AR calibers go to 68forums and you will find a ton of info there including a lot of bullet test on hogs ,deer and various other media using a lot of different bullets.
