Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles Anybody use the 6.8mm Rem SPC?

The Barnes 95 grain TTSX is too hard in my opinion for the 6.8 velocity. We have shot 3 small deer with them and in each case saw little to no evidence of expansion. The last one about 90 pound doe was struck high in the spine, bullet did a nose dive and came out the bottom of her chest. It took us a while to find that deer.

I don't have a 6.8 spc but I do have a Winchester 70 in 270 Win that I have downloaded to shoot a Hornady 130 gr SST at a MV of 2450 fps, using either IMR4198 or Reloder 7 (thanks to Seafire for his reduced MV load recommendations). This combo is very accurate and an absolute pleasure to shoot. The reason for doing this is because I bought a Sightmark 4K Mini NV scope, which has a recoil tolerance of only up to .308 caliber. So, I downloaded to be able to mount this on my Win 70. I don't have an AR yet but may get one in the future (probably a 6.8 spc II). The area that I hunt has become infiltraded by hogs, which can be hunted 24/7. To date, I've only been able to shoot this combo at paper but I hope to change that soon.

I’ve got an AR with a Bison barrel and a Rem 700 in 6.8. The Remington really likes the 115 sierra that was discontinued and the AR gets fed the federal 90GD over run load. Only shot called in varmints and a few pigs with the AR…. The 90GD’s have hammered everything. Im Pretty impressed by them.

I would love to find some Federal factory 90 grain Fusions or some of the Speer 90 grain Gold Dot component bullets.

I’ve got 4 boxes of the Federal XM68GD. Make me a reasonable offer..

friend of mine's got one. and I told him that should have been a 6.5 to start with. and lo and behold what's he fine from black hole weaponry a 6.5-6.8.. yes the 6.8 cartridge neck down to 6.5 it's a winner..

For hunting on a case that fits in an AR mag length, give me the 6.8 over the 6.5. If I’m going smaller than the 6.8 in bore size, I’d look to the 6 ARC (or other 6) or stick with 223. Purely anecdotal, but I got more exits, better blood trails, and stuff died faster moving to the 6.8….even with the same bullets in lighter weights. Again, if I was shooting past 250 much and in more open terrain, or running longer barrels to get max advantage from the case, the pros of the 6.5 might have become evident. I’d think a ARC would be even better at that, but I haven’t done that one. For shooting deer/hogs inside 250-300? The bigger bullet diameter seemed to matter more. I’m sure others have had differing experiences, and they gotta go with what they like. That Fusion/Gold dot 90gr punches far above its weight class, too. 75% of my deer fall to a 110gr NAB leaving out better than 2500. How much faster doesn’t seem to matter. Again, just anecdotal from shooting stuff.

Thinking on that.

Mike3888,

If 10gauge does not want the ammo, PM me and I will take them.

Jeff

Pm sent to to both parties..