Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles 6.8 SPC upper recomendation

I'm entertaining buying a 6.8 upper for deer hunting while prices are stable now.

Any suggestions on brand, vendor, and features to look for?
Throw in any experience using it for deer and factory loads to try. This may be my wife's deer gun if she doesn't like my 35 rem.

Prefer a 20 inch barrel over a 16 inch if possible.

Thanks in advance guys.

HD

White Oak Armament.

Iron Works Tactical

Hornady Custom 120 grain SST. Only $17.75/box online. They are advertised at 2460 from a 16in bbl, but often beat that in 16 and beat it by a fair margin in longer tubes. I'd expect near 2600 in a 20in bbl.

Dumb question...

I think there was a 6.8 SPC when first released then a 6.8 SPC2 was a chamber tweak.

Any truth to that?
Any upper I would buy would be 6.8 SPC 2 then?


(I'll look suggestions when I get home. My work internet filter blocks gun stuff...)

BISON ARMORY. BEN IS AWSOME AND THE FULCRUM BARRELS ARE NAILS. Ben has built me 4, 6.8 spec II and all shot in the 1/2" for 3 shots range for accuracy. Small shop with owner being hands on. customer service is great.

Yes when it first came out they made it in SPC then they start making the spc2 and yes more than likely any that you buy today would be the spc2 chamber. When the round was designed it was designed to be ran in a 16 inch barrel I went with an 18 for the little extra velocity but would not be nose heavy like a 20".

Yes - but don't be surprised if it's not marked "2". Pretty common to be labeled just 6.8 SPC.

Without a custom build, I like the RRA uppers, had/have several with no issues. They are generally easy to build on if you decide to swap out parts.

Some manufacturers mark them as 6.8x43 I think they have the improved lead/throat. At least mine do.

I had a Wilson Combat and it was extremely accurate. I shot several pigs with it and even had a 1 Bullet 2 pigs a couple of times. Another one I should have kept

I have a 16.5" AR and a 18.5" Ruger Ranch. The extra 2" gives me about 75-100 fps.

Mine's a 16" RRA and have no problems.

I wouldn't own a 6.8SPC with a barrel longer than 18". After that it's diminishing returns. There seems to be a lot of issues being reported on 68forums.com with rifle length tubes. Apparently the balance of springs and buffer weight starts to get tempermental with a rifle length system.

I have a Yankie Hill 6.8 upper 20" barrel that I am very pleased with. I like the 20" barrel best

I had a Stag 7H, which is a 20" bbl and it was a fantastic shooter, one I truly regret trading away.

I shot a bunch of hogs with this rifle.

This is true I tested thousands of rounds of 6.8 and anything longer that 18 is a PITA.

I still say the op would be on top if he goes bison. But that only comes from having shot noveski,POF, LWRCI, rock river, stag, LMT, and a load of other 6.8 just saying.

16 inch is good for the 6.8, you should build it yourself.

That's a great option this one is 5.56 but it's mostly stuff from bison the fulcrum barrels are really nice.

Hard to beat a bat extensions.

I have 16", 18" and 20" barrel 6.8's and I dam sure don't see the 20" as a PITA, in fact I prefer the 20"

Im getting some good stuff out of this guys.

I have a preference for 20 inch mostly to get the noise farther away.

So should I research 300 blackout or 6.5 grendal?
I'm not planning on a supressor though

How does it shoot 85 grain etips. All the 20" + barrels I used needed a lighter buffer or the gas port opened to cycle lighter Bullets. Not to mention the extra two inches that are packed for no gain in velocity what's so ever. If the muzzle blast from a 16 or 18 Inch 6.8 is to over whelming you picked the wrong hobby.