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

Love the 6.8 SPC- built a 20inch AR with an AR performance barrel last year. Soft shooting and accurate. Accounted for 2 whitetails past November...Joe

Had a couple. One was a factory Stag model 7, the other a custom build with a 20" BHW barrel. Both shot good but I never felt the caliber could do anything more than a 6.5 Grendel could.

The 6.8 is a better round within +/-350 yards.
After that, the 6.5G looks better.....on paper.

Honestly Ghostman, I have never even picked up a 6.5G, much less shot one! LOL!
I can't imagine that there can be any major, significant difference between the two at ranges most encountered by deer hunters. Say 250 yards or less.
The longest shot I've made with my AR 6.8 was about 125 yards. It dropped a doe quite handily.
My "self imposed" limit is 200/250 yards.
First, no place I hunt offers a shot much more than that.
Secondly, I'm not sure I can hit anything consistently beyond that. ....and that's not the gun. My hands and eyes just "ain't whut they usta be"! LOL!

Neck them down to a 6mm and they are damn near perfect in the AR15 platform. At least for me it would be.

My 6.8 is Bison because ARP was out but I have 16” ARP barrel in 223 Wylde. Both shoot great.

I'd buy from either company again.

Both are new, with just a little over 100 rounds down each tube, so I haven't found out a lot. But nothing's been bad.

havent shot the 6.8 in a few years, but when i did, it got the job done. 120gr sst worked fine.

I have a couple of them, both AR's. Mine are accurate, and though I like using them, I rarely do. Haven't shot them in a few years. It's a good little cartridge, but is pretty much very limited in popularity.

Have a 22" Bison on my 6.8 II and getting 2988fps with 95gr ttsx and very accurate as well.

Great round for short to medium distance, just wish they still made the 110 grain ProHunter.

What reading I've done on the round, I understand it was "designed" around a 90 grain bullet.
I've had my best accuracy AND performance with 90 grain bullets.
It also performs very well with Hornady's 110 VMax. I just like the additional "zip" of the lighter bullets.

If you have it in a bolt-action rifle, then you're not going to be restricted by magazine length. The 6.8 SPC II chamber allows you to seat way out to around 2.4" and then the 110's work magic at over 2800 fps. The extra short Model 20 NULA weighing around 6 lbs with scope would be perfect for the 6.8 SPC II.

I've only got one AR. It has the SPC II chamber.
My Ruger "Ranch" in 6.8mm Rem SPC hasn't been rechambered and probably won't.
The Anderson 6.8mm AR barrel I've got set back has the SPC II chamber.

Why don't you get the Ruger rechambered to Spec II? You can then run the same more powerful ammo in both.

OFS - (Old Fart Syndrome)
Ruger built the "Ranch" in 6.8mm Rem SPC from 2007 until 2012 until it was inexplicably dropped from production. (?)
Because of my OFS and my delight in the 6.8mm round and being a weirdo collector, I've decided to keep the rifle as original as possible. I have the original "box, lock and literature" the gun came with.
I don't know that reworking the chamber would affect value or collectability, but I just choose to keep it "all original".
That's my OFS shining through! 😉!

A very nice cartridge. I've killed 15 or 20 deer, a couple hogs, and 5 or 6 turkeys with the 6.8 SPC using a 10.5 SBR, a 16" Wilson Combat barreled AR, and a Ruger Compact Hawkeye. The bullets I've used the most are the 100gr AB, 95gr TTSX, and 85gr TSX. I bought the Hawkeye for my son as his first deer rifle when he was 8. He shot it well immediately. It seems the 6.8 is much less blasty than the .243.

I think the primary reason for the 6.8 never being more popular was the lack of cheap blasting ammo.

I'm also a fan of the 6mm-6.8 in a bolt action.

Great cartridge for the AR15 platform. Have several AR15Performance guns that shoot fantastic groups. Killed tons of deer and a few Axis with them. Does not need long barrel for good velocity. Lots of choice in bullets for great value. I use 95gr Barnes at 2950 fps for most of my serious hunting. Another great bullet is the Cavity Back 105 gr and 120gr. Shame its not more recognized for what it will do.

My 6.8 AR absolutely LOVES the 90 gr Gold Dot bullets.
I like it well enough, I don't see a reason to use anything else.

The bolt 6.8 SPC is a great rifle. I really like the cartridge.

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