Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles 6.5 Grendel or 6.8 SPC for best all round AR caliber.

Alexander Arms came up with the 6.5. They also came up with the 50 Beowulf. However the 458 Socom has just as much power and uses 45-70 bullets in reloading. Bill Alexander made a mistake on both IMHO. Trying to hold on to the 6.5 priority, and not necking down the 50 Beowulf to 458 caliber. The 6.5 is now SAMII speced as of 2012. So anyone can make the barrels and ammo for it now.

Remington came out with the 6.8 based on their old 30 Rem cartridge that fell by the wayside to the 30-30. But they didn't keep the priority to it. After reviewing all I could, I think the 6.5 is a better round. I also think the 458 Socom is a better round (for reloaders) because the 450 Bushmaster uses a slightly smaller bullet than the 458 and if you use 458 bullets in the 450 they have to be resized slightly smaller which is an extra step in the reloading process.

I also think if I can come up with the money, that the 300 Blackout is another good caliber to have. Good short range cartridge and it can use a silencer with subsonic bullets. For longer range the 6.5 is the way to go for more knockdown than the 223 can offer. Then for a big thumber the 458 Socom. That would cover just about all bases except long range magnums, with 4 total uppers. Throw in a 22 LR conversion kit and you should be able to take anything in North America.

And so the libetal anti gun trolls have arrived. They patrol multiple forums with multiple screen names pretending to be hunters. Then attack all things AR whem hunting comes up.

SanCal'

I just noticed you are in Pine Valley, CA. Way back when in the late 1980s was stationed in Coronado and used to go shooting/camping out your way, a few miles east of Pine Valley at Kitchen Creek.

Is that area still open to shooting?

Maybe, I don't know. But I do know that I respect both you and rost495 post. Niether of you are even close to being trolls.