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tstuart34:

--- Quote from: bkoenig on November 22, 2014, 06:27:41 PM ---If you want to stay with an ar15 I would go with 6.8 SPC or 6.5 Grendel.  Either one will reliably kill deer out to the limits of how far most people can accurately shoot.  300 Blackout is fine too, I probably wouldnt go much beyond 150 - 200 yards with it.  Think of it as a modern 30-30.

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What Bkoenig said.

 I am a big fan of the 6.8. A lot of bullet choices for reloading a lot of good production ammo readily available.

 I'm kind of keeping a eye on the 277wolverine. It uses a 223 case 270 projectile. High velocity capability.

newfalguy101:
I might be wrong, but, doesn't the 6.8 use .270 bullets??  Or rather .277 cal bullets??

bkoenig:

--- Quote from: newfalguy101 on November 22, 2014, 09:19:07 PM ---I might be wrong, but, doesn't the 6.8 use .270 bullets??  Or rather .277 cal bullets??



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Yes, it does, although lighter weight than a .270.

For hunting there is essentially no difference between 6.8 and 6.5.  At hunting ranges they will both ha a similar trajectory and energy, and both have several good hunting bullets available.  6.8 probably has more factory ammo. 

6.5 is better for longer range shooting due to the superior ballistic coefficient of the 6.5mm projectiles.  This doesn't really come into play until you're getting past what most people consider ethical hunting ranges, so if you only care about hunting it really doesnt matter.  If you want to shoot long range with an AR15 then 6.5 Grendel is what you're looking for.

There seems to be a consensus that 6.8 is a more efficient cartridge out of shorter barrels, so if you want good performance with a shorter barrel while still retaining mid range capability then 6.8 is for you.

There is a lot of bickering between the 6.5 and 6.8 fanboys, but frankly I think it's pretty stupid.  They both have a lot of overlap, but excel at different things.  Which one is better depends on what type of shooting you want to do.

Like Shooter said, 308 is a great hunting cartridge, but it won't fit in an AR15.  You would have to step up to an AR10, so you would need an entirely different lower receiver.

newfalguy101:
I want to stick with the Ar-15 as I really enjoyed using it for this past deer season.

I have an Ar-10 in .308, and compared to my '15 its a hog!!  It has a heavy 20 inch barrel and I would guess its close to, if not over 10 lbs................however, for personal reasons, I likely will never shoot that particular gun..............I fully intended to when I got it, but.............

I am actually leaning towards the .300 simply because I already have .30cal bullets and it uses the same BCG as the .223, which in theory at least, should save me a couple bucks on an upper.

That doesn't mean I have made up my mind, just initial leanings...

RobertH:
i have a 300BLK on a 10" barrel.  i don't think it can make the 900ft/lbs @ 100yds, so i've lost interest in 300BLK.  right now, i'm really liking the LR308 build i did.

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