Is the 6.8 SPC Dead?

[Paolung]

Seems the Grendel, 300BO, and the ol' Commie standby 7.62x39mm are the 3 major contenders in that particular niche right now. I went with the Grendel, though the 6.8 SPC did begin as a possibility for me.

 

[Nick Burkhardt]

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[arrowshooter]

What sealed the 6.8 for me was that I am not a high BC boolit guy. They do have their uses, but just not for me. The ballistics between the two are close enough within 200 yds that the 6.8 was the only real choice. One thing that helped was I had just gotten involved with a ranch that was loaded with pigs and YouTube had a good number of videos of guys making the 6.8 out to be the big thing for hogs.

I'll also ad that I love being in the woods when it's snowing/raining and I don't have to worry about it getting wet like I would with an old wood stocked rifle.

 

[quneur]

6.8 SPC uses .277 dia bullets which no other popular caliber uses. 6.5 Grendel use .264 dia bullets which is popular. So, I can see why manufacturers would rather concentrate on .264 dia bullets rather than a 'boutique' caliber.

 

[titsonritz]

There has always been a battle for the #1 mid-bore AR cartridge, 6mm ARC is the current rage.

 

[bcp]

6.8 SPC uses .277 dia bullets which no other popular caliber uses.

270 Winchester isn't popular?


Bruce

 

[titsonritz]

270 Winchester isn't popular?


Bruce

Two different weight categories.

 

[quneur]

270 Winchester isn't popular?


Bruce

Oops, take that back. My bad. Look for .277 doa/6.8 but 270 didn't come up for some reason. 284/7mm came up a lot.

 

[orygun]

6.8 SPC uses .277 dia bullets which no other popular caliber uses. 6.5 Grendel use .264 dia bullets which is popular. So, I can see why manufacturers would rather concentrate on .264 dia bullets rather than a 'boutique' caliber.

270 Winchester isn't popular?


Bruce

Bruce beat me to it, but what about the new 6.8 Western? I get that there is a bit of a weight range difference, but all of these, plus the 270 Winchester Short Mag all use .277 bullets.

 

[DirectDrive]

I don't think 6.8SPC is dead.
Still popular with hog hunters and some deer hunters.
Takes less structure out of the AR bolt.
Shaped to feed well.
Good mid-range performance.

Grendel has the 6.5 family of bullets even though it can't drive them as fast as one would like.
But they are arrows and arrows fly.
6mmARC (6mmxGrendel) is getting popular while 6x6.8 is excellent, but has too many variants.