6.8 mm Remington SPC

LongBomber said:
Since you need a short action anyway a 260 or 7mm08 makes more sense. Not much recoil for a decent jump in effect on game. For a bolt action rifle a 308 cased 270 would be of some use, at least you would fill up the short action. From a lever, or a pump rifle you may as well just get a 270.
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It would actually fit in a Mini-Mauser action which is pretty neat, and I like neat.
 
My guess is that it will depend on whether the US military accepts it.
If so, the round will have huge success.
If they don't, the round will become one of many moderately successful choices.
 
For a hunting rifle based on something like an AR15 action or even the Ruger Mini14 then the 6.8 makes some sense. But if you are talking a bolt rifle then the .260 or 7mm-08 makes more sense & already readily available.

Just my .02

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I shot a nice 2 point Mule deer buck @ 166 lasered yards Monday (5pm) afternoon I was using my non-restricted 18.6" barreled Robinson Arms XCR-L in 6.8 SPC spec 11 chamber (my avatar pic) loaded with 95gr TTSX @ 2825fps hit the deer in the left front chest just in front of the left leg and the bullet exited just behind the right leg dropped it instantly.

Shot missed bone on the way in and hit one small rib on the way out I have to say I was very surprised that it exited.
 
A question on pressures was asked earlier in this thread the new spec 11 chamber and a faster 1 - 11" twist rate reduces pressures from 2000psi - 9000psi and has a gain of appr 100fps - 200fps over the original Rem saami spec chamber.
 
LongBomber said:
True, It would make a very handy little number. Doesn't sako make a 223 size action as well?

Like I said, I like the idea, but I still just don't think it will flourish, but it will survive.
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I've held one of these rifles in 223 it would make an excellent 6.8spc platform...
 
I am really surprised that this cartridge has'nt taken off better, and become more popular. It seems like the perfect cartridge for Deer. Hopefully the military will start using it more, and it will become a standard Nato caliber. If that happens, in the not too distant future, then this will be the most popular Deer round, I would bet.
 
With 17 percent more case capacity than the 5.56 and a bullet almost twice as heavy and five calibers larger delivering 78 percent more energy at 100 yards, the 6.8mm Rem. SPC was what the military was looking for. Lots of smack at close combat ranges combined with improved 500-meter accuracy and lethality.

Sounds like a decent deer cartridge, doesn't it? Remington thinks so.

Until this year, the 6.8mm Rem. SPC has been loaded only with a 115-grain FMJ, BTHP, or Sierra MatchKing at a velocity of 2,800 feet per second. Now the 6.8mm SPC has been mated with Remington's premier game bullet, a 115-grain bonded Core-Lokt Ultra at 2,775 fps.

Remington likes to compare the ballistics of the 6.8mm SPC with those of that time-proven deer slayer, the .30-30 firing a 150-grain bullet. Accordingly, the 6.8mm Rem. SPC produces 23 percent more energy at 100 yards, 36 percent more at 200 yards, and at 300 yards, the 6.8mm SPC still retains 1,072 ft-lbs of energy compared to the .30-30's miserly 565 ft-lbs. The 6.8mm SPC is 4" flatter at 200 yards than the .30-30, and in rifles of identical weight, the recoil of the 6.8mm SPC is 30 percent less.
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With 36% more energy at 200 yards than a .30-30, and still 1000 ft-lbs at 300 yards in a Contender-sized rifle, what's not to like?

This little cartridge could be a wonderful lightweight deer rifle. It really seems to extend the capabilities of the Contender platform.
 
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