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[blackwolfe]

6.5 Creedmore has caught my attention.  I really don't know much about it, but I believe long range acccuracy is suposed to be very ggod.  I think it is available from DPMS and needs the AR10 .308 sized lower.  I need to check into the 6.5 Creedmore more.

I also think DPMS has .260 Remington uppers.

I have always liked 6.5 mm rounds.

[tombogan03884]

 Rock River has 6.8 and 458 SOCOM
http://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=251

DPMS has a bunch of calibers, starting with .204 Ruger, .243 Win, .260 Rem and .338 Federal

http://www.dpmsinc.com/firearms/

[1911 Junkie]

                    450 Bushmaster                 50 Beowulf                458 SOCOM
Bullet wt          250gr                               325gr                   250gr       300gr

Velocity           2214 f/s                            2010 f/s               2000f/s     1900f/s

Energy            2722 ft/lb                         2916 ft/lb              2167ft/lb   2405ft/lb

I forgot about the SOCOM

I'm not seeing much difference in these rounds. What would be the deciding factor on which to buy.

Ammo prices pretty much suck on all of them.

[Pathfinder]

Stag has 6.8 Rem SPC uppers as well as left and right 5.56 uppers.

[r_boyette]

Rock River has 6.8 and 458 SOCOM
http://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=251

DPMS has a bunch of calibers, starting with .204 Ruger, .243 Win, .260 Rem and .338 Federal

http://www.dpmsinc.com/firearms/

Good friend of mine returned home from his Airbase in Tuscon, AZ for Thanksgiving with a Browning A-Bolt Micro-Medallion that was chambered in .308win when we were trading it back and forth in high school, but when he got here he was showing me he'd had it rebarreled with a Douglass Blued-Stainless-Fluted barrel(Made for a sharp looking rig, anyway...) and chambered for .338 Federal. After a couple weeks deer hunting with him, i was really impressed with the caliber. I had a .338win mag Abolt and really liked how it performed on deer. Some call it overkill on Alabama Whitetails but it was accurate and with 215gr Ballistic Tips and 225gr roundnose bullets it was sure devastating on Deer, Hogs, & later on Moose & Grizzley(sold it to my Airforce buddy when he was stationed in Alaska) with heavier lead. He was shooting 180gr Barnes X & 200gr Federal Fusion out of the .338 Fed. Seems to perform about like the .338win mag with 215-225's. Would surely make a fine cartridge if a man were interested in hunting with an AR. I guess its available on the AR-10 receivers. I did like it in the ABolt. Had my .338 been a short action w/ a 22" barrel instead of a 26" then id still be getting talked about bad for hunting a big gun. Ha   

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[TAB]

I think the 260 rem is a great round.

[alfsauve]

I think the 260 rem is a great round.

I'm with TAB on this.   Not sure there's that much more to gain in a 6.5mm that the 260Rem doesn't supply


Now just so we're all on the same page, 2Show.   

AR-15 lower - based on 5.56/.223 case.  Uppers for 6.8SPC and any other round using the same size case will work.

AR-10 - based on the .308 case.  Uppers for .243, 260Rem, 7mm/08, .308 and .338Fed will work on an AR-10 lower.  These are all "standard" ammo now, not wildcats.

And of course there are an assortment of specialty ARs in ~.400-.500 caliber.
 

[fightingquaker13]

I am not a guru 2How but I'll offer my .02. 6.8 seems like a good solid hunting round and more than enough for deer and SD. Downside is that its currently a boutique round, expensive, and hard to find in an SHTF situation. .243 Win would be my choice, but I don't know about mags. The same is true with an AR in .308. Its not really an AR as you need a new lower as well. At that point, I'd spring for an M1A, or an FN or a G3 so you get cheap surplus mags and aren't dependent on proprietary mags. Frankly, I've made my piece with .556. Its a paper puncher and SD gun, and a hunting rifle only in extremis. If you want it all, I'd say either go with one of the .308s or buy an AK, depending on your perceived accuracy requirements and wallet capacity. Hope this helps.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

I am not a guru 2How but I'll offer my .02. 6.8 seems like a good solid hunting round and more than enough for deer and SD. Downside is that its currently a boutique round, expensive, and hard to find in an SHTF situation. .243 Win would be my choice, but I don't know about mags. The same is true with an AR in .308. Its not really an AR as you need a new lower as well. At that point, I'd spring for an M1A, or an FN or a G3 so you get cheap surplus mags and aren't dependent on proprietary mags. Frankly, I've made my piece with .556. Its a paper puncher and SD gun, and a hunting rifle only in extremis. If you want it all, I'd say either go with one of the .308s or buy an AK, depending on your perceived accuracy requirements and wallet capacity. Hope this helps.
FQ13

FQ, the reason the Armalite 308 has a lower number than the .223 is because Stoner originally designed the AR as the .308 AR 10 but the Army wanted a smaller caliber so he shrunk his design for the AR 15.    

[fightingquaker13]

FQ, the reason the Armalite 308 has a lower number than the .223 is because Stoner originally designed the AR as the .308 AR 10 but the Army wanted a smaller caliber so he shrunk his design for the AR 15.    

Tom
My point was simply that if you want .308, you're buying a new rifle, not just slapping a new upper on your existing rig. Its not a $500+mags deal, you're looking at $1200 plus. For that, I'd rather have an M1A or an FN, or 3 AKs.
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