tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post116878540277171175..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Boomsticks: Why I went 6.8.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1169845761102400742007-01-26T16:09:00.000-05:002007-01-26T16:09:00.000-05:00Wolf did their part in getting 6.5 Grendel ammo to...Wolf did their part in getting 6.5 Grendel ammo to the US. Now we are waiting on the flow through distributors to retailers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168953278115115302007-01-16T08:14:00.000-05:002007-01-16T08:14:00.000-05:00My Sig rep tells me that they're having a TOUGH ti...My Sig rep tells me that they're having a TOUGH time getting .223/5.56 right now. When Sig can't even get it...<BR/><BR/>There's a problem.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168868810913411712007-01-15T08:46:00.000-05:002007-01-15T08:46:00.000-05:00Tam, What ever happened to "The Arms Room"Tam, What ever happened to "The Arms Room"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168841634077504862007-01-15T01:13:00.000-05:002007-01-15T01:13:00.000-05:002 more things that I have to do to an AR as a wish...2 more things that I have to do to an AR as a wish/need to do ( made easier if I get out of Taxachusetts! ) :<BR/><BR/>1) This is the one that gets taken care of after the move. I have a RR post-ban barrel on the upper I bought at Camp Perry. I was basically making my variation of their DEA carbine with my choices for parts. When I get out, the correct barrel will be put on in it's place.<BR/><BR/>2) I'm hanging around again at Lightfighters forums and it has a good following for the 6.8 SPC. I just looked at a DPMS 6.8 carbine at a shop in RI and was impressed with the feel and the handling. I'm looking at the mid-length 16" upper from CMMG for $525 or so to have as another choice if cheap 5.56 dries up.<BR/><BR/>Joe R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168824613640664942007-01-14T20:30:00.000-05:002007-01-14T20:30:00.000-05:00I was at SHOT yesterday, and one of the things I a...I was at SHOT yesterday, and one of the things I asked around about was 6.8. The S&W guy I spoke with didn't have any info, suggested I speak with the Product Manager, who wasn't there. The Bushmaster guys pointed me to their in-production offerings, a few of which I saw at the Orlando gun show the week before. Rock River said "mid summer." Barrett, of course, has had theirs out for a while. <BR/><BR/>Bullets and dies have been widely available, as has been reloading info. <BR/><BR/>Ballistically, 5.56 stinks, the 6.8 is a big improvement. The one stumbling block to 6.8, and given availability of 5.56 it may not be, is availability. I'm still seeing dealers with stocks of 5.56, although they're smaller stocks and prices are quite a bit higher. Very few have any supplies of 6.8 on hand, which is probably chicken-and-egg: he's not selling many guns in 6.8, so he won't stock much ammo for it. He doesn't have <BR/>ammo in 6.8, so no one is buying guns for it. <BR/><BR/>I'm with you, Tam. Time to make the jump.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168815170242878712007-01-14T17:52:00.000-05:002007-01-14T17:52:00.000-05:00A cheer to celebrate Tam's newest:Two, Four, 6.8SP...A cheer to celebrate Tam's newest:<BR/><BR/>Two, Four, 6.8<BR/>SPC is really greatLes Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389811940518627023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168797498265721042007-01-14T12:58:00.000-05:002007-01-14T12:58:00.000-05:00I don't handload. I stockpile.If the bad guys stop...I don't handload. I stockpile.<BR/><BR/>If the bad guys stop the sale of ammunition, or tax it, I will be unaffected for years. I prefer the 40mm Grenade ammocans as a convenient size. Big enough to hold a lot, and small enough for a one man lift.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168796424975718062007-01-14T12:40:00.000-05:002007-01-14T12:40:00.000-05:00If'n Oly ever coughs up the lower I ordered (in FE...If'n Oly ever coughs up the lower I ordered (in FEBRUARY of '06), it'll replace the Mega lower on my wife's 9mm.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking real hard about putting a 6.5 Grendel upper on the Mega. Although it'd be an easier choice if Wolf would get their ammo on the market.Goldwater's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499318081058139247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1168794260763784882007-01-14T12:04:00.000-05:002007-01-14T12:04:00.000-05:00This is why I handload. I ran the numbers a while...This is why I handload. I ran the numbers a while back. My pet load for the .223 is 23.5 grains of Varget under a Hornady 75gr BTHP Match bullet. I buy sized, trimmed & prepped cases from Sharch either primed or unprimed depending on what's available, and I don't bother to collect the brass after use. It costs me in materials about $259/1000. I think it costs about that for XM193. But XM193 doesn't shoot <A HREF="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/smallestminority/group.jpg" REL="nofollow">like this</A> at 100 yards.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10324035824298948422noreply@blogger.com