Uncle Sam to manufacture it's own ammo.

[GotRDid]

M855A1 Penetrator Ammo Accuracy: How Good Is It, Really?

By Jeff Gurwitch June 4, 2018 I first came across the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round (EPR) during my first deployment to Afghanistan back in 2012. At the time, M855A1 was only being issued in war zones, so none of us had any experience training with it prior to the deployment. While the...

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[Mr. Ten-X]

The M855A1

Signed armorers manual. Price includes shipping.

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Currently a fan of Lake City M193 and Black Hills MK262. Neither are good on body armor, but soldiers in the sandbox did not encounter many wearing it. The MK262 was mighty decisive on soft targets.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

Thank you fx77. A little reality check always comes in handy when we start down the woulda, coulda, shoulda road.
If for just a moment we stop and relook at what the 6.8spc made for and the greedy people running that company who rushed the cartridge into testing before it was ready to be tested, we can see what that cartridge can and does do.

Some wildcatters took the time to find the correct twist rate for the barrel and the 6.8 came to life. People who have actually used it with the 1:11 or 1:11.25 barrels are taking elk at 300+ yards with it, yes when I was still hunting I was one of those people. Those same people found that it could safely be pushed to and sometimes past 2900 fps. depending upon the powder/barrel used, that was years ago, what will it do with better barrels and powders now?

Bullets don't need to go a million feet per second to kill the the person you are aiming at. Look at the lowly 7.62x39, it has killed more people than any other bullet there is. And no matter how much it is laughed at, almost everyone has one, "just in case".

Let's see if this new fangled 6.8mm round is still being given to front line units 5 years from now. I kinda doubt it.

Now that they are making better 5.56 projectiles, I'm for sticking with it.

Yeah, somewhere on the internet there is a round table with a bunch of old boots on the ground Vets discussing new military rounds. They were concerned with two things, weight and number of rounds.

 

[majohnson]

When they finally released the 6.8 SPC, I bought into the hype. Then they came into a 2nd version where they changed the neck angles. Even with the change the cartridge, it was as good to 600 yds. Even in the thin air at 5200’ elevation, pass 600 yds the bullet would start to tumble. I tried a bunch of different powder's, primers, and even cases. Purchase a White Oak barrel, which at that time was considered the a good option for accuracy.

Then talking with Dave at PTG about a 338 reamer for a a build I was putting together. I brought up the 6.8 and being disappointed in the cartridge. Dave brought up the 6.5 Grendel, and how much more efficient the cartridge was. That it would easily shoot out 1000 - 1200yds. Since it would be 18 months or more before I received my barreled and action for my 338LM build.

The Grendel is easy to load and shoot. Even the first day in the wind at CRC, it was easy to go from a 100yd sight in to 1050 steel target.

Hope the military can make additional gains in the 6.8SPC.