Re: 300 AAC, vs 556/6.8?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: lwrkeysfisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bacarrat</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The round is meant to be suppressed. Yeah sure there might be better rounds out there for distance and energy. But at the cost of another suppressor, different mags(hopefully they work), new bolt, and new barrel. Hopefully you can find brass too. With the Blackout all you have to change is the barrel, and maybe a 30 cal suppressor and that's about it. Everything else is standard AR15 parts. No proprietary parts.
A lot of manufactures are jumping on the bandwagon. For the brief period that it has been a SAAMI spec cartridge I think it has pretty good support. Pretty soon there is going to be plenty of choices for ammo. From match grade (already out) to plinking ammo. I have been testing some 130 stuff that has been hell on hogs. 6 shots, 6 dead pigs DRT!
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I don't disagree. Much like the 7.62X39, the 300 Blk is effective for hunting out to 175 yds--but then again, so is the .223. Beyond 175 the velocity is pretty limited, and not many bullets in the 110-130gr range will not expand effectively. Not sure if you shot any of these hogs in shoulder, but if you did I'd be interested in seeing recovered projectiles and knowing at what ranges they were shot. </div></div>
With the 130s, all the shots have been around 100 yards and under. We hunt the hogs at night so I don't want to stretch it out too far, I know the limitations of the round. But for hunting hogs with a SBR, I don't ever plan on taking long shots. Let's be realistic, that's not the intent of the 300 AAC Blackout. I have plenty of other guns available if I want to shoot further or hit harder.
The first hog taken down with the 130s was about a 100 yard shot through the shoulder. We cut it open the the bullet went through, not after destroying the internals and breaking the shoulder bone on the other side, leaving a nice 1.5" exit wound.
I have also seen several hit with the 110gr Hornady's and for the most part, they come apart in a hog.