In December I picked up two Mag Tactical stripped lowers that I had planned on building until the freakout. Now that some prices are starting to work their way down I am going to pick up the building again. I am in no real hurry and refuse to pay ridiculous prices for parts, but I am slowly rounding stuff up. I have managed to grab a LAR Grizzly ops4 side-charging upper and a young manufacturing BCG (traded 5 ar mags and a remington 597) and want to build a side-charged, fixed stock, free floated , 18 or 20 inch barrel rifle. I will mount either a 3-9x40 or 4-12x50 and use the rifle primarily for two purposes; 1-as a long (well long for me) range (300-650 yards) target rifle, and 2- as a deer hunting rifle. Hunting in my area (central Kentucky) is mostly woods and farmland, most deer shots I will take will be in the range of 50-250 yards. Also for shooting any coyotes I can set eyes on.
I like what I have heard and read about both the 6.5 grendal and the 6.8SPC, from my understanding, the two cartridges get produce similar results in relation to accuracy as well as terminal damage. The 6.5 seems to have the slight edge when it comes to accuracy and the 6.8 has the edge after it makes contact with a living target.
This is just my understanding of information I have read, as my hands on experience with both calibers is less than 10 rounds total.
My questions are, is my understanding correct? What really are the differences when it come to ballistics both in terms of accuracy and terminal damage? For example, if the 6.8 had considerably worse accuracy, but the stopping power/terminal damage differences where similar, I would choose the 6.5. Or if the 2 cartridges had similar accuracy numbers but the 6.8 was capable of producing better effects on game, I would choose the 6.8...
I am not limited to factory ammo, and I will be reloading both hunting and target rounds.
Basically, how do the 2 calibers match up in accuracy and terminal damage abilities, and is the difference between the two enough that it would swing my choice considering my intended uses?
Finally is there anything I should consider before jumping into either in an AR build? (things like cost and availability of bullets, brass, components, common problems etc)
Thanks in advance for the help.
I like what I have heard and read about both the 6.5 grendal and the 6.8SPC, from my understanding, the two cartridges get produce similar results in relation to accuracy as well as terminal damage. The 6.5 seems to have the slight edge when it comes to accuracy and the 6.8 has the edge after it makes contact with a living target.
This is just my understanding of information I have read, as my hands on experience with both calibers is less than 10 rounds total.
My questions are, is my understanding correct? What really are the differences when it come to ballistics both in terms of accuracy and terminal damage? For example, if the 6.8 had considerably worse accuracy, but the stopping power/terminal damage differences where similar, I would choose the 6.5. Or if the 2 cartridges had similar accuracy numbers but the 6.8 was capable of producing better effects on game, I would choose the 6.8...
I am not limited to factory ammo, and I will be reloading both hunting and target rounds.
Basically, how do the 2 calibers match up in accuracy and terminal damage abilities, and is the difference between the two enough that it would swing my choice considering my intended uses?
Finally is there anything I should consider before jumping into either in an AR build? (things like cost and availability of bullets, brass, components, common problems etc)
Thanks in advance for the help.
