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Old 04-03-2018, 18:08   #16
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Old 04-07-2018, 12:24   #17
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By "performance" I am referring to external ballistics only. As I understand it. If you compare the external ballistics of the 6.5CM vs. the 7.62X51 in a 20" inch barrel, the 6.5CM will shoot flatter, more stable, and stay supersonic to a greater distance due to the higher BC. However, if you are shooting the shorter 16" barrel the decrease in velocity causes less negative effect on the 7.62X51 (when using a high twist rate like 1:10") vs. the 6.5CM. I don't have the numbers, but if I remember correctly, the 6.5CM will actually go transonic sooner. Now, I am no Brian Litz and I could be wrong, but that is how I understand it. As for terminal ballistics, I have no idea. If I don't have to hump it around, like riding around in an RG or sitting in a VSP, I would absolutely take a 20" 6.5CM due to the increased accuracy and range. If I am patrolling on foot, I would take the "handier" 16" 7.62X51 and accept that my range is 800mtrs maximum.

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Old 04-07-2018, 15:55   #18
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By "performance" I am referring to external ballistics only. As I understand it. If you compare the external ballistics of the 6.5CM vs. the 7.62X51 in a 20" inch barrel, the 6.5CM will shoot flatter, more stable, and stay supersonic to a greater distance due to the higher BC. However, if you are shooting the shorter 16" barrel the decrease in velocity causes less negative effect on the 7.62X51 (when using a high twist rate like 1:10") vs. the 6.5CM. I don't have the numbers, but if I remember correctly, the 6.5CM will actually go transonic sooner. Now, I am no Brian Litz and I could be wrong, but that is how I understand it. As for terminal ballistics, I have no idea. If I don't have to hump it around, like riding around in an RG or sitting in a VSP, I would absolutely take a 20" 6.5CM due to the increased accuracy and range. If I am patrolling on foot, I would take the "handier" 16" 7.62X51 and accept that my range is 800mtrs maximum.

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No worries, I wasn’t trying to create drama. Everything I have researched shows the 6.5CM matches more to 300WM and is superior to .308. The only downside I’ve ever heard was barrel wear. Which, IMHO, is a BS argument. Uncle Sugar can afford barrels (and so can I). Another cartridge I’ve been wondering about is the 300 Norma Magnum which is performing more like ultra mag. What I seem to read about, it’s all about the ability to seat longer bullets (not that big army is hand loading), which allows you to dial in the accuracy.
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Old 11-12-2018, 00:53   #19
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Basic military small arms design considerations point to the .260 Remington as the better military cartridge. The reason is it is just a necked down version of the .308 WIN. This cartridge has more of a body taper from the head to the shoulder to facilitate extraction in a dirty chamber. A straight walled case will have more friction on it until the shoulder clears the rear of the chamber. Plus this taper facilitates the feeding from a box magazine better. Think of a triangle vs a rectangle, picture both of them being puled out of a matching slot, the triangle becomes loose after a small movement, not so with the rectangle. Just basic military small arms design that all 18"Bs should know.
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Old 11-12-2018, 12:10   #20
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7.62x51 to 5.56 to 6.5 very amusing indeed................

7.62x51 to 5.56 to 6.5 very amusing indeed. The army in it's infinite wisdom is now climbing back up the bullet tree it climbed down from in the 50's and 60's.

Actually very surprising as females wish to join the "combat" ranks. The combat load is once again becoming "heavier", again.

Personally I'd have every other soldier assigned to the infantry carrying 7.62x51 for long range and 5.56 for the close in stuff. But that's not "uniform". Wouldn't look good in a parade, generals would hate that.....................
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Old 11-12-2018, 12:20   #21
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After WW II, the Army ALMOST selected the FN FAL. The initial tests were with the British 280 cal. But Mother Army had to have a .30 inch, so the 7.62x51 was born :]

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The .280 British was an experimental rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge. It was later designated 7 mm MK1Z, and has also been known as 7 mm NATO, .280/30, .280 Enfield, .280 NATO, 7 mm FN Short, and 7×43mm.

Like most armed forces in the immediate post-World War II era, the British Army began experimenting with lighter rounds after meeting the German StG 44 in combat. The Army began development in the late 1940s, with subsequent help from Fabrique Nationale in Belgium and the Canadian Army. The .280 British was tested in a variety of rifles and machine guns including the EM-2, Lee–Enfield, FN FAL, Bren, M1 Garand and Taden gun.

Despite its success as an intermediate cartridge, the .280 British was not considered powerful enough by the U.S. Army and several variants of the .280 British were created in an attempt to appease the U.S. Army. However, the U.S. Army continued to reject these variants, ultimately adopting the 7.62×51mm NATO.


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Old 11-13-2018, 10:48   #22
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Once they weaponize the iPAD we can do away with all of this silly gun stuff anyway.
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Old 11-13-2018, 15:12   #23
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338 Norma Magnum. With 16in barrel and 10rd box magazine, It will be California compliant ! Man up and take the recoil you wont need a follow on shot, Even comes in belt fed Machinegun form.
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