I was asked by a friend of mine to talk a little bit about the 6.8mm Rem SPC.
The 6.8 Remington SPC
I haven’t had first-hand experience with this 6.8mm round yet. (Anything I say from this point is just my own views from what I have read.) As I have written in another post I am not a fan of the 5.56 NATO round due in part to the fact it is a .22 on steroids!! I would like to see and feel on a first-hand basis the differences in the rounds in how they handle. I have a collection of live and spent rounds with everything from a .50 BMG to a .45ACP to a .17 hornet.
However, we have not yet come across anyone at the range shooting next to me who owns a 6.8mm rifle, so I have not yet collected any spent or live rounds. My preference for the larger calibers is, I must confess, a masculine trait: men like big guns.
According to my research, the 6.8mm round was created by Remington Arms Company, Inc. with assistance from the US SOCOM organization. It was meant to be a hybrid between the 5.56NATO and the 7.62NATO in terms of bullet speed and size. After I shoot a few of these rounds, I will conduct a more comprehensive investigation into the 6.8mm Rem SPC round.
Now once I get the doctor’s release to put a butt-stock against my shoulder again I would love to get out and put some lead down range at some zombies or maybe into some cans of spray paint or a watermelon. hm… *ideas start flowing into my mind*