6 ARC Longevity

Lowlight said:

This speaks to me as I did this, as well I watched other cartridges misstep over the years. Having gone down the Valkyrie route, and I like the Valkyrie, it showed the 22s work, they just need speed vs some of the other calibers. The handicapped it at 2750, and now that the 80s go 2900fps and they offer lighter faster options, it's dead. I feel the same way with the 6.5Grendel, it never worked, I watched dozen try it initially and it never worked as advertised and that is the key factor, as advertised. With ease we got the Valkyrie to work but too late.

Now, when they announced the 6ARC I was like, not this time, I am waiting. At the same time the Arc dropped the 6GT did as well, different missions, similar numbers to make you wonder, but that small frame AR size was the difference.

Initially and I still have the images, the numbers I saw were too slow for me, I said, same as the Valk, so I waited and went 6GT with a boltgun. View attachment 8696835
This was a no go for me, but figured time would tell.

Fast foreword to today and things have improved, we now have a solid variety of ammo, at a good swing of speeds. Some of it is still 2750fps, but other stuff is much faster. We can make this work, and we know handloading is key to getting what we need.

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The 80s, its in the 80s, going 3000fps, that is the sweet spot when we need it, as well the gas gun stuff with the ammo goes 2885fps. All good numbers where they didn't try to squeeze it all in a box. They have variety.

Rifle is built, I am hoping the barrel speeds up a little, which it might, i have barely 80 rounds through it, so maybe it will speed up a touch which would be the easy button.

Everyone I spoke to likes it, all the side adjacent military guys using it, like it, so there is some lifespan here.
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So far the best numbers are with the 103gr ELDX, really good downrange results with them.

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So I'm in the early days, honeymoon faze with the 6ARC but I like it alot so far

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