Just like the Dane Cook bit about Oprah. “You get a wildcat, and you get a wildcat, and you get a wildcat”! Everybody gets a wildcat!
AND.... Another 'special' cartridge that will fall into the niche category with limited supply/mfg. coverage... The Browning 6.8 Western.
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Shiiit, if I have to introduce a new cartridge just for 2020/2021, it will be a nonlethal, non-dangerous 12 gauge "clown face" paint round designed to be fired from a hand held flare gun. Upon firing into the target's face, the mixture of pigments ejected from the cartridge instantly turns the target's face into a fully painted party clown. Awesome for trolling leftist NPCs when they say stupid shit and it is not "hate speech", since it does not involve any speech at all, and not "assault" either because the paint rounds would be designed to not cause actual pain and should be fairly "easy" to wash off, with effort of course...
The 6.8 Eastern is the same round, it just arrives 2-3 hours earlier!
The way the OP feels about this is exactly the way i felt about it last week or last last week whenever it came out.
Nothing special here, id rather just grab a PRC if it were me.
Nothing special here, id rather just grab a PRC if it were me.
You just described the only calibers in my safe. Except 50 BMG, still saving up.
Looking at the SAAMI sheet for it, this new one is 35 degree. That makes it different from every other cartridge I am awarre of, certainly all the common ones every one is making comparisons here. Still don't quite see the point of it.
My brother explained it all above. The only wildcat/oddball cartridges I have that are not on his list are the 270 Win and the 17wsm/17hmr/17M2. I guess I was not focused on bunny hunting when I made my selections, lol. Carry on lads... Irish
Because the animals we hunt wont die with the old cartridges. The modern animals can only be harvested with the most modern rounds.
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FN has 7.62 x 51 Fnar that is essentially a scaled down BAR. I had a 16” hbar unit for a few years. It has too many moving parts and disassembly/reassembly was a nightmare.
One on the few firearms I no longer have that I don’t miss...
There is only one reason- that matters- for a firearms manufacturer (though Browning doesn’t actually manufacture any firearms, but whatever) to release a new cartridge. FIREARM SALES!!!
No, the 6.8 eastern is fired from a 0.277 bore shotgun...
This all day long. Standardize a 7SS that fits in 2.95” mag with 180 Berger’s and plenty of case capacity but in 7mm not 6.8.
its SAUM length (2.020) with 35 degree shoulder (wsm)....would make a good neck up (7mm) or down (6.5) cartridge, with shitty brass
to me the fun thing would be to improve the Lapua 6.5 PRC barss to 35 shoulder stay at 6.5mm or yp to 7mm....an in between the sherman and standard cartidges....obviously the adg brass in rsaum is same quality as lapua and can do the same....but slightly smaller case volume with PRC case
to me the fun thing would be to improve the Lapua 6.5 PRC barss to 35 shoulder stay at 6.5mm or yp to 7mm....an in between the sherman and standard cartidges....obviously the adg brass in rsaum is same quality as lapua and can do the same....but slightly smaller case volume with PRC case
I think it fits a perfect niche. Ammo that's in stock and that which is not in stock. I literally saw it on the shelf at scheels yesterday right next to the ever popular 350 legend and 224 valkyrie. Grab it while you can, I've heard you can rebore your crappy 223's by cramming it in the chamber and firing once. Always wear eye protection!
Its a short action and does not require a special bolt face.
For an ultralight gun, it is interesting.