Comments on: Remington Introduces new 30 Remington AR Cartridge

By: An

An — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 11:32:43 +0000

Another cartridge no one néeds-lol. Not even worth commenting on.

By: Pat

Pat — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 03:04:29 +0000

Looks like it might be a fun cartridge to play with in a bolt gun on the target range. To me it looks like with the right recipe it will shoot bugholes. Here in Mi I do all my deer hunting with a pump shotgun and a rifled slug barrel. No shots ever over 75 yds and with sabot slugs 100+ is easy to do so I don’t even need a rifle for hunting. I would like to see some range reports on this cartridge out of a good bolt rifle.

By: Tacrancher

Tacrancher — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 03:22:02 +0000

$1100 pass. $700 okay. 30 cal 308 balistics? I would like to try it. Hope the caliber makes a resurgence.

By: Rikky Lee

Rikky Lee — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 01:08:04 +0000

Compare this with Whitley’s 30 ARX…

Natural selection is going to have to kick in.

By: Ken Lacey

Ken Lacey — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:37:18 +0000

The R-25 is also chambered in the 7mm 08. While you’re at it ,include that caliber in this comparison. KL

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 05:14:39 +0000

I hunt on a very thick piece of property in northern MS .. primarily growing pines that are 6-8 years old with fingers of hardwoods in between the fields of pines. I primarily bow hunt the property, and all of my stands are set up with bow in mind, but when gun season rolls around I head out to check things out. Problem is that there isn’t a single spot on this 300+ acre piece of property where I could take a shot much further than 75 yards. Every deer killed there in the past 5 years has been taken inside 50 yards. The WSMs have been my first choice for this property because of the small overall footprint and short barrel of the gun …. so a small-profile 30 cal AR out of a tree stand build with bow-hunting in mind seems like another decent option for my situation. I have guns built for long-range hunting, but most are too much for this property. The 30 RAR might be the right fit for me …

By: 10mm AUTO

10mm AUTO — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:22:07 +0000

Further, this would make a wonderful urban rifle, giving more energy at 500 yards (719ftp) than either my 10mm sidearm at the muzzle (654) and most 41 magnum loads.

Starting 200 fps faster than the 7.62 x 39mm it beats the .223 nonlethal (by Army Def.) 500 yard energy by 500 fpe, making it highly lethal. Impressive.

By: 10mm AUTO

10mm AUTO — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:06:36 +0000

Interesting concept! Much like Coopers “Thumper” rifle. Most troops would be outfitted with the 30 rem and snipers or DMR would have 308. Same bullets in each one.

I should point out to the editor that the magazine is BLOCKED at 4 rounds for legal maximum hunting, not that the 20 round AR mag will only take 4 rounds because the case is so fat.

I mean come on Dude.

By: Lil Wolfe

Lil Wolfe — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:57:00 +0000

At first, I thought along the lines of the author: Why? Since I primarily chase the target game, I wasn’t really seeing the light on this one, but since sales of AR15 rifles and carbines have been sky-rocketing among hunters who are looking for medium game calibers in .264-.308, while keeping a lightweight gun, the .30 RAR starts to make more sense.

I just looked up some load data in Hornady’s 9th Edition, and see that they have some loads with 150gr-155gr projectiles in the 2500-2600fps range. When I went to look at the test rifle, I see that it was a Model 70 with a 22″ barrel. That isn’t helpful for the AR shooter.

Since it uses AR10 bolt geometry, it will take a lot more pressure than a .223 bolt. I’d like to see this necked down to 7mm and 6.5mm though. A high-pressure case from someone else would be nice, as mentioned.

4 years later and it seems they are dropping the price on these rifles to get them moving.

By: Jim Koss

Jim Koss — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:35:39 +0000

I think the need for such a round is probably greater for the military than for any hunter. The rifle was afterall built for that purpose. Also most deer are shot at ranges less than 100 yards. Still it would make an interesting round in a small bolt gun.

J.A.Koss