Comments on: SOCOM Considers New 6.5 mm Chamberings for Semi-Auto Rifles

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:18:24 +0000

There are many good rounds out there
but the 6.5 has shown it can preform.
What ever we give our men and women in the field I’m sure it will be the best you can get.

By: Oran

Oran — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 15:31:29 +0000

The brand new Hornady 6.5 Creedmoor 147 grain ELD bullet has a BC of 0.70 and a sectional density of 0.35 !! What other mid-caliber can match this ? Also employ two interchangeable barrels on the M27. A short (city) barrel; and, a long (24 inch) sniper barrel carried by each soldier. A sight for the city barrel and one for sniper work. Each recruit should have fundamental sniper training. Each squad needs a target spotter with very powerful scopes, plus a pocket recon drone.

By: Dtubb

Dtubb — Sat, 06 May 2017 00:59:26 +0000

6.5x48mm is a 6XC necked to 6.5-
Early on tried th5 6.5XC picked the 6mm and have never regretted it.

However barrel life with the 6.5 XC would be better.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 05 May 2017 20:44:50 +0000

I was hoping for a bit more higher level comment.

The scuttlebutt to date has been about a 6.5 x 48mm cartridge to replace both the 223 and 308 cases. While this is a case of back to the future (and I am looking squarely at the US’ insistence on 7.62 x 54 over the UK’s much better 280 British back in the very early 50s).

Now the Commonwealth has been through this with the move from 303 to 7.62 Nato and it will work but takes time for the logistics chain to catch up. Noting far too many wars have shown up the 5.56 as unsuitable, a calibre change across the board would be a timely thing.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 05 May 2017 14:58:36 +0000

Will come down to money. Higher life of barrel and cost of ammo

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 03 May 2017 16:40:40 +0000

There are both many advantages ; and a few disadvantages to making this change . Most of the advantages were highlighted in the article , and they are all positives . The one major down-side to doing this is a simple one .

Being a “Shooter” ; out in the field in a tactical situation , and due to circumstance of the action , running out of ammo for this weapon . Is someone else carrying extra ammo for you on your team ? Does this mean that SOCOM teams would be converting their current LR-10 gunners to the new cartridge , so as to have more ammo available to their “Shooter”? Hopefully ; DoD and SOCOM are taking these factors into consideration , because I certainly would not want to be “That Guy”; in the middle of a gunfight , and run out of ammo , and be the only one out their with that cartridge .Could make for a really bad day . Just sayin….