Engineered for hard use, the Novekse AR is one for the ages. It isn’t finicky with bullet weight or powder charge, barrel length, or magazines. A good portion of the M16s and M4s delivered to the U.S. Army in the past 30 years have rolled out of FN’s factories, making them a serious expert on the subject. Other brand-new .30-caliber AR rounds of the era, such as the .30 Remington AR and.30 Gremlin, while not designed for suppressed use, likewise had short lives. But when you’re on the edge of losing consciousness from inhaling ammonia fumes, everything seems to fade to black & white, anyway. I also asked questions on forums and such. It ensures the 300 Blackout is compliant with the BCG, gas pump, bolt, and pretty much all else comes normal with an AR-15. I am a little more than a year in to the AR platform and have two PSA 556s; a 16″ carbine and an 8.5″ pistol. These rediculous calibers get bought by people who hardly shoot and have the money to spend. The 7.62×39 does not play nicely with the AR-15/M-16 platform due the the shoulder angle on that round. Wisconsin-based Bravo Company has grown to become a household name in the AR game and their CQB series guns are crowd-pleasers with consumers seeking a 300 BLK rifle around the $1K-ish price tag that delivers above its weight class. I experienced exactly that back in about 1980 in a .22-250. You’d have to be blind as a bat to get those two cartridges confused. Anyways, thanks for replying! Crazy, right? Nice to know your justifications for me being ignorant for liking something different than you. All in all, the foundational idea of the 300 BLK was indeed a short-range, short-barreled weapon for combat use. I actually don’t think it makes sense, and that he Mk262 does what we need it to. Although, I’d argue that the CMMG 22lr conversion is just as fun and a lot cheaper for AR plinking! But, in that case, you have to be *very* careful not to double charge the case. works in the AR15 platform. Had a coop full until the rodent boom (’15-’16) was eating more feed than the chickens! “its biggest downside that it can be chambered into a 5.56 barrel to cause a catastrophic disassembly.”, That’s not an argument against the cartridge, so much an argument against carelessness, stupidity, or poor eyesight. Light weight, compact & low recoil bolt action what more can u ask for in a youth rifle. However, it had some problems of its own.Namely, it’s very hard to create a round that is good for everything, and the 5.56 NATO does fail on some points. A mystique surrounds the .300 BLK (AAC Blackout), and it overshadows this utility player’s ability to deliver All-Star numbers in a variety of roles. Daniel Horner of the US Army’s Marksmanship Unit, using hand-loaded .300 BLK in a custom AR, won the USPSA Multigun National Championships. Blackout cartridges do look cute with a little flat point cast bullet tho. Most AR-15 upper 300 Blackout rifles feature the 1:7 and 1:8 twist rate, which is the rifle barrel’s spin rate. Suggesting that these roughly similar sized calibers could be roughly similar ballistically is considered Heresy, and is thus grounds for Expulsion and Excommunication from the Holy Church of Eternal Firepower. We put the micrometer to it and got out a book and it was definitely Blackout. But I have to believe the typical .300 BLK buyer is at the table for a suppressed ‘pill’ *first*. The supersonic, un-suppressed 300 BLK is a wonderful, easy-shooting .30 caliber round that is kind on the shoulder and hard on game. This leaves you with mass to provide energy on target. That shorter gas system pairs well with a suppressor, which the .300BLK runs flawlessly and makes an ideal hunting or suppressed home defense rifle. The 5.45×39 is smaller than 5.56 and has lower muzzle energy. https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/05/the-armys-saw-and-m4-replacements-will-both-fire-this-more-accurate-and-deadly-round/. What a bunch of Chicken poo! I have chicken-keeping friends who have only specialty breeds, and while a Whiting True Blue is a nice bird, it’s nowhere near as hardy as the Americana, and both lay beautiful blue eggs. It should be noted that in 1993, the ATF only logged 310 Form 1s to produce NFA-registered devices such as suppressors. Someone once told me that .300 Blackout is the most convenient way to shoot 7.62x39mm in an AR type rifle. I also hate that the BCG is proprietary, and I’ve had FTF issues with some trigger groups because of the harder primers on that nice cheap ammo I bought the upper to use. Second, I’m fairly new to the AR platform (picked my first 6 years ago), so my opinion isn’t one that has the years of experience som of the gentlemen on here have. .44. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. Limited powder choices and neck tension problems with the x39 keep me going back to the 300 BO. No other round I know of can be as flexible and utilitarian…. It’s a great round, delivering Soviet 7.62×39-level power in a compact…”. Few brands deliver the value of Palmetto State when it comes to the AR platform, and their 16″ .300BLK rifle is no exception. For home defense, the same thing can be said in a .300-chambered AR replacing pistol caliber carbines. American Tactical Imports Omni Hybrid 300 Blackout Semi-Auto Rifle with Rogers Super Stoc $499.99; Brand: American Tactical Imports; Item Number: ATIGOMX300TS; Ruger American Ranch 300 Blackout FDE Bolt-Action Rifle w/ 10-Round AR-Style Magazine $529.99; Notify Me When Available; I was never an AR fan until one “kinda” fell into my lap. Have a nice day. I’m biased, as i own two (an ar and now the ACR in 6.8), but don’t you think you’re being a little biased as well? I will not be putting a suppressor on it. As a young man, I spent some time working in a gun shop. I will probably do this before getting started in the AR10 308 platform. I have seen more incredible and unique bullets for the 300 BLK than almost any other cartridge. With the .300, it dropped them in their tracks, no second shot was needed as long as I did my part. The .300 BLK (ACC?) Federal claims 2570 from a 24″ barrel. Just use common sense and don’t fall for everyone else’s short comings here. Once you pick up one of these, have your billfold closed because you will not want to put it back down unless it is in your gun safe. The 300 Blackout is derived from the 300 Whisper and received a SAAMI spec in 2011. You’d do well to own one. Developed by Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC), the 300 AAC Blackout, or 300 BLK, can be fired from a standard 5.56mm AR simply by changing out the barrel. Lord, have mercy. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. I’ve got to put my two centavos in on this one. Fitted with a 16.1-inch spiral fluted barrel, Monoforge one-piece upper, and fully ambi lower, Grants Pass, Oregon is home to the legend that is Noveske Rifleworks and their 6-pound, The truth was that private “silencer” ownership was extremely rare at the time. Stick to what you know. 7.62×33: .30-30 of lever action fame. What? I used to raise Kelso’s, Lacy’s, Blue Minors and Brown Shuffler’s. For what it’s worth I wouldn’t have mocked you for avoiding mixing 45 and 44 in the example you mentioned. Manufacturers can’t sell enough to produce it at that low of a price, buyers avoid it because of cost and fear of it going from “fad caliber” to “dead caliber”. If I saw Tulammo .300BLK show up for the same price I’d never have a reason to run my x39 upper again. Would take any game in North America easily. Although, now that I think about it, a bullet whose hollowpoint “petals” fragment might be even more devastating that an expanded .30 caliber bullet. My thought back when 300BLK was first becoming a darling of the community was that it’d only really take off if/when suppressors were decriminalized. The 300 BLK used to be an odd duck, but not anymore. I can afford to shoot what I got and that’s not a .300 Blackout. I’ve got 556 (tommybuilt T36 is awesome, check out atlantic firearms), 6.8 ACR, and an MDR in 308. Once considered an exotic round, 300 Blackout has become a household caliber.One of the best ways to shoot 300 Blackout is suppressed. There was a font of information, Pros, Cons and I thank those that took the time to “edjikate” this auld fart. I was thinking about lever-actions and leather belts, not leather-actions and lever belts, LOL. Don’t you mean 7.62×51…. I’d been using P-Mags for the 5.56, but I had on hand a rough dozen of the steel 30 round mags, an I Cerakoted those the same color. Barrel … I’m at the edge of my ballistic knowledge, so this is an honest (yet theoretical) question: Could you load those same bullets in a .308 or .30-06 cartridge, and with the appropriate powder charge, attain the same muzzle velocities? It was capable of doing everything I was looking for. 223/5.56(brass) = $0.24 a round all day As I said this is just IMO; I get what you’re saying. 28rd CPD/ASC mags are the bees knees. I really didn’t care about suppressors or blackout until I got a chance to shoot one. I have a Faxon 300 BLK barrel with 1:8 twist and nothing I shoot keyholes from 110 gr to even the 220 gr beasts. He’s got 3,000 square feet of chicken coop. The .300 Whisper, however, barely moved the needle with major gun companies in the 1990s, remaining largely in the territory of aftermarket custom barrel and AR upper makers. When combined with a suppressor, 300 Blackout ammo can give you one of the most powerful, nearly silent rifles you can have. Ammo cost (unless you are .gov or reload) for .300 Blackout is the main thing keeping it from being a general purpose range gun. Thank you, sonsoftheuninformed. Decisions, decisions. https://www.cflgunandtactical.com/POF-USA-Renegade-Plus-7-62X39MM-Black-p/00856-762×39.htm, https://www.cflgunandtactical.com/POF-USA-EDGE-P415-Upper-Receiver-Black-7-62X39MM-p/01435.htm, https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/05/the-armys-saw-and-m4-replacements-will-both-fire-this-more-accurate-and-deadly-round/, https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-1-6x24mm-sfp-scope-w-acss-300blk-7-62×39-reticle. **cartridge is for short range, suppressed, supgun work, and work it does. A 1:7 or 1:8 works for all bullet weights. Biggest lesson I learned was knowing when a chore was above your “pay grade”! An evil temptation designed to lead the flock of Eternal Firepower away from the truth and salvation of True Caliber Purity, and to sinfully dilute and pollute the Holy Mandate of Proper Caliber Devotion. Must’ve happened in the last year or so. Actually no- POF is producing the Revolution in 7.62×51 (308) in an AR15 size platform. That’s out of a 10.5 inch barrel. It wasn’t just a hobby horse of Harry Pope to gain-twist barrels. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. I wanted a short barrelled pistol (with rifle round) but not in 5.56 (very loud). Have fun and keep shooting. A ready-to-go workhorse of an AR available in .300BLK from BCM. Light loaded rounds like a 125 spitzer round cna reach speeds of 3,100 feet per second. Change that. Cartridge choice is deeply personal to most people and any perceived slight about their favorite is taken as a personal insult, much the same as choosing poultry breeds. Eats steel all day and bangs 12×24 silhouettes from 300yds+ with easily duplicated results, round after round. I originally (somewhat recently) got into building ARs and realoading because of 300 BLK. “…but is a .300 Blackout fan to have multiple uppers to switch on/off the lower to use this range of bullets?”. Also, the 300 Blackout uses pistol powders (usually), making it more efficient in shorter barrels. Without a Suppressor? For home defense, I assume defensive ammo (read: expensive whatever the caliber, and you aren’t going to stockpile 1k rounds). Thanks to your article I will continue to research the longer range (sub 500 yard) capabilities of the 300 BLK using a 16″ barrel on my rifle lower. And that’s some *brilliant* camouflage going on there, Gov… . The tools I had on hand were more than adequate to finish the 80% lower. Why not just use the 7.62×39 with any other non AR platform, or AR if you’re Glocktard equivalent fanboy, and get more options cheaper ammo and not worry about kabooming your 300 with a 556 on accident. I retreated to the world of chickens as a change of pace from my routine revolving around firearms. Wouldn’t a gain twist barrel cause bullet deformation throughout the entire barrel instead of just in the first inch or so it takes to force it to conform to the rifling? There are no constraints to bullet weight. With that in mind, ammo maker Hornady brought the .300 BLK to market by 2011 after getting SAAMI certification for the cartridge, something the Whisper never achieved, and gun makers began making ARs to chamber the round, starting with big-name companies such as Sig Sauer. A great thing is that the 300 BLK has extraordinary system life due to lower operating pressures and, as a result, requires lower lifetime maintenance. I for one will never choose to shoot 300 blk while it is anywhere near 308 pricing. This was lower than the speed of sound, which is around 1125 fps, thus eliminating the supersonic “crack” created by the bullet, aiding in better suppressing the round. The caliber is a result of the military’s experience using the 5.56mm round in M16. Initially intended as a light and short weapon for close quarters use,.300 Blackout guns are perfect home defense or for duty use as a cruiser rifle. No, strike that — even a blind man could tell those two cartridges apart by size and weight, so there’s no excuse for even a blind man to get the .300 Blackout and 5.56 confused. My 6.8mm AR weighs in at 6.5 lbs with full (10 round) mag and scope. The 300 BLK is today’s best AR cartridge for a number of reasons, but there’s a thick fog of misinformation about the caliber to get past. litterally blows small wistle pigs and rabbits apart in two or three seperate parts. While the .308 is a much more capable (? In closing, I’m extremely pleased with the .300 Blackout. That was fine, as everything needed for 300 BLK was available off the shelf, requiring only a barrel change over a standard AR-15 5.56mm rifle. in 1993, the ATF only logged 310 Form 1s to produce NFA-registered devices such as suppressors, Commercial Centerfire Pistol Pressure and Velocity Performance Standards, Mossberg 500 vs. Remington 870: A Comparison. For hunters, the round makes for an ideal lightweight, close range, deer and wild hog gun, great for use in areas of heavy brush. The range is normally fairly limited as this is just a niche gun. Different strokes, to each his own, etc……Too bad everyone can’t have their own opinion and do what they want without dimwits like you telling everybody else they are wrong and stupid because they do things differently than you. I personally was wondering where I could get the bakalite AR mags. To me it seems like a step up from a .357 mag in a PCC. It will be something else. * – dead is dead, .22LR or .500 Nitro Express! It has its merits…, https://www.tactical-life.com/news/us-army-6-8mm-weapon-systems/, https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/12/10/more-than-a-rifle-how-a-new-68mm-round-advanced-optics-will-make-soldiers-marines-a-lot-deadlier/, https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a23654011/army-68-calliber-bullet-replace-556/. I think both are hot garbage looking for a trash can, but that’s just me. “Also, is it really appropriate to put chicken poop brown mags and grips on a .300 BLACKOUT?”. It is meant for hard and prolonged use, having double aluminum heat shields on the handguard, Type III hard-coat anodizing, and extended feed ramps. A fool and his money may be soon parted but I fail to see your connection to how this means no one should shoot 300 blk. So how about putting those 78 grain bullets into a 308? The .300 AAC Blackout is a nearly perfect home defense cartridge. That’s probably part of why they don’t produce it, actually…. Smaller bullets, down to 125-grain, moved much faster for those not seeking optimal sound moderation. I also shoot recreationally and competitively, and whether at the range for work or play, I’m always seem to hear people arguing over which caliber is the best, which brand could beat everyone else’s, and which guns are for those of dubious wrist strength/lack of chest hair. Since those are larger cases, you’d have to experiment with different powders that are appropriate, but you can most likely handload a .308/.30-06 down to that level. Buy a 300 Blackout rifle and prepare to be amazed. I don’t comment on here much, but I do have exp with this round. 7.62×39: Russian – AK-47 / SKS / etc. Kabooms are certainly a possibility, though I think the number of incidents are actually low. To reference the movie CHICKEN RUN, I do not make pies out of them. If it’s a concern, the x39 mags are also shaped such that they wouldn’t work well with any 5.56 mag pouches you may have. Millions of fans can’t be wrong. I think he states it well….great round that fits the bill for most people. Hard to beat. Both readily available and had been for a long, long time before 300blk was ‘invented’. “Why you should buy ANOTHER 300 Blackout”. from deer to rabbits in my fields eating my crops its been nothing short of spectacular. Tell your Dad thank you for his service. AR uppers are fairly cost-effective. I do have one SB braced short “pistol”?? I’m no ‘smith by any means, but “assembling” an AR scratches my “‘smithing” itch! The stuff I’ve read of people trying to reload 300 on the forums indicates they end up having to do a lot of tweaking to get a load that works in subs with and with out a can. excellent idea whoever came up with this nifty little number. Short barreled rifles and pistol-length barrels are widely available. Very few people (other than myself) make the argument that “the biggest downside of .44 Magnum is that it can be chambered into a .45 Colt lever-gun (like my Winchester 1873) to cause a catastrophic disassembly.”. A .300 Blackout-chambered AR-15 still uses the same magazines without a loss of capacity, i.e. Additionally, it doesn’t suffer nearly as big of a drop off in performance as the .308 Winchester or .223 Remington with a shorter barrel length either. The .300 Blackouthit the American gun market with a crash, instantly becoming extremely popular with gun owners across the country. In fact, owing to its compatibility with current AR-15 5.53/223 components, AR-15 owners and enthusiasts were soon pleased with the Blackout. Close Quarters use is among the sweet spots for the caliber. Given some of the best .300 Blackout rifle contenders, it can easily be seen as a perfect short and moderate range rifle for multiple uses among a sea of monotonous calibers and rifles. The lighter/est bullets can actually come apart in flight if you really push them hard with a fast twist. Keep these articles coming! The “click” intrigued me and the “thump” downrange sold me.”, Yeah, same here. As for mixing up a 300blk & a 5.56 my solution was to build my 300blk AR’s in FDE color. Your situation may be different than mine but I long ago gave up purchasing ammo and enjoy reloading as a hobby. These cookies do not store any personal information. Brass could be made from 5.56 NATO cases by cutting them down and re-necking them. AR-15 options are always available and are easy to build and shoot well on a budget. At this point, I’m so enamored by the AR platform itself, caliber is a moot point … except when it comes to the Grendl! Roman, to be clear, the DoD is saying flat out, in a lot of different publications, that they will field a 6.8 caliber bullet as a standard service rifle. Indeed, it even uses the same bolt head and lower receiver internals as the 5.56. LOL! The versatility is unequalled by any rifle round in common use. I find that I ruffle more than a few feathers when I talk about AR cartridges. the 9x39s (google it and learn) are coming!!!!!! The 7.62 is great for plinking around when not concerned about noise or barrel length. Detractors say it has poor bullet drop trajectory and spotty accuracy, but they are profoundly wrong in their idea of what makes a round desirable and successful. As such, few manufacturers chambered rifles for .300 Whisper such as the short-lived Loki Fenrir– although Smith & Wesson did produce a short run of M&P-15s chambered for the cartridge. ©COPYRIGHT 2020, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You’re the military supply authority. This leads also to the practical question of whether you should get yours chambered in .300 BLK, aka .300 AAC Blackout, or in 5.56mm NATO-cum-.223 Remington. LOL! I’m sold on .308 and since I’m a grumpy old fat white guy that’s all I care about. At the time, Navy SEALs and Army Delta operators were utilizing the Heckler & Koch MP5-SD, an integrally suppressed 9mm submachine gun, for close-in action at bad-breath distances. I was determined to get 4000+fps like a Swift, and I did. The idea behind this was that is was meant to replace the 9mm MP5 submachine gun in some roles, and this is mostly correct. “Brown” is not the color I would choose to describe it. “I bet that the terminal performance of .300 Blackout is spectacular, on chickens.”, (Just bust’in on ya, Josh. Others are here to talk about how much you hate the caliber and what a fool I am, and that is fine, too. However, thanks to those ATF requirements 16 inches is about as short as the barrel can get while still considering it … The elderly old farts all look alike to me and their names sound the same. Long, heavy cast bullets can be used as well, often up to and over 240gr. We refer to it as one rotation over a particular inch of barrel. I agree with you the main draw of this caliber is the subgun/suppressed market. (I use the term “petals” to refer to the six pieces of a hollowpoint bullet that would nominally peel back on impact to make the much larger diameter bullet.). 300blk as you stated is also not new to the scene, it has been around for a decade or more and there are many ammunition manufactures producing it, S&B, Armscor, PPU, Magtech, Fiocchi, Remington, Winchester, Federal, Hornady, etc. You can go from 220gr subsonic ammunition to lightning-fast supersonics with just a mag change. that’s fantastic. If you’re shooting the new VLD solids, then I don’t think there would be much of an issue. Savage Arms 110 .300 Win Mag. He writes about guns and gear. It tried to beat the Soviet 7.62×39 mm, and it was successful in terms of the usable range and penetrative characteristics. Stopped reading right there. Tennessee-based Barrett continues to innovate & impress with their REC7 rifles. In an AR, the big thing for me would be parts commonality. Further, while you could step up to an AR-10/SR-25 platform that uses a .308 Winchester round, you gain mass and lose magazine capacity. to complete a started AR. The CQB model offers 30-second barrel swapping capabilities & LMT's rock-solid mono rail. When you say, “Barrett,” most people think of their long-range .50-caliber BMG rifles, but the Tennessee-based company also cranks out a variety of popular AR platforms, with their high-quality direct-impingement, Wisconsin-based Bravo Company has grown to become a household name in the AR game and their, Florida-based Diamondback is a budget AR maker that doesn’t disappoint and has been in the .300 Blackout game since 2014 with their, Not to let their fans out of uniform down, the company’s. Factory ammo for most rifle calibers is north of $0.50/round, the 300 Blackout is no exception. I’d reckon on 1:10 or 1:11 for the lightest .30 pills, and I’m guessing people are probably using something like a 1:8 for the 220’s. The AK-47 and the M-16 were both developed around intermediate power cartridges that could be manageable in fully atomatic mode for suppressive fire. Can’t speak to the super sonic stuff though and I’ve never tried it. Thanks again for giving me something else to look at! Best yet, other than Magpul hardware and mags, they produce just about everything in-house with excellent quality control, which is an outstanding deal when you consider you can usually get into one of these for about $800. POF makes 7.62×39 in DI and Piston. One of the best things about this 300 AAC blackout was the compact size. View Details. The cartridge is a year-round, all day, everyday champ that can handle varmints up to medium game (thanks to great terminal ballistics), shoot and win matches, and is easy to maintain. I think you win the award for most comically incorrect comment of the year (so far). Supposedly, you’re able to load the .300 Blackout with a wide range of bullets – from the very light to the 220’s. Hmm. Anything is cheaper if you reload, including all other rifle cartridges. You’d have thought I was asking if 9mm was better than .40 S&W when I posted a question about vaccinating my flock. I built mine to be very accurate and equipped it with a NP3-plated bolt carrier group for reliability beyond the average AR-15.. with a Seekins 10.5” barrel sporting 5R rifling, my AR pistol is unbeatable. I’ve got at least four dedicated blackouts, two are registered SBR’s as I’m always worried that the ATF with change the brace thing again.. four additional barrels, five 30 cal suppressors and by S&B subsonic and supers by the case.. until I get set up for reloading again. The 300 BLK is essentially a pistol round adapted for rifle use in all respects, including they types of powder used. It’s got a barrel length of 16.5 inches and an overall length just over 26 inches. And it proves itself worthy of that honor. I DON’T know…Maybe for an angry tribe of Bigfoot! I don’t have any experience with 5.56 in a short barrel, but from what I’ve read, making it subsonic kills it as far as terminal performance goes. But for some reason the ammo people have ignored the fact that there is a market for various bullet weights for the 7.62. Can’t beat the price of ammo. I’m finding that 150 grain loads are accurate and fun; I just bought a bunch of pulled 147 grain bullets for cheap and will load those up to have on hand. Today, of course, Horner has won Multigun Nationals 10 times and currently leads Team Sig Sauer. That appears to be a Silencerco ASR brake, https://www.store.silencerco.com/collections/silencer-accessories/products/asr-brake?variant=21334177028. Chickens are a great alternative to the usual cows and sheeo. The 5.56mm is already prooving its inadequacy against illiterate goat molesters in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ballistics are good and I built a 10” barreled pistol for a truck gun. I was mocked on TTAG when I made that same argument as a reason not to buy a .44 Magnum rifle if you already own one chambered in .45 Colt, but it’s a helluva lot easier (especially for those of with middle-aged eyes,) to confuse a .44 Magnum cartridge with a .45 Colt cartridge than it is to confuse a .300 Blackout cartridge with a 5.56 or .223 cartridge! Well good for you. 300 Blackout is optimized for suppressed fire with heavy bullet subsonic loads but can also be used with supersonic ammunition when extra range is needed. Highly over rated! No, the .270/6.8mm will never become a service round fielded by large scale forces. Subsonic ammo loads have different requirements than supersonics, but even those supersonic rounds have limitations compared to other common competitors. Am I wrong? I have a .30-30, too, and it’s my favorite gun ever. I like your gray Americana, I have 3 myself. Then, when the bullet has fully engaged the rifling, speed up the twist as the bullet moves down the bore to accelerate the spin to stability. *) cartridge than the .300 BLK, hauling around an extra 5 pounds gets old in a hurry! HAHA someone beat me to the punch as a was typing this but posting anywa. Good for them, but there is not one example of this happening in the US military, ever. I reload, so I pump it out cheap and can shoot all day. Just as he stated, it’s a fantastic and very utilitarian round…I have 3 bolt actions, 3 Ars in the caliber….I cast and reload my own and can get a box of 100 put together for 8 USD …that’s 8¢ per pop…2 moa accuracy with that load and excellent expansion at 50 yards …so perfect for Louisiana deer hunting, plinking, defense. Even those supersonic rounds have limitations compared to other common competitors SJHP ‘ varmint ’ round who. The M43 cartridge require very little maintenance, and work it does of me for a. 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