Impressive! but at over $1 a shot, it's kind of spendy
I would vote for the 6.5 Grendel
How much do these rifles go for?
I would vote for the 6.5 Grendel
How much do these rifles go for?
+1 to thathobocircus said:I would vote for the 6.5 Grendel![]()
How much do these rifles go for?
The Alexander Arms site has both rounds in a variety of loads for just a little more than $1/round. Add shipping of course.UtahConcealer said:My local shop out here had one of these too - from what the guy behind the counter told me, they're a lot more the $1 a shot...SWEEEET gun though
+1, the 6.5 Grendel is an awesome round. The only problem though is that its just as expensive to shoot.hobocircus said:Impressive! but at over $1 a shot, it's kind of spendy![]()
I would vote for the 6.5 Grendel![]()
How much do these rifles go for?
From everything I've ever read, they basically determined that that 6.8SPC is a better combat round, so if anything I'd put my money on that. The 6.8SPC has nearly 80% the power of a .308, and still maintains excellent magazine capacity. The 6.5 though would make an amazing varmit round. To be honest, I don't think the military will adopt either, just because the military would rather make a new gun than switch calibers, especially to a new caliber. I believe .223 will be used for a long time.DanTheEldest said:I looked into the Grendel round for a bit while AR window-shopping, and I heard it was involved in the evaluation process for adoption by the military. Anybody know if anything has happened in this area? If the 6.5 gets picked up by the armed forces, I'm betting ammo prices would come down quite a bit due to production becoming more wide-spread.
My bad, thats what I was thinking of, my shop out here had the .50 BMGdave_in_delaware said:The .50 Beowulf round is pretty much the same size as a .223 round, IIRC. If that's the case, it is about $1.00-$1.50 per round.
Let's not confuse or equate the .50 Beowulf round with the .50 BMG round. The BMG rounds are much larger (therefore requiring a totally different upper, magazine, etc.)... The .50 BMG runs at least $2.50 - $3.50 per round. :shock:
So the Beowulf is cheaper to shoot, although I don't think it'll go the same distance. The rifle components, sizes, etc. for each caliber type are totally different.
Looks like the beowulf round uses regular mags as well although you do have to bend the lips. The uppers run about $600 too.mcb said:I like the idea of the 458 SOCOM. RRA is making both a rifle and just the upper and the upper lists for only $660 and I bet you could probably get it for just less than $600 if you shop around.
The cool think about the 458 SOCOM is it uses standard 5.56x45
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