New cartridge for US military

[FRANKIE]

I like where your head is at, but...
No, for a few reasons.


1. Still takes a full size ar-10 sized frame
2. .243 (6x51MM) is a horrible barrel burner, even in bolt actions. A full auto semi auto only makes this worse. Meaning, very short barrel life.


I've long thought a 6 or 6.5 mm projectile at about 90-100 grains would be perfect for the army and deer sized game.


The whole idea of a .277 or .280 cartridge is not new. The fal was originally in .280 in Britain, and the m1 garand was originally designed in an approximately. 277 caliber.


Still, too much horsepower for the army. Long gone are the days you need to down cavalry horses, and that's what the .30-03 and 8mm types were meant to do.


It was military politics that got us the .308 in for first place. No one else in NATO wanted the x51, when the entire rest of the world say what 8mm kurz and x39 was capable of.

Guess cause I was kinda partial to it. I shot best with it. Had an old model 70 with a bull barrel and your right, got rid of it for that reason. Barrel burner. Funny thing it still shot extremely accurate even with the Burnt barrel and the head space long. Love the 8mm and scored a 43’ enfield but haven’t shot it. No ammo around!
As far as the 8mm (Kurtz) well no stG44’s for me
But I think the 7.62X39 has that covered

 

[Vapor]

Guess cause I was kinda partial to it. I shot best with it. Had an old model 70 with a bull barrel and your right, got rid of it for that reason. Barrel burner. Funny thing it still shot extremely accurate even with the Burnt barrel and the head space long. Love the 8mm and scored a 43’ enfield but haven’t shot it. No ammo around!
As far as the 8mm (Kurtz) well no stG44’s for me
But I think the 7.62X39 has that covered

I have a howa 1500 in .243 I like very much, but it doesn't see many rounds in a year

 

[ManrisFrack]

... I have yet to hear what the Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard are saying about any of this.

Lol, nobody cares what they think.