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.308 vs 6.5
John Bennett
Hunter Roberts
Not to mention that you should shoot from a prone position with a bipod whenever it's possible. Also, you could reduce the RoF to 300 rounds/minute, and thus reduce felt recoil during full auto.
Samuel Roberts
Elijah Richardson
Actual AR-10's are comfortable to shoot in F/A.
What gets me is its just a M60 gas system jerry rigged onto a M14.
Tyler King
you do realize that 30-30 is also 7.62mm (which isn't actually 7.62mm)?
30-30 uses the same .308 bullet as the .308, but with less powder. It is by definition weaker.
Evan Reed
in your haste to remember the history of the round, you forgot that it was very, very effective, which is why the USA fell in love with it.
Seriously, have you ever shot an animal with 30-06? If you did, you'd know why it is awesome. Now imagine shooting your despised enemy to pieces with it. Then, you'll love it.
Not hard to see. The confidence inspired in troops by giving them a cannon is probably more effective than all the "muh efficiency" tacticool ass flatulence in the world.
Nathaniel Richardson
The only reason why they kept on using it was because they had too much surplus ammo left over from ww1.
The m1 garand was going to be chambered in .276 Pedersen until the army cheapened out.
I would phase out 5.56 and 7.62 for 6-7mm cartridge such as 6.5 CM, phase out 9mm for something flatter shooting but not crazy recoil like 10mm & dangerous P++ overpressure such as 357 sig.
I don't see any point in replacing 50bmg, and if you need to shoot farmer then get a cannon caliber.
Caleb Taylor
Robert Ward
Asher Russell
I take it you don't into logistics. Yes you've got cost, but now you've got to get industry working to make something completely new as well as rework everything else in the arsenal to use the new cartridge.
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