The 6.8mm Remington SPC (Special Purpose Cartridge). Remington developed this cartridge for
evaluation by the Armed Services
in response to a duty request for a cartridge with a terminal energy more nearly like the 7.62x51 (.308) while retaining
the low recoil of the 5.56x45 (.223).
To me, this sounds like denying Newton’s basic laws of physics - (to every action there
is an equal and opposite reaction )- but I am not a physicist, so I hope it works.
The Remington design is based on shortening the base case of the semi-auto .25 -
.30 - .32 Remington series and necking it to accept 6.8mm (.270) projectiles.
I have been told that it is being tested in Afghanistan and Iraq. I also have
heard it has not fared well in field testing.
This is all hear say and I have no idea if any of it is true.
So far, there has been
very little objective writing on, and even less objective testing of, this cartridge,
but if it performs as alleged, it should be a great deer and target cartridge. |
