killed dozens and dozens.... of pigs from rice fields/woods, etc with hornady 55gr sp training ammo from a rock river arms 24" barrel. really can't remember losing any. put my nv on a 16" ar to trim a bunch of weight and have now been unable to recover 6 of the last 15. same ammo.. yeah, i know it is prob. hundreds of fps slower.. what uppers are available for a bit more k.o. power? i reload, if that helps
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You can fit between 3 & 8, 6.8 rounds in a standard 223 mag, and it will function.
Having a 30rnd mag, that only has 5 rnds in it though isn't very efficient.
6.8 mags are all going to be steel, unless you get a LWRCI, in which case you can buy P-Mags.
If going with a short barrel, I would choose the 6.8.
There's also the 25-45 or whatever name you want to call it, if you want to be different .
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6.8spc, 6.5 grendel or 300 BO.
You can slap any of these complete uppers on your existing 5.6 rifle lower by pulling the two pins and slapping it on. You can put 3 or 4 grendel rounds in a 20 round 5.6 magazine to get by but the grendel and 6.8 need their own.
Grendel will shoot 120 grain projectiles good. 6.8 about same bullet weight 300 a little heavier bullets slower.
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Look up the 25-45 sharps caliber by Sharps Rifle Co. All that is required is a barrel swap from a 5.56 and everything else is the same. The cartridge is simply a 223/556 case necked up to .257. No fire forming or case cutting required and you can throw an 87/90 grn pill near 3k fps from the AR-15 platform.
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Originally posted by MadHatter View PostYou can fit between 3 & 8, 6.8 rounds in a standard 223 mag, and it will function.
Having a 30rnd mag, that only has 5 rnds in it though isn't very efficient.
6.8 mags are all going to be steel, unless you get a LWRCI, in which case you can buy P-Mags.
If going with a short barrel, I would choose the 6.8.
There's also the 25-45 or whatever name you want to call it, if you want to be different .
350 Legend will go in an AR15 platform. We have had very good luck with it. Slaps the snot out of a hog. Effective range will be decreased though, as with 300 BO.
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I'd probably go with a .224 Valkyrie if I was switching cartridges. But I'd probably try a heavier grain bonded bullet in .223 beforehand. I've seen where softpoints blew up on bone while huntin coyotes and they don't have near the mass that a hog does. Often times bullet selection can make a difference. For your intended use I think a bonded bullet would do a lot better.
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