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Anybody shot the 30 Rem AR caliber.
- Thread starter Lumberman
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Eh.. There area lot of bottleneck rounds that make a lot of sense that don't take off very well.. Two in particular that come to mind are .357 SIG and .400 Corbon.
I mean, for what they are - They're ballistically perfect.
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I don't know if I would say that the .357 Sig didn't take off, there are a number of production guns for it, granted mostly Glocks which is ironic as hell, and you can find it at your local Walley World which means it is in large, to a point, production. And honestly it does have a large following, it's just not cheap enough at 50 cents a round for most people to want to shoot. The .400 Corbon though, that is a round that never got much attention. But one thing that neither round really had was marketing, both the 300 Blackout as well as the 300 Whisper are getting a lot of publicity at the moment and that will make people open up their wallets to buy one, even if they can't find ammo cheaply while the 30Rem has had no marketing to speak of in comparison. Now what will truly make a difference for a round though is for a major group, agency, or military to take the round and use it as general issue and then it will take off. With the 300 Blackout and the 300 Whisper things are going to be like the BluRay and HD DVD war the one that gets porn first wins.
Just though I'd throw me 2 cents out there on the issue. I picked up a 16" AAC upper in 300blk last week and just shot it yesterday. Great upper and great round as far as i'm concerned. It held MOA groups and in my opinion had less recoil than 5.56mm. While I'm waiting on a suppressor, which I'm sure was one of the reasons for developing the round, it shoots nice without it. Putting 30 .30cal rounds in a standard magazine is a plus and you can buy 100 round 147gr pack for $80.
I don't really know what to report. I kind of jumped into the round after checking out AACs website. If you haven't been there it's got tons of information, ballistic gell test with different bullet weights and power charges. Their charts actually show it having more muzzle energy than 5.56, 7.62x39, and 6.8 out of a 9"barrel with only the 6.8 beating it out of a 16" barrel. Which makes since because its launching a heavier bullet. The biggest plus I see in the in the round is that the bolt BCG and everything else in the rifle is standard except for the barrel, meaning if you want to switch calibers all you need is another barrel instead of a new barrel and bolt.
With Remington now basically owning the round through the Freedom Group ammo is starting to move and the word at the dealers is that their in the process of 1/2 million round run. Just orders some dies from Midway for about the same price as other calibers so prices will probably start coming down by the end of the year.
