Stripped lower needs a friend (maybe).
Since I can't afford an AR-10 in the near future. Figured I'd play around with some of y'all's favorite cal's.
Read up on the 6.5 & 6.8 debate. Can't honestly decide between the two. For a hog gun at night I'm never gonna push over 125/150 yards (to be honest most of my shots are under 60 yards). Convince me that at that distance one caliber out perform the other.
I do like options in bullets. Seem to find more options for 6.8 then the 6.5. But if I go 6.8 I'd have to invest in new powder. I have a lot of powder for the 6.5.
The main thing I want in my next hog gun is light weight. 6.5 seems to be very limited in barrel length and twist. 6.8 is all over the place in both categories. I've seen barrels as short as 8" and as long as 20+" with many twist options.
So here is my question. Trying to build a light weight 6.something, remembering I won't shoot a hog at night over 150 yards, I will most likely use a 120ish gr. bullet, and I'm not going to suppress; please answer the following questions:
a). What caliber? Why?
b). What is minimal barrel length?
c). What barrel twist?
Tell me what your decision factors where in choosing your 6.something?
What do you like most and not like about your 6.something?
Since I can't afford an AR-10 in the near future. Figured I'd play around with some of y'all's favorite cal's.
Read up on the 6.5 & 6.8 debate. Can't honestly decide between the two. For a hog gun at night I'm never gonna push over 125/150 yards (to be honest most of my shots are under 60 yards). Convince me that at that distance one caliber out perform the other.
I do like options in bullets. Seem to find more options for 6.8 then the 6.5. But if I go 6.8 I'd have to invest in new powder. I have a lot of powder for the 6.5.
The main thing I want in my next hog gun is light weight. 6.5 seems to be very limited in barrel length and twist. 6.8 is all over the place in both categories. I've seen barrels as short as 8" and as long as 20+" with many twist options.
So here is my question. Trying to build a light weight 6.something, remembering I won't shoot a hog at night over 150 yards, I will most likely use a 120ish gr. bullet, and I'm not going to suppress; please answer the following questions:
a). What caliber? Why?
b). What is minimal barrel length?
c). What barrel twist?
Tell me what your decision factors where in choosing your 6.something?
What do you like most and not like about your 6.something?