NEW .300 AAC BLACKOUT CARTRIDGE Conflict?
Remington has put the 300 BLK into production for the civilian market as well as any military orders that come along. It’s allegedly available in Remy’s Premier Match range loaded with a new Sierra 125gn OTM MatchKing, a flat-based ‘pointed’ or ‘tipped’ bullet (like the newer 155gn 0.308” SMK #2156). It offers very good BCs for this form and weight ranging from G1 0.310 to 0.349 depending on velocity. Sierra has already put the bullet onto the handloading market under a p/n of 2121 and it’s on sale in the USA. If you fancy a light, short- range match bullet for mild loads in your .308 Win etc rifle, this could be one for you.
However, there are some slightly strange aspects to all this. First, there is no mention of the bullet or ammunition on either company’s websites and product listings. Then, Remington has not only
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enthusiastically adopted the 6.8mm Remington SPC and put it on sale to the civilian target shooting and hunting fraternities but it (or rather the conglomerate that owns it) took over Bushmaster Arms the civilian AR specialist manufacturers a few years back, put a tarted-up Bushmaster AR15 onto the market as the Remington R5 and also launched a new 30 calibre sporting round for it called the 30 Remington AR in 2008.
The company’s website describes it as “The worlds (sic) only 30-caliber big- game cartridge for the light weight AR- 15 platform.” It’s a fatter-cased, more powerful cartridge than the 300 AAC BLK giving a 125gn bullet a claimed 2,800 fps MV, but even so, one wonders if this trio isn’t one cartridge too many, if not two? Whether the US military will pick it up is another issue too. The history of military smallarms and ammunition is liberally sprinkled with good ideas at the time, that didn’t turn out to be so good after all when put to the test in wars. So, it’s a case of watch this space to see what if anything happens. What is certain is, that just as with its 300 Whisper wildcat predecessor, the 300 AAC Blackout is a stunningly efficient and accurate little cartridge and is an experimenter’s / handloading nut’s dream. So, let’s hope it does survive and prosper – it could form the basis of a really good short-range UK tactical discipline with straight-pull ARs for instance.
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