"SOCOM Wants 6.5mm Sniper Weapon for Longer-Range Kills" Topic
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| Tango01 | 17 Jun 2020 9:14 p.m. PST |
"U.S. Special Operations Command will wait for the Army's 6.8mm rifle and automatic rifle, but it's moving forward to adopt a new sniper support weapon chambered in the longer-range 6.5mm Creedmoor round. If all goes well with the Army's 6.8mm Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) effort, special-ops weapons officials plan to field both variants to units such as the 75th Ranger Regiment after the service begins its planned fielding in fiscal 2023…"
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| Thresher01 | 17 Jun 2020 9:50 p.m. PST |
Makes sense. Always nice to be able to "reach out an touch someone" when they can't do the same to you. |
| Tango01 | 18 Jun 2020 3:19 p.m. PST |
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| Simo Hayha | 22 Jun 2020 9:48 p.m. PST |
I think in the end they will go back to a more common round. |
| Wolfhag | 14 Jul 2020 4:45 p.m. PST |
I've seen results of the 6.5 Creedmoor versus the .308 and the 6.5 Creedmoor gave better results with tighter groups. That's the reason it's become so popular. Wolfhag |
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prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.
