Good Monday Evening. We worked through the weekend and managed to knock out a post this weekend. I am proud to present a true website update. It’s been a few weeks, for that I do apologize.
With Hornady’s announcement of the 6mm ARC I wanted to do some comparisons to other “Long Range” AR-15 cartridges. Hornady is a marketing powerhouse, and sometimes the excitement around a new bold cartridge masks the actual utility of the cartridge. Is Hornady actually breaking new ground here? Or are they rehashing something that has been done before? We take a closer look in this write up.
While I did not mention it in the conclusion, it should be noted that many cartridges introduced commercially are introduced first as a wildcat. This 6mm ARC cartridge appears to be no different, as the 6mm AR has been a wildcat for years prior to Hornady’s “Ground Breaking” introduction. However as discussed, dimensionally it is different from the 6mm AR, and while you may be able to chamber a 6mm ARC in a 6mm AR rifle, it may not be safe to do so. I strongly suspect, Hornady took the existing 6mm AR tweak the design a bit, and called it there own prior to introducing it to SAAMI. This is typical industry wide when a wildcat makes the transition into a SAAMI cartridge. (See 6.5 Creedmoor)
I hope you enjoy the article, let me know your thoughts and what you would like to see. I enjoy doing these comparisons, so if there is a cartridge, or cartridges you’d like to see, let me know. You can email me at jayandrew338@gmail.com, or check us out on Facebook. As I work on projects, you’ll see them on our Instagram page, follow us to see what we are up to.
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