I personally subscribe to the scar concept, which is one lightweight, controllable, modular rifle that can shoot both an intermediate round and a full power round depending on the mission.
5.56 is great, but if ammo availability and price were out of the question, 6.5 Grendel would be a great choice. It's comfortable to fire, incredibly efficient and accurate. I've seen even the cheapest ARs shoot lights out with 6.5 grendel. It's a terrific cartridge.
Great commentary on the topic, Murph. Great to see context-based channels aren't going by the wayside. For large and protracted operations, artillery and machine guns seem to be the way to close the gap. I'm thinking the individual solider would benefit more from tactics and better utilization of existing gear than a new rifle platform entirely. As for special operations targeting HVTs and the like, I could see the possibility of needing such a capability if body armor will assuredly be encountered. Use-case specific, obviously. For us civilians though? I dare say 5.56 is more than capable for defense given its performance against soft targets.
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I personally subscribe to the scar concept, which is one lightweight, controllable, modular rifle that can shoot both an intermediate round and a full power round depending on the mission.
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5.56 is great, but if ammo availability and price were out of the question, 6.5 Grendel would be a great choice. It's comfortable to fire, incredibly efficient and accurate. I've seen even the cheapest ARs shoot lights out with 6.5 grendel. It's a terrific cartridge.
Great commentary on the topic, Murph. Great to see context-based channels aren't going by the wayside.
For large and protracted operations, artillery and machine guns seem to be the way to close the gap. I'm thinking the individual solider would benefit more from tactics and better utilization of existing gear than a new rifle platform entirely.
As for special operations targeting HVTs and the like, I could see the possibility of needing such a capability if body armor will assuredly be encountered. Use-case specific, obviously.
For us civilians though? I dare say 5.56 is more than capable for defense given its performance against soft targets.