[Squantos]

Actually, it was the SF operators who, on their own time, began developing the 6.8mm SPC round

I'm gonna respectfully disagree with that....Glad ya got back OK ! Thanks for taking your turn in the barrel. If only more patriots were.

STAY SAFE !

[archy]

Actually, it was the SF operators who, on their own time, began developing the 6.8mm SPC round.

I'm gonna respectfully disagree with that....Glad ya got back OK ! Thanks for taking your turn in the barrel. If only more patriots were. Well, partway true. The snakeater community has always tinkered and kludged around trying to get more effective performance from their tools, to include small arms and ammo. That's certainly included the .280 EM-2 I mean 6.8mm cartridge developments but is hardly limited to *just* that particularl cartridge, nor can it be said to be *just* their baby.

And, as with the choice of field cutlery and assorted stabbers, there's a lot of difference in individual preference involved, including among SF, about all sorts of things. including the 6.8 caliber possibility. But most all agree that the M16A2/M855 5,56mm ball ammo combination could offer a little more terminal effect...and that the M4/M855 needs to deliver a LOT more....