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  • SOCOM Looks to Ditch 7.62 NATO For Better Long Range Performance

    04/19/2017 5:08:10 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 72 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | 19 Apr, 2017 | Bob Owens
    SOCOM has seen the light, and is finally looking to drop the 7.62 NATO in favor of a lighter and better-performing rifle in a 6.5 short-action caliber. Special Operations Command is exploring a new caliber for its semi-automatic sniper rifle needs and upgrading one of its bolt-action sniper rifle systems. Maj. Aron Hauquitz told Military Times Tuesday that SOCOM is in the preliminary stages of exploring a sniper rifle chambered in the 6.5 mm caliber. The two commercially available rounds being evaluated are the .260 Remington and the 6.5 mm Creedmoor. Research shows that both rounds will “stay supersonic longer,...
  • 'Assault rifles' have a legal and useful place in hunting

    08/14/2007 12:47:46 PM PDT · by neverdem · 100 replies · 2,234+ views
    The Oregonian ^ | August 12, 2007 | Bill Monroe
    I bought a new (for me, anyway) rifle this past week. It's black. It has a bipod on the stock, a black banana clip that looks like a handle, a scope with a lot of knobs and a shiny metal muzzle on the special oversized barrel. It looks a lot like an assault weapon. It is a Ruger 10/22, one of the most accurate and most popular sport/plinking rifles produced. I got it, in part, for my granddaughter, who's ready to graduate from a pellet rifle. She's no terrorist, and neither am I. Nor, as many of you have repeatedly...