Future Warrior

[Yex]

Ah, Army.
Gotcha makes sense

 

[Richard Bong]

My interest in the Wolverine, Sabertooth and the 6 Max are really that I want our guys with the best equipment. Especially now that we need to shoot through body armor, and want to be able to cover the distances we saw in Afghanistan, I think we need at least a new cartridge. Having carried a long gun for years hunting Roosevelt’s Elk, I also admit to hating very long barrels. They suck when sneaking and both hunting and soldering are all about moving to concealment and cover. That’s much easier with a shorter barrel. When the Wolverine comes in 6 Max next year I will probably buy one.

My recommendation is to spend a couple of days on the range before buying one.

Remember, the difference between you, as a hunter, sneaking and a grunt sneaking, is the amount of gear grunts have to carry. Reloading at further from the body is easier, due to gear. That even applies to a pump shotgun.

Funny thing, I found a bullpup more difficult to bring up and more difficult to swing onto target. The muscle memory is all wrong.

 

[Shadow Reaper]

The problem with the 5.56 armor piercing is it only works to about 100 yards. The standard bullet is 55 grains and the armor piercing with a tungsten rod is over 100. It’s just too light a round.

I believe the problem with the .308 is it requires a larger boldface, so you are carrying a medium action like the M10 that soldiers love to hate, and the much larger casing diameter limits you to 20 round mags.

The 6 Max uses the same, small rifle action and boldface as the 5.56, but with a larger, untapered case. It fits 35 grains bang powder instead of 29, which is a significant step up, and shoots bullets from 90-104 grains. So you have more energy but not so much that you get stiff recoil and heavier rifles and ammo.

The Sig XM-7 and Fury ammo requires a medium bolt face and action, and its larger diameter gives you 20 round mags. Soldiers hate it.

The .308 is a great round, but .24 (6 Max) ballistics are far, far better down range, and they recoil much less.