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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: timberghost72 on August 21, 2012, 09:33:20 AM

Title: .300 Blackout
Post by: timberghost72 on August 21, 2012, 09:33:20 AM: A buddy of mine just built an AR platform with this rouund. I hadn't heard of it before. Interesting round.
Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: h20hunter on August 21, 2012, 09:36:01 AM: Time will tell on this one. I've seen one at the range and it looked like a very functional round. Recoil was very light, accuracy seemed to be very good. I don't know a ton about ballistics on it but I think with the popularity of the AR platform we will see many "new" calibers come and go.
Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: Skillet on August 21, 2012, 09:41:25 AM: Is this the sub-sonic round?
Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: h20hunter on August 21, 2012, 09:43:10 AM: Poached of the interweb.........
Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: timberghost72 on August 21, 2012, 09:57:52 AM: What makes it neat is you only have to change the barrel on the AR not the whole upper since the case is just cut down from a 5.56/.223. Mags, bolt etc all stay.
Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: Jim the Plumber on August 21, 2012, 11:33:50 AM: It works like a champ. It can be shot super or sub sonic. Mine has a CMMG barrel, the rest are parts I had laying around.
It will shot ~1-1.25 MOA with or with out the supressor.
I wouldn't have any problem taking deer sized game to 200 with it and if the shot was to my liking I'd strech it to 300.
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Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: rbros on August 21, 2012, 03:33:17 PM: It definitely is one of the funner rounds I have played with. Mine runs 3/4moa at 100yds with subs running the 4x scope on it. Haven't shot any supersonic yet.
Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: yorketransport on August 24, 2012, 09:33:43 PM: It's essentially a 300 Whisper (300/221 Fireball), although it's not identical. I played with the Whisper in a Contender for a few years and it's a pretty fun caliber. Similar to a 30-30 when you load it super sonic.

Andrew
Title: Re: .300 Blackout
Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 24, 2012, 09:58:09 PM: I looked at one as well. Had to pick between the 300blk 6.8 and 6.5 Grendel. The Grendel crushed them in numbers. So I built the Grendel up. I agree with the others fine for shorter range lighter game animals. Plus just fun to shoot, but what AR isn't :chuckle: