Bill wrote:marksman I knew savage sold em a bit surprised Remington was selling them. Thats a fairly limited offering.
the other side of the equation is loaded ammo and cheap dies ? not sure the BR does well there but lets see what Hornday come up with.
I understand why the 6mm BR is a good design for the longer range stuff but short and fat case will reduce round capacity in small light actions like Howa mini's.
Packaging and marketing just as important as performance.
Bill wrote:marksman I knew savage sold em a bit surprised Remington was selling them. Thats a fairly limited offering.
the other side of the equation is loaded ammo and cheap dies ? not sure the BR does well there but lets see what Hornday come up with.
I understand why the 6mm BR is a good design for the longer range stuff but short and fat case will reduce round capacity in small light actions like Howa mini's.
Packaging and marketing just as important as performance.
Cooper wrote:If Howa bring out a Mini action in 6mm ARC. I will probably get one. I already have a 6.5 Grendel. But I don’t have anything in 6mm.
I reckon the 6mm ARC might go aright with 75gr to 87gr Vmax as a hunting cartridge. Time will tell.
straightshooter wrote:Really great marketing move.
Rebadge a 6mm PPC as a 6mm ARC with some insignificant additional tinkering.
Why do I so cynically believe that shooters as a group are the biggest suckers for marketing hype in existence?
straightshooter wrote:Why do I so cynically believe that shooters as a group are the biggest suckers for marketing hype in existence?
Jarhead wrote:Hey all!
I recently watched Hornady come out with a new round- 6mm ARC. Hornady has some really smart business development managers, and they did their homework before committing to the investment to produce this round.
The target market is clearly the owners of the ubiquitous AR-15 in the US, as it is very easy to convert a .223 AR-15 to 6mmARC- change the bolt, change the barrel, get a new magazine. Boom! You now have 6.5 Creedmoor-like ballistics in a lightweight AR-15 platform. No watermelon is safe at 1000yards!
I am struggling to think of a similar application in Australia.
Can you think of any? The only benefit I can see is same ballistics in a smaller cartridge than most 6.5's so powder, brass and projectile costs should be less.
I am sometimes dense and shortsighted so am reaching out to the group to help find any other advantages for shooters green and gold.