Oldbloke wrote:Got me beat. Why buy a 300
Blackout?
Just buy a 308 and down load it. Then you need up load to normal velocities if you need to.
Sort of locks you in to low velocity.
Part cases of medium burn powders aren’t ideal in a 308 - to lower your standard deviation, you either gotta use case fillers or tilt the barrel skyward prior to each shot. 300 blk circumvents this problem, and is perfect if you’re specifically targeting around the 2000fps mark (which i feel is adequate for a 30cal at offhand distances). Furthermore 2205 is significantly more economical than your mid burns such as 2206 - gives good velocities with less powder. Also 223 brass is cheaper than 308 brass by definition. Agreed the number of pluses are somewhat limited, but indeed they are there for the esoteric handloader.