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    300 blackout or 300aac opinions


    Hi gang. I 'swore' I was NOT going to buy any more rifles this year, since I bought 1/month for the last 2 years.
    However, I recently saw a bolt action .300 AAC (in Wal Mart of all places!)
    I shoot an XP-100 in .221 fireball and a rebarrelled Axis in .221 Fireball. So, I have lots of brass, dies etc. This rifle has the barrel thread provision to add a 'suppressor'.
    I really have no interest in hunting, so just wonder how you guys like this round.

    It 'could' be used on those nasty, mean walking 'suitcases' we have here in Florida. ha ha

    The only other caliber I'm interested in is a new upper for my Colt HBAR in 6.5 Grendel........

    ron

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    I love my 16 inch 300 Whisper and my 10.5 inch blackout. If you're making 300 brass, use 223 brass instead of 221 fireball. If you use 221, you'll get a lot of split necks.

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    IMO the 300 AAC/blackout are pretty useless in a bolt gun....pretty much counter-intuitive to the whole purpose of the deign of the rounds. But then again....who doesn't need another gun? I love my 300 AAC, but it's on an suppressed AR frame...

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    Quote Originally Posted by emtrescue6 View Post
    IMO the 300 AAC/blackout are pretty useless in a bolt gun....pretty much counter-intuitive to the whole purpose of the deign of the rounds. But then again....who doesn't need another gun? I love my 300 AAC, but it's on an suppressed AR frame...
    ill second that, 308 is more versatile

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    Have a 300 blk also on an AR upper saw that Savage was plying around with this round but has since dropped it from rifle list.
    Am bringing it too the Savage Shooters Shoot Out next month.

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    300 blkout is absolutely genious in an AR platform, but in a bolt gun it basically defeats its purpose and a 308 can do everything it can do but better

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    Agreed AR blackout with a suppressor.

    If your not going to suppress it get a 308

    And dont waste your money on a Grendal. They are the worst 6.5 round in history I swear. Go with the 6.5 creedmoor. Dpms makes an upper for the ar10 and I think shilen makes barrels for it.

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    Well this is my deer rifle

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    I've loaded 308 subsonic and 300 black out subsonics both with suppressors and shot
    Them side by side and they worked identical, literally couldn't tell the difference! In accuracy and noise. I was thinking about ablack
    Out bolt gun to put a suppressor
    On I till I realized the 308 works just as Good Subsonic

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    And a Grendel isn't the best 6.5 round but it is the best long range caliber that will fit in a ar 15 sized reciever

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    Sounds like you know these gas guns pretty well. Thanks for the info on the 308. What do you load for a subsonic round? How far are they good to?

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    Quote Originally Posted by limige View Post
    Sounds like you know these gas guns pretty well. Thanks for the info on the 308. What do you load for a subsonic round? How far are they good to?
    Trailboss with a 165 lazercast lead bullet, start at 10 grains, and bump it down till you don't hear the sonic crack! It's awesome I'm tellin you, and the trailboss is light so it fills the whole case. It's about 1.5 Moa to 150 yards then it drops like a rock. With that flat point lead bullet they hit real hard, and even without a suppressor it sounds like popping a bag of chips. The lead bullet is short and dense so it always stabilizes even at low velocity. With a jacketed bullet you would have to adjust the powder weight though because of the higher friction in the barrel.
    Last edited by Luke45; 04-17-2014 at 10:22 PM.

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    This is a video of my suppressed 308 deer hunting.

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    This is a sbr ar15 in 300 blackout.


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    Nice rifle alleycat

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