Quote Originally Posted by Dave Hoback View Post
Bingo! The AR community has solved the SBR puzzle for everyone else! LOL! I wish all this had been around when I went through MY SBR infatuation. (EVERY AR enthusiast has this at some point or another). For most who have built them as long as I have, the SBR phase wears off. But there are a few who remain faithful.

Going back to the 300aac, it certainly fills a niche. But I certainly wouldn’t credit it with a host of talents. If accuracy is your game..there are better! If hunting is your bag...there are better! If distance is your ticket...there are MUCH better! Don’t get me wrong, it’s versatile. But one could argue the 6.5 Grendel being the same thing! (Was never a fan of that one either)
It may not be great at too many things but name another caliber capable of what the 300 blackout is. Quiet subsonic rounds and 500+ yard capable rounds out of the same gun and magazine without any adjustment. If I hunted I could take 00 buck and a super lightweight load of powder to take squirrels or use full power loads to kill most anything in North America. Granted it isn't going to kill an elk at 500 yards but people have killed elk with it. What makes it great isn't that it can do any one of those things you mention but it can do all of them. It is hard to find a compromise that is as useful as the 300 Blackout. Name a semi auto that can shoot 75 grain to 280 grain bullets and cycle with every single one. Not to mention the selection of bullet weights.

But single shots is where it really shines. I use very fast pistol powders and with my silencer it is magical. I call it my slingshot load because it is quieter than a slingshot. When at the range I wait for a lull then I launch one and ring steel. All the other shooters start looking around trying to figure out why the steel target range without a shot being fired. Most people I let shoot think there was a misfire because all you hear most times is the hammer fall on my Encore.