yes, it sucks at capacity, costs, weight, availability, (all superior advantages for a shtf weapon) and with heavy 5.56 having a flatter trajectory that means it's going to have more drop, higher holdovers, longer time of flight, making it harder to actually be accurate with it in practice.. its only an improvement in ENERGY at distance but whether or not that actually translates into more damage depends on bullets
try to look past the hype and the sales pitch, it is a round solely creates to cash in on the AR-15 aftermarket and considering most, if not all of you probably do not even have the skill to hit targets at that distance with ANY caliber, any small improvements in range (which i contest there is actually any) are completely lost
You post one paragraph of hype and sales pitch. Then you ask me to look past hype and sales pitch.
- Sucks at capacity: it has lower capacity, but in the cold light of day, do you think "sucks" is a bit hysterical?
- Sucks at costs: it generally costs more at present due to lacking economies of scale. Wolf steel-case 6.5 Grendel is not very different in cost than steel 5.56, however.
- Sucks at weight: huh? It weighs more than 5.56, less than 7.62x39.
- Sucks at availability: true in terms of finding it locally. Easy to order online.
Now once we're past the many things you believe "suck":
Heavy 5.56 (actually any 5.56) has less drop, but is buffeted more by the wind, resulting in less accuracy potential at long range, and more importantly, much less energy. (Did you know, 6.5 Grendel has more energy at 1000 yards than .308?) For punching holes in paper, this is at least close enough to argue. For more serious purposes, 6.5 Grendel blows 5.56 out of the water.
Do you seriously want to debate longer time of flight as if 1.1 seconds is going to be drastically different than 1.2 seconds, at these 1,000-yard distances you believe nobody can actually attempt anyway?
I notice you didn't attempt to argue 6.5 Grendel's close-range superiority.
Now that said: I agree there is CURRENTLY a compelling case to be made for 5.56 for a SHTF gun due to availability (this is why I have a lot more guns that shoot 5.56, magazines that hold 5.56 and stacked rounds of 5.56), but that is unrelated to technical superiority.
if the U.S. military had a magic wand and could change every 5.56 round to 6.5 G, every 5.56 BCG to 6.5 G, every 5.56 magazine to 6.5 G and every 5.56 barrel to 6.5 G, it would be foolish not to wave that wand. Please note that by saying this, I am not suggesting that such a wand exists.
Similar points could be made about 6.8 SPC, though it's a little better close/a little worse long-distance compared with 6.5 G. Both are better than 5.56 in most ways.
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