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8 mm Remington SPC
The 6.8 mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge
(aka 6.8 SPC, 6.8 SPC II & 6.843mm) is a rie cartridge that was developed by Remington Arms in collaboration with members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship
Unit, United States Special Operations Command[4] to
possibly replace the 5.56 NATO cartridge in a Short Barreled Rie(SBR)/Carbine.
tiles and the fact that it was based on the .30 Remington
case.
In general, adapting an AR-style rie to the new cartridge only requires the replacement of the barrel, bolt,
magazine & muzzle device (if applicable) of the 5.56
mm-chambered rie; but to further streamline and simplify the conversion process many parts manufacturers
sell complete upper receiver assemblies chambered for
6.8 SPC alongside their conversion kits focusing on the
key individual parts. While a complete 6.8 SPC assembly
is a somewhat more expensive route, the conversion of an
existing 5.56 mm/.223 rie to 6.8 SPC using a complete
upper assembly takes less than a minute on an AR platform rie without the need for specialized tools or skills.
In contrast, when swapping out the individual component
parts, a signicant level of gunsmithing experience, special tools, and time are generally required to detach the
barrel from the ries upper receiver and the gas system,
and conversely those same needs are required for the reassembly of the upper receiver with the new 6.8 SPC barrel. Also, there is the issue of having to readjust the sights
if a new barrel is placed on an existing upper receiver.
Based upon the .30 Remington cartridge,[5] it is midway between the 5.5645mm NATO and 7.6251mm
NATO in bore diameter and muzzle energy. It uses a 7.0
millimetres (0.277 in) (7.0358 mm) diameter bullet, the
same diameter (not usually the same weight) as that used
in the venerable .270 Winchester hunting cartridge.
Development
2 APPLICATIONS
1.1
2 Applications
1.2
5.5-gram (85 gr) Barnes TSX ; 940 m/s (3,070 ft/s) By late 2004 the 6.8x43mm SPC was said to be perform- Silver State Armory (SSA) tactical factory load ing well in the eld against enemy combatants in Special
Operations.[6] However the cartridge was not used by
5.8-gram (90 gr) Speer Gold Dot 880 m/s (2,900
conventional US military personnel. It was not adopted
ft/s)- Federal(ATK) tac/mil load.
for widespread use due to resistance from ocials. [18]
6.2-gram (95 gr) Barnes TTSX: 790 m/s (2,600 ft/s) The 6.8 SPC was designed for better terminal eectiveness at the shorter ranges of urban combat experienced
- Wilson Combat factory load[13]
in Iraq. When ghting in Afghanistan began to intensify,
7.1-gram (110 gr) SCHP; 810 m/s (2,650 ft/s) - Sil- engagements began taking place at greater distances. Experiments suggested that the relatively short 6.8 mm bulver State Armory (SSA) combat factory load
lets became ineective at longer ranges.[19] In 2007, both
7.1-gram (110 gr) Hornady BTHP TAP; 780 m/s the U.S. SOCOM and the U.S. Marine Corps decided not
(2,550 ft/s) - Hornady Law Enforcement tactical to eld weapons chambered in 6.8 mm due to logistical
factory load[14]
and cost issues.[20] An unnamed LWRC representative
said in January 2014 that the US military is once again
7.1-gram (110 gr) BTHP OTM & Barnes TSX; 790 taking a look at the 6.8 SPCII after all the commercial
m/s (2,600 ft/s) - Wilson Combat factory load[15]
development in the last 10 years.[21]
9.1-gram (140 gr) Berger VLD; 732 m/s (2,401 ft/s) While there are many rumors of evaluations of the car- Silver State Armory (SSA) factory load. (Discon- tridge by several major Federal and local law enforcement agencies, the US Drug Enforcement Administration
tinued)
has allowed individual agents to purchase the M6A2 DDEA - which uses the 6.8 mm Remington SPC - as an
1.3 Comparison to other military calibers authorized alternative to their duty weapon. In 2010 the
Jordanian state-owned arms manufacturer KADDB anTypical trajectory information from carbines with drop nounced that they would be producing 6.8 mm ries and
and velocity calculated at sea level with a 91 metres (100 carbines for the Jordanian Army.[22] There is also a contract between LWRC, Magpul, Alliant Techsystems and
yd) zero.[16]
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The Saudi Royal guard for around 36,000 Six8 PDWs
& undisclosed amount of ATK/Federal XD68GD (90gr
Gold Dot 'training' ammo) and proprietary Magpul 6.8
Pmags specically for the LWRC Six8. See above under the subsection 'Development' Section. The 6.8 is also
being produced in a Squad Automatic Weapon or SAW
by U.S. Machine Gun Armory. The MGA SAW is
fully compatible with the United States Department of
Defense model designations: M249 and MK46. It is currently being shipped to US allies and is under testing with
the US military.
2.2
Current chamberings
3 See also
6.5mm Grendel
6.8 Forums Home of the 6.8SPCII
6 mm caliber and 7 mm caliber other cartridges
of similar size
6 mm SAW similar cartridge developed to approximate both 7.62x51mm and 5.56x45mm cartridges.
.280 British similar cartridge developed during
the 1940s in the UK
EXTERNAL LINKS
.276 Pederson similar cartridge developed in [15] 110 gr. Hornady BTHP, 2600 FPS - 16 Barrel-Wilson
Combat. Shopwilsoncombat.com. Retrieved 2011-091923 in the US.
6.5 x 47 Lapua
.300 AAC Blackout
List of AR platform calibers
List of rearms
List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
List of rie cartridges
Table of handgun and rie cartridges
Sectional density
Ballistic coecient
Notes
[1] Silver State Armory specializes in 6.8 SPC Ammunition, 115gr OTM, and custom brass cases - 6.8 Ammunition, 6.8 SPC Ammunition, SSarmory.com, SilverStateArmory.com. Ssarmory.com. Retrieved 2011-0915.
[2] Hornady Manufacturing Company :: Ammunition :: Rie :: Choose by Caliber :: 6.8mm SPC :: 6.8mm SPC 120
GR SST". Hornady.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[3] 6.8 SPC 110 grain Sierra Pro Hunter Ammunition, 20
rounds/box., SilverStateArmory.com. Ssarmory.com.
Retrieved 2012-05-26.
[4] Not a private endeavor or fully sanctioned government
project
[5] 30 Rem. Chuckhawks.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[6] John Pike. 5.56-mm Cartridges. Globalsecurity.org.
Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[7] http://www.wilsoncombat.com/68project.htm
[8] 6.8 mm SPC Cartridge History & Development. Hornadys Ammunition. The Stag Carbine.
Demigodllc.com. 2006-07-31. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[9] Paul, Gary (2011-01-04). The 6.8mm Remington SPC.
Rieshootermag.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[10] 6.8 mm SPC Cartridge History & Development. Hornadys Ammunition. The Stag Carbine.
Demigodllc.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[11] https://www.lwrci.com/articles/SGNLWRCsix8.pdf
[12] DTIC.mil. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[13] http://shopwilsoncombat.com/68-SPC/products/409/
[14] http://www.hornadyle.com/products/more_detail0a5d.
html?id=72&sID=151&pID=1
15.
[16] 6.8mm SPC article. Demigodllc.com. Retrieved 201109-15.
[17] LWRCI UCIW SIX8 Review - Shotgunnews.com, 9
November 2012
[18] Another 7.62mm Bullet For M-16s - Strategypage.com, 8
January 2012
[19] The 6.540 Cartridge: Longer Reach for the M4 & M16
- SAdefensejournal.com, 26 March 2014
[20] Dan Lamothe. Corps to pass on Army upgrades to M4.
Army Times Publishing Company. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
[21] LWRC: 6.8 SPC is the New 300 Blackout
[22] LWRC ries to be license-produced in Jordan. Therearmblog.com. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[23] Information on the 6.8 SPC Mini. Ruger-rearms.com.
Retrieved 2011-09-15.
[24] Information on the 6.8 Ruger Hawkeye Compact.
Ruger.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
5 External links
Denitive history of 6.8 SPC- The 6.8 SPC, Is it all
that?
6.8 SPC FAQ
Remington Ammunition Information
M468 Rie
Defense Review
Gunblast.com article
Sharper Shooting: Upgrading Ammunition Lethality
First Look: The 6.8mm Remington SPC
6,8 SPC
6.8mm SPC Cartridges Available, Silver State Armory Ammunition Manufacturer
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