it took them nearly 20 years to make that choice

http://www.snipercentral.com/socom-switching-to-6-5-creedmoor-in-2019/

Shitty article.

I was also wrong it looks like full change out from 7.62

.300 hasn't even been around that long i think, .458 SOCOM has which would be the better choice imo. The point they are going for is the sbr performance, or at least that what national defense said

but that wouldn't make sense if they are rebarreling sr25s

@TwinVickers becuase its not 6.5 special

Its creedmoor lol

it's impossible to read one article for facts anymore, journalism has been overpowered by blogging

Its more who the person the info came from

http://soldiersystems.net/2018/03/23/ussocom-adopts-6-5-cm/

that's USSOCOM

the one I read was about Army

......

Thats the new office of procurement request for infantry weapons

the article says USSOCOM, i'm not saying you are wrong

i'm saying that whatever I read was specific about army.

this doesn't mean you need to do "....." and reaffirm your view

it means we have different sources

No i agreed with you.

The army put out for selection process a 6.5mm in an infantry rifle

6.5 spc is one option floating around

ok, i misread that then. apologies

6.5 creedmoor is pointless

ooga booga i have a sling

who wants to get rocked

Like literally pointless to adopt

6.5 grendal as a standard issue makes sense...

But creedmoor as a sniper rifle🤣 give me a fucking break🤣

Like your marginal improvement over 7.62 NATO is pointless as a sniper...When you should be using a fucking .300 win mag in the first place

A .338 magnum lapua is a good sniper

@Duke of Mecklenburg late reply: 6.5 CM being useless

Not really, decent ballistics, better CE, half the recoil of 7.62. Also helps streamline military supply if they switch to a 6.5 infantry rifle. So in that it does have some logic to it.

6.5 creedmoor will NEVER be a standard issue infantry rifle cartridge

@MadLarkin

6.5 Grendal might

Thats what i was saying

Army has an open contract for a 6.5mm round for an infantry rifle

Why use the 6.5 as a sniper round? Its mediocre as all hell...the 300wm is already the standard sniper cartridge which has double the effective range

The grendal and the creedmoor use different bullets tho

The grendal doesnt use the 143

Grain