I bought a new Daniel Defense DDM4-V4 a couple of month ago and I love it. I originally wanted either the Daniel Defense or an Ambush, they're the same company except Ambush sells hunting versions of the Daniel Defense rifle, and you can get them camouflage dipped. I can't seem to get on the 300 blackout bandwagon, so that caliber was out. I might have chosen the Remington 30AR if I had found one. The one and only time I saw one was at the 2009 Shot Show, the rifle looked and felt nice but I haven't seen one since. I was stuck on the idea of buying either the DD or Ambush in 6.8 SPC ll. It's extremely hard to find one of those two rifles in this caliber right now, so I spent a lot of time researching my options. I'm 52 years old which means I grew up being told that any caliber under .24 is inadequate for deer, and even the .243 is for women and children who absolutely can't shoot a larger gun. Now forty years ago there was some level of truth to that way of thinking. With the advancements that have been made with bullet design, those old rules can be thrown away. The more I researched I began to realize that buying my rifle in 5.56mm is not a bad idea. I wasn't worried too much about ammo cost since I reload, but even the components are quite a bit cheaper for the 5.56mm. This way I can get in a lot more shooting than I would've with the 6.8spc. I bought 1000 Hornady 55 grain fmj-bt bullets for $88 and a box of 100 Sierra 65 grain game-king psp-bt bullets for deer hunting. Hopefully I'll get an opportunity to kill a deer with it this year.
