Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
#1, how many ar15's do you see with 24" barrels?
#2, like we said, they are comparing their own heavily loaded round to an anemic factory load. The American Whitetail load from Hornady is close to 22% under a max capacity/pressure loading.
I've been loading 7mm-08 years before Remington took it up and know the round intimately. As a wildcatter from years back, that 7val does sound interesting to an AR user but to compare it as an even match for a 7mm-08 is stretching the truth a good bit. I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good round for AR users as it does sound like a good WT or Hog round, maybe even a bit better than my 6.8 SPC but lets keep some reality among the shooters and let the factories fight off the BS claims. Compare them on an equal basis and you will see that there is no comparison between the 2.
Again I never said it was a 7mm-08 I said "It pretty much is" as in "almost". So I never said it was an even match at all. I know the American Whitetail load is a factory load an of course they will be anemic but I was using that for comparison to show that it can get to 7mm-08 velocites.... Again I never said it was a 7mm-08 but to have a cartridge in an AR15 platform to be pushing a 140gr projectile at 2750 or even 2800 fps is amazing in that Platform considering you do not have to jump up to an AR-10. That was my whole point in this post...