Anybody hunt with the new 6.8mm SPC? What do you think?

Didn't get to shoot one yet, but from dozen articles I've read on it, it should be good for deer sized game. More punch than a .223, and flatter shooting than many bigger cartridges.

Balistics are almost identical to the 257 roberts. And it has killed deer for many years very well.

My r3eactiuon to the sporterization of this round is the same one Elmer Keith had when Remington brought out the 8mm Rem. mag: "What's it good for?"

To state that it kills deer just as well as the .257 Roberts pretty much says it all! We've had the Roberts since about 1930, and it has always has been a great dual-purpose deer & varmint cartridge. And I can see the need to develop a round for the M16 rifle platform that has more stopping power than the 5.56mm. But to make a hunting round out of it gives us nothing we haven't had since the early days of the last century. I'd personally prefer to see CZ put the .250 Savage into a platform like the 527 carbine, instead!

It's really not up to the .257 Roberts level of performance - at least at distance. Bullet is shorter and fatter; and runs out of gas earlier as it flies downrange. Compare the performance at 300 yards . . . .

check out remingtons ballistic compairison page its veryclose to a 243

6.8 115gr.............Muzzle...........100yards....... .....200yards..........300yards...........400yards
Velocity fps...........2800...............2535............. ......2285..............2049..................1828
Energy(ft-lbs)........2002...............1641............... ....1333..............1072..................853
Arc (in.)................+2...................0....... ..................-9.................-26...................**

.257 Roberts 117gr...Muzzle..........100yards............200yar ds...........300yards............400yards
Velocity fps..............2780.............2550............ .....2331..................2122.................19 25
Energy(ft-lbs)...........2007.............1689.............. ....1411.................1170.................963
Arc (in.)...................+2..................0..... ..................-8....................-24..................**

I just don't see any need for the 6.8 in a bolt action rifle. Looks to me like Remmy was creating a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

There isn't a need for nearly any of the cartridges we use today.

.22lr, .223, 30-06, 375H&H and a true big bore such as the 458 Lott. Everything else is a solution to a problem that didn't exist. [&:] Not to sound like a jerk but.........So what, who cares.


Until recently there has only been two .277 cartridges available, the .270 Winchester and the .270 Weatherby mag. It's about time that more manufacturers made more cartridges based on this bullet diameter.


I have not used one but I think it would make a superb round in a short compact rifle such as Rugers frontier or Remingtons model 7. I also think that all youth rifles should be chambered in this round. Encore handguns would also do very well with this cartridge.

It is easily a 250 yard cartridge for deer sized game animals.

The 6.8 was developed for the AR-15. I can see a valid use in that. What I was refering too, was Remington chambering the 6.8 in a bolt action rifle. You gain nothing.

but not every cartridge has to gain enery or velocity, there are other advantages. Not saying it's something i would buy, but i don't think its a bad idea.