WestKentucky
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Winner.I think it's less a "stigma" issue, and just some people responding to the massive marketing (and perhaps consumer) push to 300 blackout.
I’m a tree hunnert hater. The biggest reason why is that people are having this new “incredible” round shoved down their throats by the gun advertising media with LOTS of claims and little oomph to back it up. You take a .223 power level case, chop it up a bit to reduce case capacity, put in a fatter heavier bullet to slow it down and totally destroy what high velocity advantage that the little fast bullet has on hydrostatic shock and call it the greatest thing since tilting barrel pistols were invented. I like low and slow too, but that’s been done for a century and change... and done with style in the Winchester’s, Henry’s, Marlins, Sharps, etc...
Back to the drawing board...Thought process???
1. Cut case capacity from a “sub-par” round to make it better?
2. Add weight to bullet to “improve” effect on target, but totally sacrifice flat trajectory for it?
3. Add diameter to bullet... because umm.... Murica... Why not. Sounds better.
4. Make the ammo expensive to buy.
5. Make reloading it more difficult (really, harbor freight mini chop saw is essential?) and more expensive (.308 bullets are roughly double .224)
6. Make it so that it can easily set back and chamber in a .223.... kaboom
7. Call it great because it can be quiet... so can a 22 short. Or a .45acp. Or anything else.
....And last but not least...
8. Hype it as the best new deer round available...with less range, speed, and power than .223 but also with more elevation drop at range, more wind deflection, and a more picky action on a rifle...that mimicks the 30-30 which has been killing deer since about the time smokeless powder became a real thing. But yeah... it’s new and wonderful and worth paying a dollar a shot for because THrEE HUNnerT sounds better than 223 and it’s got that really nifty surname of BlackOut which also is just there to sound cool.
Oh did anybody mention the 300 whisper... nah it sucked compared to BlackOut.
All the grandstanding that this dog receives has minimized legitimately good AR platform rounds like 6.8, .277 wolverine, .30 AR, etc...
BUT, it is whatever floats a persons boat. 300blk clearly doesn’t float a thing for me, but it is in actuality a somewhat effective round now that it’s had bullets developed to perform at low speeds. Lots of other rounds do the same thing as good or better, but it does get the job done. And to make matters worse, the stinking thing is so popular that people are now doing the same thing to .308 brass in an ar10.