Considering another ar build using leftover parts I have and picking up what I'm missing. I want to build a hunting ar for deer sized game and the occasional trip down south pig hunting. I can't decide between 6.8 spc and .300 ham'r. Any thoughts?,
300 Ham'r is likely going to have better support in the future. Not sure how much support 6.8 SPC will have now that the company (Remington) that created it went belly up.
Your probably right but I still think we are going to see 300 Ham'r move ahead of 6.8 SPC in market share. But I have been wrong before and will no doubt be wrong again in the future.Remington hasn't had anything to do with 6.8 spc in a very long time, its not going anywhere. 300 ham'r probably has 5% of the market share enjoyed by the 6.8.
Your probably right but I still think we are going to see 300 Ham'r move ahead of 6.8 SPC in market share. But I have been wrong before and will no doubt be wrong again in the future.
Not true in this case. 300 Ham'r is a SAAMI cartridge and had been for nearly two years now (as of 1/20/20). If it is a SAAMI cartridge anyone can make the cartridge or guns chambered in it without any IP issues.I think it is still proprietary from Wilson combat meaning anyone who wants to make a barrel or ammo for it has to pay royalties. Unless that changes it’s doomed to obsolescence.
I'm in the process of building a ham'r. from what I can tell, 6.8 is not dead, but it's in the nursing home. There is more support form the 6.8, but I do think the ham'r will gain traction while the 6.8 will lose it. There is only a fraction of the people making barrels and parts for it now than there was 10 years. ago. Wilson and shaw are the only guys making ham'r barrels right now. Wilson and sig are making ammo. starline makes brass if you don't want to make your own.
I have a thread in the reloading section about my journey making brass. I'm building an SBR, but mostly because I wants a compact package in the ATV, and a 16" barrel + suppressor gets long. I do think a 12" grendel would be a better all round gun. But I already had a 16" grendel.
hard to find any of the recommended ham'r bullets in stock. I think I'm going to try the 125 TNT's. they're cheap.
a local guy who hunts a lot of pigs was telling me that he has dumped his 6.8 in favor of the ham'r. He says it kills more effectively. But he has killed a pile of pigs with the 6.8. it is no slouch. His buddy uses a 12" grendel with the 90grn tnt's.
Not true in this case. 300 Ham'r is a SAAMI cartridge and had been for nearly two years now (as of 1/20/20). If it is a SAAMI cartridge anyone can make the cartridge or guns chambered in it without any IP issues.
https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/300-HAMR-Public-Introduction.pdf
IMO the best HAMR bullet is the Speer 130 FNHC for deer and hogs. The TNT is a very accurate bullet in mine. And so is the resized to .308, .310 123gr Speer Gold Dot made for the 7.62x39. All 3 bullets are moa or less in my 18" Wilson barrel, they all have the same 27.8gr charge of CFEBLK. Too bad the POI is different for each bullet.
I also have a 6.8 barrel from AR performance. It shoots alright but its a heavier rifle and it doesn't tickle my fancy like it used to.
what do you get for velocity out of the ham’r? I’ve always scratched my head at the cartridge because all the velocity data I see is slower then my X39 by a good bit and barely faster than my blackout.
It can't match 7.62x39 at any given pressure. Should be right in between that and the Blackout.
Every source I've seen that has chrono data puts the .300 HAM'R ahead of X39 with virtually every bullet. If you have data contra to that please link it.
Every source I've seen that has chrono data puts the .300 HAM'R ahead of X39 with virtually every bullet. If you have data contra to that please link it.
I'm pretty interested in the round myself. It matters not at all to me how it sells vs 6.8 (a round I have no interest in). As long as a few companies make ammo and there are reloading components any round is viable. It offers a lot on paper so I'll be following it closely.