Ditto..
Will I buy one? Nope...
"The 8.6 Creedmoor is being designed around a fast barrel twist. Q is still kicking around prototypes anywhere from 1/3 twist to 1/5. The 1/3 does an amazing job of stabilizing big heavy bullets and providing the shooter with good accuracy. It also performs well with light supersonic loads depending on the bullet type. Poorly made bullets will twist apart in flight. So, Q is finding the sweet spot with respect to heavy and light .338 projectiles."
I'm really wondering what kind of accuracy and bullet performance you're going to get with a 1/3 ROT.. Seems that any bullet strong enough to hold together is not go to open up properly at these velocities, any less ROT and I question what bullet weights/length will stabilize subsonic...
"Now I guess you’re wondering if it does in fact perform. I’d say so, out of a 12.5” barrel the 8.6 Creedmoor with a 155GR bullet at 2500FPS brings 2,100 ft. lbs. of energy at the muzzle. With supersonic loads, it will outperform a 18” barreled .308 Winchester out to 300 yards."
I just don't see this as having a high degree of accuracy with a 1/3 or 1/5 ROT and a 155 gr bullet at 2500fps....
The rational for the existence of some rounds is so "highly specialized" that in reality they are just worthless... This sounds like an attempt to be both highly specialized and versatile at the same time... The goals here just seem too broad to achieve good results with such a wide variety of velocities and bullet weights. My prediction is that this will either not go anywhere or just be another future obsolete, it's more likely to go nowhere...
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