Originally Posted By: DirectDriveOriginally Posted By: alfOriginally Posted By: DirectDriveApparently not enough "headroom" for the long heavies in a gas gun.
Which is what makes it a great varmint cartridge for lighter bullets, at higher speeds, and better point blank range, especially at night.
Plus, load them to 2.280" OAL and stuff 'em in ASC magazines, & it's a win all around.
Exactly.
If Hornady were to get behind 6mm Hagar (they would name it something else) it would have to satisfy the precision crowd and the varmint crowd.
I think that's why they settled on 6ARC. It can do both disciplines.
The precision crowd wants long and heavy bullets. The varminter crowd wants short and light bullets. The appropriate chamber for one doesn’t really accommodate the other well either way. The long and heavy has a bigger market, but the short and light is more practical for hunting. This is just my perspective on the whole deal with 6mm cartridges for the AR. I personally would love a standardized cartridge with factory components and ammo support in the short and light hunting for hunting version.
