huntinguide Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Does anybody have any knowledge or expierence shooting this caliber. My buddy has a tactical police for sale ive never shot, is it worth it or should i get a .30 caliber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowana Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 It depends on what the use is. The 6.8 is not a 30 Cal. Its basically a 223 necked up to 270. I have a Thompson G2 Contender chambered in the same. It is truly a tack driver. I shot a possum with it about 2 days ago at about 140 yards. No recoil and a thumper. I used the new Hordany rounds. I believe they around 110 grains. This is a small deer/varmint round....it is not a true deer round like the 30 Cal's using 150 grain bullets at around 3000fps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted February 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 what i was saying is he has 2 rifles one is a 6.8 and the other a 308. What type of ballistics does it have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 From what I remember when I looked at the ballistics tables on the 6.8, they were not all that impressive. For deer, you would be better off with the .308. I just looked real quick and compared to a .270 in remington factory loads, the 6.8 is slower and has considerably less energy. Looks like it performs more closely to a 250 savage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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