Thanks for the info, I'll have to go back and review those posts.
Do you mind share pics of the beast?
Thanks for the clarification!
Light rifle recoil is a mystery to people because most live on charts and data and not real life application. I have had numerous sub teenage kids shoot my rifle and enjoy it. My son hunted rabbits with it. Light rifles only recoil fast. Not heavy or hard. Object in motion that is light requires less energy to stop. Imagine a dump truck going 30 hitting a brick wall. Then, Imagine a corvette doing 100 hitting the wall. Wall will likely withstand the corvette. My 9lb 416’s all were more punishing to shoot than my 5lber.
Yeah, my looking at numbers and going off of neck shoulder of 77 otm in 223 flavor and 108 eldm in 6 arc flavor, up to the 100gr class of projectiles should be open to the 6x6.8 without being seated too far into the case. I still haven't heard back on if satern would do a pencil profile 6 max so I'm probably going to go this route to get a 6mm legal build cobbled together.
This is the reason I was digging into the 24nosler. Debated rim, more case capacity. Assuming the brass holds up, a fella could run pressure up around the same limit as a 5.56 since it’s the same bolt iirc. Xcaliber did not have a reamer and I believe nosler ditched the cartridge when the 6arc rolled around. I saw brass for it going pretty cheap and figured they are going to discontinue it all together.
Yeah I saw that one too. I remember seeing Johnny's reloading bench having issues with the 22 nosler, that kinda steered me away from them. From what I remember, I don't think it has any case capacity over the 6max, I think the hassle of sizing down 350l brass would be worth it over going those nosler cartridges, it seems to have more staying power due to the straight wall states. Maybe the spc will go away but I think it has enough fans from lwrc to keep it going. Magpul is still making the specialty mags for it.
The issue I saw with the 24N was that even with the best powders you were slow and the stuff that made any speed came with a compressed load. The 24N is 200 fps slower in every weight class when compared to the 6 ARC loaded at AR pressure. I wish there was a Howa Mini Action sized action that was big enough to run the WSSM cases in. A micro magnum if you would. With fast twist barrels on a micro magnum action, the WSSM cases would be fun to play with.
You can still get a wssm upper. The company I found for the 6x6.8 barrel will still chamber a wssm one, and jard sells a wssm upper with bolt and barrel extension.
Fascinating technology. If they bring a .223 Peak Alloy case to market, we’d be rockin’ and rollin’ and Thegman would be killing griz and moose with his .223. Oh wait, he already is — and with brass cases!
There’s a company called phantom defense that might be doing some 223 like this. Haven’t used them so no personal experience. But had a friend tell me they might start selling loaded 69 gr tmks that I’m going to buy and try.
Friction fit. But the collar keeps it from rotating. I thought about a button to line up with a corresponding hole, like a telescoping pole... but I didn't want any play between the carbon fiber tube and the aluminum anyway, so a tight fit made more sense. But it doesn't take a lot of effort to put it together or take it apart.
I'm pretty sure it is just the same as every other aluminum upper out there. I've compared side by side... don't see any difference. He just added a left side port where a lot of side charging uppers put it on the right side. The majority of his innovation appears to be in the ball bearing setup that rides on top of the bolt carrier to help keep tension on it when in battery. Other than that, you could pretty much diy/mimic everything there with regular milspec parts.
