Savage scraps the 300BLK
Heard rumors of this. Seems confirmed now.
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April 18th, 2012 at 9:33 am
Bummer
April 18th, 2012 at 9:47 am
It never made a lot of sense to me to make a bolt action for this cartridge. The idea behind the subsonic loading–which is the version giving Savage accuracy trouble–is that it is FAR superior to sub-sonic 9MM because it is heavier, AND has a much better BC (meaning it carries its energy for greater distances–like 100 yards instead of 50).
The other part is that all it took was a barrel swap in an AR. The final piece of the puzzle is that you can shoot full power loads similar to a 7.62 x 39 out of the same gun with nothing more than putting the cartridge into the magazine.
It does all of those things very well.
It would be irresponsible to hunt deer or pig with the heavy subsonic load IMO, just because the muzzle energy isn’t there.
I think there is a lot of confusion out there as to what this cartridge is supposed to be. It is a quiet minute of man sub round to 100 yards, or if you want to hit something out at 300, switch mags.
April 18th, 2012 at 10:39 am
You CAN shoot super sonic and sub sonic rounds out of the same gun. Yet there are rifles optimized for either, and an semi that will run both won’t necessarily run both super and sub well.
The operating pressures are different enough that the optimized guns run different length gas systems for goodness sake. That’s a heck of a telling difference.
It’s sort of like 6.8. There are different flavors of configurations that may or may not play well together.
April 18th, 2012 at 10:57 am
Tomcat,
The blackout WILL run well from the same gun either way. I’ve done it for about a year from a 10 inch barrel with a pistol length tube. Shoots 2 inch groups subsonic at 50, and 2 inch groups supersonic at 100. I’ve also run it on a full auto lower with no issues. The only problem I have is a lot of dirt when I run the can with it. To combat, I just tighten the gas plug.
I haven’t handloaded for it yet, so no accounting for less than optimized loads.
It does what it is supposed to.