98Z5V Report post Posted December 15, 2020 Can't locate an online version right now, but grab the newest issue of RECOIL Magazine. 11.5" 6 ARC running head to head with a KAC M110... For real... Here's the cover to look for: Best quote from the whole article: "This isn't a precision rifle capable of a combat role. This is a combat rifle capable of precision." Next best quote, and the wrap-up finish to the article: "In every measure of capability, sans magazine capacity (which is being addressed as we type these words), the 6 ARC totally beats the pants off of everything available that fits within the confines of a standard AR-15 footprint. 900 yards before transonic with a short barrel? 5.56 eat your damned heart out." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted December 15, 2020 Been saying this for awhile now - If you have a Grendel, don't get rid of it to build a 6 ARC gun. Grendel is badass. If you DON'T have a Grendel, and were thinking about one - then just build a 6 ARC gun instead... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blue109 Report post Posted December 15, 2020 Is commercial ammo available for us non-reloading folk? im seeing grendel and creedmore on the shelf at ACE hardware now and then. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted December 15, 2020 1 minute ago, blue109 said: Is commercial ammo available for us non-reloading folk? im seeing grendel and creedmore on the shelf at ACE hardware now and then. Hornady Match is available, but scarce right now. That's the 108 ELD-M projectile. Hornady Black is also available, in a 105gr HPBT loading. Again, scarce. Right now, I don't know of any others that are loading this as factory ammo. This is Hornady's baby, right here. https://ammoseek.com/ammo/6mm-arc https://www.milehighshooting.com/hornady-81608-6mm-arc-108-gr-eld-match-20-box/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARTrooper Report post Posted December 15, 2020 Being that it comes from hornady, 6mm ARC will end up having ammunition from all major companies as long as we can get our ammunition production up. The way they promote their products, I would bet my tiny bank account that it will be as successful and widespread as the grendel is now. I have already decided this is the next rifle I am going to build. Someone let me know if you see any aero precision m4e1 matching receivers in stock or a builders kit. I am thinking about going with a 16 inch barrel though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted December 15, 2020 13 minutes ago, ARTrooper said: Someone let me know if you see any aero precision m4e1 matching receivers in stock or a builders kit. I have a sweet matched M4E1 set here, just sitting. No, wait - that belongs to @Matt.Cross. I can't sell it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt.Cross Report post Posted December 15, 2020 6 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I have a sweet matched M4E1 set here, just sitting. No, wait - that belongs to @Matt.Cross. I can't sell it. *Looks at a green Hornady hat and swallows hard* Yeah, I need to send you some stuff.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARTrooper Report post Posted December 15, 2020 9 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I have a sweet matched M4E1 set here, just sitting. No, wait - that belongs to @Matt.Cross. I can't sell it. Matt doesn’t need it. I have to get ready to fight the two largest counties in my state in a civil war. Lol. I have been waiting for them to come into stock on any website. Got like 8 set to notify me if they come in stock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COBrien Report post Posted December 15, 2020 You know, my wife was asking me the other day about building her a "reach out and touch somebody" kind of rifle. While I was considering a 6 Creedmoor, maybe a 6 ARC would be a better bet at this point. It'd be a good complement to my 6.8...😉 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARTrooper Report post Posted December 15, 2020 1 hour ago, COBrien said: You know, my wife was asking me the other day about building her a "reach out and touch somebody" kind of rifle. While I was considering a 6 Creedmoor, maybe a 6 ARC would be a better bet at this point. It'd be a good complement to my 6.8...😉 One of the reasons I plan on building a 6 ARC is for my wife to use deer hunting while I use my .260 rem. And maybe be my kids’ first hunting rifle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted December 16, 2020 14 hours ago, Matt.Cross said: *Looks at a green Hornady hat and swallows hard* Yeah, I need to send you some stuff.... Nah, you don't need to brother - I don't care about that. I care about that Hornady hat, though... 10 hours ago, COBrien said: You know, my wife was asking me the other day about building her a "reach out and touch somebody" kind of rifle. While I was considering a 6 Creedmoor, maybe a 6 ARC would be a better bet at this point. It'd be a good complement to my 6.8...😉 6 Creed is gonna be a large-frame AR, brother - build the wifey a small-frame AR, and make it the ARC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted December 16, 2020 10 hours ago, ARTrooper said: Matt doesn’t need it. I have to get ready to fight the two largest counties in my state in a civil war. Lol. I have been waiting for them to come into stock on any website. Got like 8 set to notify me if they come in stock. Keep an eye on these two places: https://www.armorally.com/product-category/ar-parts/ar15/ https://www.schuylerarmsco.com/manufacturer.aero-precision-993 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARTrooper Report post Posted December 16, 2020 2 hours ago, 98Z5V said: Keep an eye on these two places: https://www.armorally.com/product-category/ar-parts/ar15/ https://www.schuylerarmsco.com/manufacturer.aero-precision-993 Thanks brother. I have been keeping an eye one armorally but I forgot about schuyler arms. I have noticed armorally doesn’t have as good of deals as it used to. Might be taking advantage of the shortage and making an extra buck in things. Oh well, if they get them in stock, I will be happy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, ARTrooper said: Thanks brother. I have been keeping an eye one armorally but I forgot about schuyler arms. I have noticed armorally doesn’t have as good of deals as it used to. Might be taking advantage of the shortage and making an extra buck in things. Oh well, if they get them in stock, I will be happy. Everyone, distributors included, have been paying higher prices to get things in stock. It's just coming full-circle. Manufacturers are spacing out workers to "comply with COVID" - so they have less floor space to get their jobs done. In turn, to counteract that, they're running more shifts, many companies running 24 hours a day now. JUST to make the same output... For real. 3 times the work, just to put out the same product that they WERE doing in an 8-hour shift. And, that costs money, to them. All prices are up now, and it's not necessarily "gouging" - unless you're looking at some Cheaper Than Dirt BS. Fuk CTD, in the neck. Forever. Prices are up, because labor is up - because you have to physically space out labor and run extra shifts now, just to keep up with NORMAL demand. THEN, you have all the new gun buyers that never had a gun before, and want EVERYTHING.... Blame COVID, Blame Never-Gun Owners (until now, that they realize they NEED it), and Blame Sheep for it. Cowards are running The Business Mandates/Rules now... New Gun Owners are demanding a supply that this industry never could have kept up with, normally... Keep in mind - for the past 4 years, gun prices have been DOWN... Because SO MANY COMPANIES went all in, went huge on extended credit lines, and bought everything that they could - before the 2016 election. You know, when Hittlery was gonna be Prez, and BAN everything. Big companies and distributors went HUGE in credit lines, toget all they could before that election - so they could Cash Out afterwards with all their newly-acquired "Pre-Ban" goods... And she DIDN'T win. Then, they're stuck making monthly balloon payments on that huge credit line that they took - with all that inventory out-the-ass that they have... and WE, as gun builders, have $40 stripped lower receivers... Know why? "Sell THIS ITEM off this month at a huge loss, just so we can make the payment at the end of this month - I hope we make it..." We we lucky for 4 years - because big companies made the wrong bet in 2016, brother. WE reaped the benefits of their HUGE extended credit, monthly payments... Bigger Picture, man - you always have to look at the Bigger Picture. If you don't or can't - then you're always stuck in the weeds, looking at what's 10 feet out. Edited December 16, 2020 by 98Z5V Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edgecrusher Report post Posted December 16, 2020 I wish I could justify this cartridge but it doesn’t make sense for me where I am. Some day maybe but not now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COBrien Report post Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, 98Z5V said: 6 Creed is gonna be a large-frame AR, brother - build the wifey a small-frame AR, and make it the ARC. Oh, I know it's a large frame. SWMBO ain't petite, and she's not afraid of a big, heavy rifle. However, something smaller and lighter-weight is never a bad thing. When you're talking about rifles, that is... Edited December 16, 2020 by COBrien Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARTrooper Report post Posted December 16, 2020 @98Z5V I get it now and I don’t blame the gun companies... supply and demand. And yes I wouldn’t call it price gouging. I would just be happy to find things at msrp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted January 18 Here's the online version of that article that I stated in the opening post - THAT issue of RECOIL had this article in it... https://www.recoilweb.com/6mm-arc-long-range-in-a-small-package-with-the-lantac-6arc-164753.html?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Read+the+Review+-+-+See+the+Results&utm_content=Forecasting+a+Long+Range+New+Year+|+Ammunition+Deals+for+Today&utm_campaign=Recoil+Newsletter+-+01/07/21&_bta_tid=32370530615476406989167512103511622481302464166724552578172466252560957639686339783339058654357442900746 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARTrooper Report post Posted January 18 Yeah I would love to build one... if I could find some decent receivers in stock. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
98Z5V Report post Posted January 19 8 hours ago, ARTrooper said: Yeah I would love to build one... if I could find some decent receivers in stock. Be Persistent... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
