Formidilosus
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- Nov 26, 2014
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im sorry but the .308 is still a player even in this day and age. many of us would prefer to use the .308 because its proven. we know what it does. most engagements arent outside of the .308's capability.
the army's solution with the m2010 was a band aid fix and let me tell you....the barrel life and weapon system weight makes it very hard to justify its existence. meanwhile...the m110 and the new CSASS m110a1 will keep on trucking.
I shot around 9k rounds of M118LR and MK316 Mod 0 in the last year. As well as a substantial amount of 260 and 6.5Creed from similar platforms. The 308 works fine, but no one shooting a M110 that has ever went up against a 260Rem/6.5Creed gas gun has ever said- "nah... I'll take the one that recoils more, is heavier, and has more drop and drift because I know what it does".
The 2010 is not the best system for a 300WM, however the need is and was there for the capability. As for barrel life and weight- it is a dedicated LR SWS not a quasi SDM system, and any problems with barrel life have more to do with shooters thinking and treating it like a big 7.62 instead of what it is.
With all of that, I never said that the 308/7.62 was "bad". I said that just because the big military is doing or using something means very little. There are a few, very small organizations that have the budget, T&E capability and institutional knowledge that their picks DO mean something.