Talk me out of 6.8 Western

[CVA-444]

I'm leaning heavy towards the 6.8 Western. I just wanted to see if anyone had suggestions I hadn't already pondered on. The 3 I've been kicking around the most are:

6.8 Western
7 SAUM
7 Mag

 

[ARlife4me]

Muzzle blast will be horrific and a brake will make it worse for you and anyone else near you! The only brake that won't make it worse is a linier style. The only way for you to amass brass is buy ammo and ghat won't be cheap. If you have or know someone that anneals you could get 270wsm brass for the headstamp reference.

 

[CVA-444]

Muzzle blast will be horrific and a brake will make it worse for you and anyone else near you! The only brake that won't make it worse is a linier style. The only way for you to amass brass is buy ammo and ghat won't be cheap. If you have or know someone that anneals you could get 270wsm brass for the headstamp reference.

Muzzle blast tends to come with the territory with speciality pistols. I've got one in 444 Marlin and it most definitely barks.

 

[ARlife4me]

Muzzle blast tends to come with the territory with speciality pistols. I've got one in 444 Marlin and it most definitely barks.

Way different powders in that cartridge than the 6.8w. I want a 7.5 or 10" 45-70 pistol for a companion to the rifles.

 

[7mm man]

6.8W is a great choice. Low recoil, great long range ballistics. Brass will become more available as time goes on.

 

[ncwg2boatguy]

6.8 western is probably here to stay. I was like alot of folks (why?) until my son bought me one for Christmas. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about its performance. Its not far off 7PRC and beats 6.5 PRC and its not fussy to load for. Better .277 bullets are showing up because of it also with weight and B.C to make it shine. 150gr Nosler AB and Berger 170gr both shoot great.

 

[Will.284]

Edit. I'm clueless when it comes to this handguns. I wasn't aware when I posted what he was referring to.

For guys talking negatively about the 6.8W. Unless you've actually owned a 6.8 Western, why not stop hating on the cartridge? Its actually great.

I e got a Winchester 6.8 western and absolutely love it factory ammo is readily available in my area and I've got 250 new brass so I'd say go with the 6.8

 

[7mm man]

I was able to smoke Accubond 165gr ABLRs at just a hair under 3000 fps. Devastating bonded bullet at a weight that is respectable.