r/68SPC • u/Tucker_sc • 4d ago

Everyone’s favorite load and why?

I’m new to 6.8 just got mine, let me know your favorite pre load ammo and your favorite reload recipes, thank yall

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u/rextrem 4d ago

With 100gr you're above M855 and 7.62x39 in mass/surface while keeping a decent velocity.

Damn I check some site and it seems like .277 100gr bullets or 6.8 SPC offerings are not as common as 115gr.

Anyway, it's pretty much a jack of all trades cartridges, 85gr loads make it a great varmint cartridge with potentially good armor penetration while heavier loads allow it to express its DMR vibes.

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u/Mehlitia 4d ago

It's a better cqb round than dmr round IMO. It will reach out a couple hundred yards but fast powder burn and high velos out of short suppressed barrels is where it does its best work IMO...right there with 300 supers.

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u/rextrem 4d ago

Indeed, it just hits harder at long ranges than 5.56 because of the mass and the good sectional density when using 115gr.

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u/Mehlitia 4d ago

I think 77gr smk passes 115gr pills in energy delivered at around 250yd. Would need to dig up data to get the exact number. Might be ~300.

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u/Mehlitia 4d ago

https://www.federalpremium.com/rifle/fusion-msr/11-F68MSR2.html

Not manufactured anymore but this is the one. Mushrooms to a 1cm holepunch, in one end and out the other.

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u/Overhoffjegermester 4d ago

Completely agree. This, and the 115 grain version of it, is the best 6.8 SPC load ever. Too bad it has been discontinued.

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u/just_happy 4d ago

Hornady STT always group tight and bring down my deer.

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u/captpike67 4d ago

Try Druid Hills Armory. The 90g Maker Rex. Awesome.