[PearlWhiteGT]

Love this rifle but I don't reload and have had great success with factory Federal Fusion 115 Gr ammo which I cannot find anymore. Decisions decisions... Any of you guys run this through your heads?

 

[Ratdog68]

My suggestion to you is this, find another 6.8 ammo that IS available, see what your rifle likes. I'd do a very thorough cleaning of the barrel to remove all fouling (carbon, but especially copper) to see how your barrel responds after some fouling shots.

Who's to say that there will be no more good offerings of 6.8 ammo (factory loadings)? Why dispose of a GOOD upper for that reason alone?

Why not build another upper for a caliber which is more available to you and set the 6.8 upper aside until you find ammo once again? Shoot the other upper with what IS available for the time being.

If you KNOW your 6.8 is effective for game, and recoil between 5.56 and 6.8 is similar, why not use a 5.56 upper for day to day range time/practice/training and save your 6.8 for hunting? This way you're not burning through precious ammo which is hard to come by at present.

All you really need for training muscle memory is a .22lr.

 

[chickasaw_hunter]

Yeah I did that once. It was the most accurate rifle I'd ever had including bolt guns. Ammo was getting hard to get and I sold it off and got a x39, thinking ammo would be easier, I was wrong. Eventually ammo for the 6.8 came back. I bought another 6.8. I had gone thru a bunch of alternative calibers, including the .300BO and was always comparing them to the 6.8 and not happy with how they measured up. So, I got a new 6.8 (not as accurate as my Stag 7H) but accurate within a minute of hog from a good distance. Now my hog hunting honey hole is gone as are my annual pilgrimages to Texas to save their agriculture and polo fields. The 6.8 sits in my safe. My little stockpile of ammo sits waiting to be needed. But this time I won't sell it. Worst case my grandsons can fight over it. But you might be in a different situation, I don't need another gun and can afford to just let this one sit. Also, in my state, I might never be able to replace it, legally I can't replace any of my 30 round mags. I resent that and ironically I've alway preferred 10 rounders for my 6.8 because I didn't want a long mag to hang up on stuff. But like a lot of folks I don't think I need the gov't telling me what mag I need or don't. Good luck with what

ever you decide to do.

 

[PearlWhiteGT]

Thanks fellas for the responses. My plans were to have this as my dedicated hog rifle with the DNV scope on it. I do have a few boxes of ammo still so can continue to use it but just thinking down the road. Haven’t sighted it in yet with the DNV scope but with my old scope it was deadly accurate.

I did shoot a couple of hogs Friday night out at my place here in South TX but had my AR10 with me.

 

[Ossian]

I second what ratdog68 said. Find another hunting load that your rifle likes. There are plenty of 6.8 ammo options out there. What other caliber in the standard ar15 platform will give the same performance? If you have another hunting rig you like better than your 6.8 then sell it and stock up on ammo, magazines and accessories for that rifle. At the end of the day it’s just a possession, sell it if you need to fund something else. If you actually like it and hunt with it, keep the rifle and give it some rattle can camo, make it your own. Buy some fmj ammo to practice with just to stay familiar with your rig. I always bring the 6.8 with my 5.56 to the range. I don’t shoot it as much compared to the 5.56 due to ammo cost but it’s good to run a few rounds of fmj through it.

 

[Nativeman30]

Been thinking of selling mine as well, but decided if I had to sell one it would be my 5.56 instead. 6.8 is such a joy to shoot with the way I have it tuned, and its an absolute tack driver. 2580fps average with S&B PTS 110s, 2800 fps average with the 105 MKZ.

 

[earlytom]

I obviously don't know your situation but I agree with RD and would add that you might want to think about getting into reloading.

S&B fmj in bulk quantities is less than a buck a round and is perhaps the best case for reloading currently and would keep you hunting with the reloads and you might find you like the 105 CBB MKZs.

I wouldn't sell it no matter what, but that's me.
The 6.8 got me into ARs and I liked mine so much I built a 223 Wylde to shoot cheap ammo upper. We all have at least one or two alternative uppers now.

 

[jrhtx]

Wilson has 120 gr SST in stock.

 

[greentick]

We've been waiting for someone to guinea pig this manufacturer and report back.

Ammo Manufacturer

Howdy all, Has anyone ever heard of or used this ammunition? Seems like a pretty good price for SST's. https://www.ishstacticalsolutions.com/products/5548-09051efc-2777-4491-951a-1d140ea7c0f7 Sorry if I am not supposed to post links, but I don't reload, and this seems like an option to...

www.68forums.com

 

[Coyotl]

i am interested in your PRI magazine(s) if you decide to sell

 

[PearlWhiteGT]

I have a buddy who has a few boxes of Fusion ammo that he doesn’t need anymore due to getting rid of his 6.8. Trying to purchase the ammo from him. If so I’ll hang onto it for a while.

 

[stooxie]

I've got a case of 115gr Fusion sitting around. I only seem to shoot 90gr. PM me if you are in interested in it.

-Stooxie

 

[PearlWhiteGT]

Big thanks to “stooxie” for setting me up with some ammo. I’ll be keeping my 6.8 for a long time now.

I need to get a couple of magazines and looking at either 10 or 15 rounders. Which do you fellas prefer and which manufacturers are good to go? I know PRI is but any others work well?

 

[stooxie]

Happy to help a brother out.

I've had good luck with C Products and ASC mags. Never had issues with any mags. I bought some PRI ones a while back when they were on sale. I sold them because they didn't work any better than what I had.

-Stooxie

 

[PearlWhiteGT]

Happy to help a brother out.

I've had good luck with C Products and ASC mags. Never had issues with any mags. I bought some PRI ones a while back when they were on sale. I sold them because they didn't work any better than what I had.

-Stooxie

Thanks man.