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6/11/2015 2:30:18 PM

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Section 17: Cartridges & Ammo
Subject: New for AR .25-45 Sharps-6.8x45 UCC Msg# 922631

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Dale Mullin

Joined 4/4/2000

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Mark Freburg (Read) Forum Manager

Joined 4/3/2000

Perhaps the attraction of other cartridges is so that one can use a familiar rifle platform? For the past 50 or so years our military has been using some version of the AR design so lots of veterans and wannabes are familiar with and like the platform.

Here in Virginia a rifle used for deer hunting must be chambered in a caliber .23 or above. That law appears to be intended specifically to exclude the .22 caliber rounds. Anyone wanting to use an AR for deer either needs an AR-10-type rifle or one of the alternative chamberings which fit into the standard AR.

I've had a soft spot for the .25 calibers for a very long time. I guess that I grew up reading tales of the .257 Roberts and like cartridges. I've got lots of .25 caliber bullets for reloading and .223 brass is plentiful and inexpensive. It would be easy for me to get into loading for the .25-45 Sharps.

Sharps Rifle Company currently has a sale on barrels chambered for .25-45 Sharps. Since all other components of the rifle are common, one could convert a current AR to this chambering for right at $200.00

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
The "not a .223" AR15 cartridge field is actually becoming crowded, with the .25-45 Sharps (unfortunate name, I think), the .300 Black-out, .30 AR, 6.5 Grendel, 6.8 SPC, 6.8x45UCC, 7.62x40 Wilson, and probably more I don't know of. While some are designed for "combat" and some for hunting, there seems to be considerable overlap.

In truth I think the big push is to be able to use the AR15 without major overhaul. It has always been available to get what seems to me a better AR15 for hunting in .243, /260 Remington, 7mm-08, etc., but only in the most recent past have "AR10" size rifles gotten light enough and inexpensive enough to compete with AR15s to make them serious contenders, it seems. Still, once one gets past the need for a new barrel, and, more importantly, the shortage of ammunition, I'm not sure I see the draw to these .223-based cartridges.

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