10-23-2021, 07:39 AM
I've still not figured out this cartridge or why someone would want it. It runs the same speed as a grendel (or granted maybe even 100fps faster for the same bullet). But the bullet you are shooting from is has half the BC. The BC is so bad, the grendel catches it in energy at 100 yards (if you start the HAM'R at 2500fps vs grendel at 2400fps assuming a 16" barrel).
And I hate the argument that it uses all the same components as a standard 5.56. Are you really building a bunch of 5.56 uppers that aren't complete with a BCG and just swapping a single BCG between them? With a gendel or SPC or any other you only have to buy magazines (if you can't afford two magazines, should you be into shooting sports?). BCG's are part of the upper that you're buying anyway, so that's not any kind of extra cost.
For bullet weight, is someone really going to load a 150gr bullet all the way down to 2250fps and going to take elk with that? Anything can be done, but that is living right on the edge of not enough rifle. For hunting deer under 300 yards, it's just fine as a cartridge, it just seems like there are better options that beat it in nearly every category with almost no trade offs.
And I hate the argument that it uses all the same components as a standard 5.56. Are you really building a bunch of 5.56 uppers that aren't complete with a BCG and just swapping a single BCG between them? With a gendel or SPC or any other you only have to buy magazines (if you can't afford two magazines, should you be into shooting sports?). BCG's are part of the upper that you're buying anyway, so that's not any kind of extra cost.
For bullet weight, is someone really going to load a 150gr bullet all the way down to 2250fps and going to take elk with that? Anything can be done, but that is living right on the edge of not enough rifle. For hunting deer under 300 yards, it's just fine as a cartridge, it just seems like there are better options that beat it in nearly every category with almost no trade offs.