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The 6.8mm Remington Special Purpose Cartridge (6.8 SPC, 6.8 SPC II or 6.8×43mm) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge that was developed by Remington Arms in collaboration with members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit and United States Special Operations Command [6] to possibly replace the 5.56 NATO cartridge in short barreled rifles (SBR) and carbines.
In 1982, Ruger introduced the Ranch Rifle with an integral scope base on the receiver, a new folding-aperture rear sight, and factory scope rings. [15] In 1987, Ruger introduced the Mini Thirty rifle chambered for the Russian 7.62×39mm cartridge. At the time, large quantities of surplus military ammunition were being imported into the United ...
Pages in category "6.8mm firearms" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Ruger Mini-14; S. STG-556; X. XM7 rifle; XM250
5.6×39mm: 1965-1975 Soviet Union: L98A1 Cadet General Purpose Rifle (An L85A1 modified for army cadets by removing gas parts necessary for semiautomatic fire. The upgraded L98A2 retained semiautomatic, but not fully automatic, capabilities) 5.56×45mm NATO: 1987-current United Kingdom: Ruger Mini-14 Bolt-Action Only.223 Rem: 1988 [19] United ...
Ruger Deerfield carbine: Sturm, Ruger & Co..44 Magnum United States 2000 Ruger Mini-14: Sturm, Ruger & Co..223 Remington 5.56×45mm NATO.300 AAC Blackout United States 1967 Ruger Mini-30: Sturm, Ruger & Co. 7.62×39mm United States 1987 Ruger Model 44: Sturm, Ruger & Co..44 Remington Magnum United States 1960 Ruger police carbine: Sturm, Ruger ...
A U.S. Army graphic detailing the competitors for the program as of December 2020. The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the ...
Ruger Mini-14; Ultimax 100; Leroy James Sullivan (June 27, 1933 – September 22, 2024) was an American firearms inventor. Going by Jim Sullivan, he designed several ...
In addition, the REC7 uses the new 6.8mm Remington SPC (6.8×43mm) cartridge, a round that is of roughly equivalent length to 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition, so it is compatible with a standard-size lower receiver currently in use by the United States military. The REC7 uses a short-stroke gas piston designed by Barrett. It rides above the barrel ...