Heckler & Koch MR308 review

[Jippo]

What bullet was in the mags in the pics? I only ask cause if it was the heavy ones you mentoned it means there is alot of usable mag space there for bugger bullets.

The bullets are short 123grs FMJ's. I measured the magazine though: its inside lenght is 74mm. That is nearly 3mm more than the maximum C.I.P OAL for .308win and more than 4mm longer than the max OAL of 7.62x51 NATO. So there is at least some room to play with.

[wild_wild_wes]

What is the barrel type? SS or alloy? Chrome lined? CHF?

[Jippo]

What is the barrel type? SS or alloy? Chrome lined? CHF?

I don't know that. If I had guess it is nitrided alloy, but that is only a guess.

[streck]

Very nice...Thanks for sharing that.

[Tuukka]

Was doing some suppressor POI shift tests at 100 meters with the newest 16" HK417 we have, it also seemed to like the relatively inexpensive 8 g ( 123 gr ) Sako Range ammunition.

However the best group of the session was with Lapua 10.85 g ( 167gr ) Scenar, suppressed:

[Tzook]

Thanks for posting!!! Now I need one of these.

Anybody know if they're available in the US? And I imagine at a pretty penny?

[Robb Jensen]

Thanks for posting!!! Now I need one of these.

Anybody know if they're available in the US? And I imagine at a pretty penny?

$3995 where I work.

[montrala]

What is the barrel type? SS or alloy? Chrome lined? CHF?

Alloy, CHF, non-CL. Probably nitrided, but HK keeps mouth shut on what they do their barrels. Took them 6 or 8 years to admit nitriding pistol barrels. Alloy specification used is also HK secret (there are rumours or assumptions, but no 100% info).

[pmarc]

Alloy specification used is also HK secret (there are rumours or assumptions, but no 100% info).

As long as nobody has a shot barrel or wish to sacrifice a new one for a round of metallurgical tests...

[montrala]

As long as nobody has a shot barrel or wish to sacrifice a new one for a round of metallurgical tests...

You can get info on alloy performance by this, but it is not so easy to reverse engineering alloy manufacturing process. And HK keeps this German engineers attitude "we use right materials and right manufacturing process, that is all you need to know". As HK barrels are known to outlive other makes barrels made in similar technology, probably they are right.