I prefer 5.56 as my general purpose carbine. Low reoil, lots of ammo and pretty flat shooting out to 400 yards or so. The 308 I use as a support and precision round. My only 308s have always been precision bolt guns. Though there is a very good argument on using the 308 as a general purpose gun as well. To me the 300 BLK has finally legitimized the PDW concept (excluding the KAC thats not available). Up until now the PDWs have all been lacking in the terminal performance department especially at range. An eight inch 300 BLK has great close end terminal performance but still has some legs under it if the gunfight moves out to a couple hundred yards.
My personal setups (If I could afford all of them)
300 BLK. 8 inch barrel topped with a good red dot 0-250 yards
5.56. 11.5-16 inch barrel topped with a good red dot or low powered optic 0-400 yards
308. 16-24 inch barrel topped with a good low or high powered optic depending on the mission/terrain. 0-1000 yards
C co 1/30th Infantry Regiment
3rd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division
2002-2006
OIF 1 and 3
IraqGunz:
No dude is going to get shot in the chest at 300 yards and look down and say "What is that, a 3 MOA group?"
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