Look at the magazine on Daniel Horner’s belt:
Needless to say that the 300 blackout really is a versatile round capable of sub MOA accuracy.
I am very impressed with my Noveske 300 Blackout 10.5" that I went ahead and bought a Gen II model in an 8".
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What’s the difference between the Gen II (and the Gen I?)?
Have you done any chrono testing with the 10.5?
Wonder what kind of ballistics you’d get out of a barrel that long? Is that 20+? Most 300BLK I see is in shorter barrels, but if the ranges aren’t too long I could see where shooting steel would be advantageous since the heavier bullet should give better thump on the targets.
You’d get the advantage of a .22 vs .30 hole when close to target edges too. 
The advantage is from the Major Power Factor scoring.
And from the awesomness factor
I forget the particulars- that is 7.62 at a wt x speed number? Is that why the barrel is so long? So 6.8 or teh Grundel won’t make that, will they.
That’s cheating… well played.
Power factor is bullet weight x velocity, then divided by 1000. For rifle 320 and higher is major, caliber does not matter.
That’s one hell of a space gun!
Major = 320PF
Minor = 150PF
Where shooting Minor starts to hurt is on paper targets when you start shooting B’s, C’s and D’s as you aren’t making as many points as someone shooting Major. Obviously steel goes down easier and harder with a Major power factor rifle as well and since the bullet almost is always larger in diameter you have a better chance to be on the perforation if you almost miss, a hit on the perforation is in meaning if you clip the perforation line between a C and an A the shot is scored as an A hit.
I unfortunately do not have a chrono. The rounds I shoot are subsonic 220gr. factory Remington & some CMMG AAC brass loads that I purchased.
The thing is definitely accurate spot on MOA. I have heard from Joel at Noveske that the 300 blackout really shines with a 14" barrel which appears to be the sweet spot on barrel length for the round capabilities. I went the opposite direction with my Gen II lower and got an 8" because it is just more handy.
Here is my 10.5" Noveske 300 Blackout (Bottom Noveske):
Here is my 8" Noveske 300 Blackout w/ the new Gen II lower:
SSG Daniel Horner of the USAMU used 300 AAC Blackout to win his 4th USPSA Multi-Gun National Championship.
Thank you for shooting with it, and also thank you Rob and Jansen of the Noveske team for shooting with it.
I’d love to see him run that souped up 300 gun vs a 18inch AR with heavy 5.56 loadings and see him run a spinner to see the difference in energy to get it to flip over.
I’d like to know his split times between 5.56 and 300.
I’m torn. While I applaud the work and forethought that went into getting the 300BK to shoot in the major factor I worry that will crowd out .308 “Battle Rifle” class equipement. If it weren’t for people like the AMU, we probably wouldn’t have the heavy 75/77gr ammo in commercial and especially military loadings- so I think it is great they are pushing the envelope. At the same time if this makes SR25/AR10s/SCAR-H or the like less likely to be used in all but the longest range matches, I think that has some negative affects like less innovation in these rifles.
I’m not up on all the lastest USPSA/IDPA/3-gun rules since the rifle matches I go to are mostly modified rules, but didn’t USPSA just change their scoring to try to make larger rifles more competitive?
Gaming’s gaming- and a lot of techniques and equipement has transfered over to non-gaming, so I like the innovation. Looking at the curve that Ron posted over on The Hide, just a bit of a bump in PF and the 300BK looses its edge.
I would be really cool if someone came out with a commercial loading of the AMUs 300BK load, just like MK262 eventually got out.
Mish-mashy post, sorry.
If the intention were to have it be 308 win and up, they could make the power factor something like 360 - though that would kill off the 110 V-MAX which is only about a 320 PF.