6.8mm Remington SPC, Military Trials, One Cartridge not a Box

Description

Used in Experimental trials for U.S. Military 3 crimped primer, not in commercial ammunition of the caliber.  (2 more types in this Caliber below)

One Cartridge, not a box: 6.8 Remington SPC (SPC for Special Purpose Cartridge) factory produced in 2005 by Remington Arms, Company LLC for Limited 2005 Military Trials , using new factory brass cases with “ R-P 6.8 REM SPC” Head-Stamp and loaded with a Remington 115 grain OTM or JHP (Jacketed Hollow Point) projectile, and 3 Crimped Primer.

For more lower cost versions of this caliber see below.

History of the 6.8mm Remington SPC Cartridge:

Introduced in 2005, the 6.8mm Remington SPC (SPC for Special Purpose Cartridge) or 6.8x43mm was developed by Remington for evaluation by the Armed Services in response to a request for a cartridge with a terminal energy more nearly like the 7.62 NATO (.308 Winchester) while retaining the low recoil of the 5.56 NATO (.223 Remington).

The Remington design is based on shortening the base case of the semi-auto .25, .30, .32 Remington series and necking it to accept 6.8mm (.270) projectiles, for the M4 / M16 and AR-15 platforms.

The cartridge has been used and tested in Irag, however the U.S. Marine Corps decided not to adopt the 6.8 SPC due to logistical and cost issues. It is still used in today’s commercial market, in AR-15 and other actions and is being used by some DEA Agents.

 

Additional information

Weight	0.10 lbs