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I think...no matter what the internet mall ninjas try to tell you...that SHOT PLACEMENT is way more important than caliber in terms of stopping an individual meant to do you harm.
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Were the
developers of the 6.8 SPC "mall ninjas"? I've never heard special ops people called that before. They developed the 6.8 SPC because 5.56 wasn't doing the job out of a 14-16" barreled carbine.
Let's be realistic. Shot placement is a wonderful thing but sometimes the man trying to kill you won't hold still long enough to let you aim carefully and some of them even have the nerve to shoot at you while you're taking careful and deliberate aim. Now I realize that some of us are too manly to duck and risk poor shot placement but some do. How rude of the bad guys to shoot while we're trying to aim.
/Rant
6.8 isn't the be all and end all of cartridges but it is a big improvement over 5.56 when both are fired from a carbine.