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I am still trying to figure out what the .300 Blackout does better than a 7.62x39.
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I just bought a 300 BLK AR. It does 3 things better - feed reliably from the AR platform, shoot heavy bullets (200-ish grains and up) suppressed and at sub-sonic speeds and have a plethora of bullets for the reloader to load with. (7.62x39 uses a .311" bullet while the 300 BLK shoots a .308" bullet). The 7.62x39 is much cheaper to shoot. Just about everything else between the two cartridges is even.
But to stay on topic of the OP, I too haven't seen much about 6.8 lately. I don't doubt the cartridge is still loved by its users, but I think the phase of initial market hype is over. I do think it'll stick around for some time, though.