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tahunua001 · September 1, 2013, 01:19 PM

I am going off the actual deifinitions of cartridges.
intermediate cartridges are usually designed for assault rifles which have superior ballistics to pistol calibers while significantly lower recoil than full powered cartridges. the 6.5x55 is not an intermediate cartridge by the true definition of the term. though 6.5 uses lighter bullets than 308 it is still considered a full powered cartridge rather than intermediary. 6.5 of any variety are all considered too heavily recoiling to make a fully automatic rifle impractical for application. by that definition, even though 6.5 grendel can fit in an AR it is still not an intermediary cartridge.

September 1, 2013, 01:19 PM	#15
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	I am going off the actual deifinitions of cartridges. intermediate cartridges are usually designed for assault rifles which have superior ballistics to pistol calibers while significantly lower recoil than full powered cartridges. the 6.5x55 is not an intermediate cartridge by the true definition of the term. though 6.5 uses lighter bullets than 308 it is still considered a full powered cartridge rather than intermediary. 6.5 of any variety are all considered too heavily recoiling to make a fully automatic rifle impractical for application. by that definition, even though 6.5 grendel can fit in an AR it is still not an intermediary cartridge. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin