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Beretta686 · January 14, 2015, 05:15 AM

I have a 7.5" 5.56 upper that I run on an M16 and SBR lower. It's pretty cool to pull the KX3 off and shoot at night to see the massive fireball, but mostly it's a useless play toy.

I'm thinking of making it an 8" 300 Blackout to run with my SOCOM can. However I'm not sure it's worth it, as I probably won't do much with it other than plinking and the occasional hog hunt.

Some considerations:
>I don't reload and am not much interested in it
>All I'd need is a new barrel and a mount for my SOCOM and I'd be good-to-go. No new cans, optics, registered lowers or an upper.
>I have other projects that selling the upper in 5.56 would finance.

Does anyone have first hand experience with a 300 Blackout and does it do something amazing, or is it more just a cool thing?

January 14, 2015, 05:15 AM	#1
Beretta686 Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 761	300 Blackout Worth It? I have a 7.5" 5.56 upper that I run on an M16 and SBR lower. It's pretty cool to pull the KX3 off and shoot at night to see the massive fireball, but mostly it's a useless play toy. I'm thinking of making it an 8" 300 Blackout to run with my SOCOM can. However I'm not sure it's worth it, as I probably won't do much with it other than plinking and the occasional hog hunt. Some considerations: >I don't reload and am not much interested in it >All I'd need is a new barrel and a mount for my SOCOM and I'd be good-to-go. No new cans, optics, registered lowers or an upper. >I have other projects that selling the upper in 5.56 would finance. Does anyone have first hand experience with a 300 Blackout and does it do something amazing, or is it more just a cool thing? __________________ "Our contract called for 16 cases of rifles and ammunition for $10,000 dollars, not a machine gun...........That is our present to the General"-Pike Bishop “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”