The Future ARrives
Back in the late fall of 2021 I spoke with the Mikael Frisell and Per Norgren of the Swedish Defence Materiel Agency (FMV) on the future of Swedish (and Finnish) small arms. The blog post offered …corporalfrisk.com
"The interesting detail here is that 6.8 Common and 7.62 NATO have the same external dimensions, allowing for converting a weapon between those calibres with a change of barrel – if the gun can handle the pressure. The secret sauce of the wonderful performance of the 6.8 Common is that the pressure is high. In fact, it is high enough that traditional brass cartridges don’t want to play game, so it sports a hybrid case with a steel case head, brass body, and an aluminium locking washer. This also means that almost no 7.62 NATO actions won’t be able to handle the pressure if you tried converting them to 6.8 Common.
But Sako’s AR ain’t most guns.
“Yes, I would say that we are,” was Allenberg’s response when I asked if switching to 6.8 Common down the line was an option if it becomes a success. “We haven’t had the possibility to do tests and evaluations with those rounds yet, but we have run the theoretical calculations.”
Beretta oli mukana jenkkien 6.8 NGSW loppukisassa yhtenä kolmesta, True Velocityn partnerina. Kyllä Sakolla varmasti tietoa oli/on mitä 6.8:n paukku vaatii pesältä.
