Daniel Defense DD5V4: The 6.5mm Semi-Auto Capable of 1,000 Yards

By Sean Utley

The large-frame AR platform craze really got its legs some six years ago. The 5.56 has for many years battled against a debatable perception that it just doesn’t have enough punch downrange, and I guess that may be true depending on what the intended target is. Even if it has ample energy on target there is no doubt that it’s more susceptible to the influence of wind and indeed has a lower effective range than the .308. After playing with cartridges like the 6.8 SPC, which I’m still a fan of, and maybe to a lesser degree the 6.5 Grendel, the commercial market finally jumped on the the large-frame/AR10 rifle bandwagon.

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It went hot and heavy. There were manufactures like Larue Tactical, LMT, and DPMS who had been doing the big bore semi-auto for a while, but many other players came on scene. …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life