04 June 2025

State Of The Alternates

Another fun filled installment of comparing the not-5.56 rounds for the AR...

Last year.

Using availability at Midway as a proxy for popularity.

6.5 Grendel.

21 loadings from 11 manufacturers.  20 available.

6.8 SPC

16 loadings from 8 manufacturers.  10 available, 1 you can back-order.

.300 AAC Blackout.

86 loadings from 24 manufacturers.  64 available, 6 you can back-order, 3 coming soon.

22 ARC

5 loadings from 1 manufacturer.  5 available.

6mm ARC

9 loadings from 5 manufacturers.  8 available, 1 coming soon. 

.30 AR

1 loading from 1 manufacturer.  1 unavailable.


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