Question about reloading 6.8 SPC

[1HitaQuita]

This may seem like a dumb question, & yes I searched but got no real definitive answer. So here it goes:

Does the 6.8 SPC use brass from another cartridge or does it have it's own separate brass? (Ex. 300 blackout uses 223 brass, 243 uses 308 brass, etc). I'm asking because I'm considering a 6.8 SPC but if brass is not widely available then for me it's just not beneficial. Thx

[Bumslie]

I may be wrong, but I think you can form it from .30 Remington brass, which is another oddball.

[LTC-J]

You might try asking the question over on:

http://68forums.com

From what I recall, it is its own unique case.

I won't say it is "hard" to get but you don't go to Walmart and find brass everywhere

[pdq_wizzard]

the price of 6.8 brass is insane, I just bought a bunch of Hornady loaded ammo @ $20 a box so that is $1 for each piece of brass + I get to shoot it first

the best I have seen for once fired has been ~ $0.75 each

I love the round, and now that I have 300 or so pieces of brass I'm ok for now.

I don't shoot the 6.8 like I do the .223 the .223 is for plinking / blasting. but the 6.8 I shoot more like my 243 or 30-06 just to $$ to blast ammo.

[RookieShooter]

This may seem like a dumb question, & yes I searched but got no real definitive answer. So here it goes:

Does the 6.8 SPC use brass from another cartridge or does it have it's own separate brass? (Ex. 300 blackout uses 223 brass, 243 uses 308 brass, etc). I'm asking because I'm considering a 6.8 SPC but if brass is not widely available then for me it's just not beneficial. Thx

6.8 SPC has their own unique case so you can't use other brass for substitution. Most of the 6.8 SPC brass use small primers but I've seen some that has large primers such as Remington brass. The price of the brass and ammunition is outrageous so I just buy a bunch of them, shoot them and reload them.

[1HitaQuita]

Thx for the answers! Looks like I won't be getting a 6.8

[Sky_DiveR]

I may be wrong, but I think you can form it from .30 Remington brass, which is another oddball.

^ This. The 30 Remington is the parent case and almost impossible to find.

If you're looking for a round with a common parent case (other than 300BLK), take a look at the 6.5 Grendel. It's parent case is the 7.62x39 round.

[klewan]

http://www.shootingtimes.com/2012/11/16/6-5mm-grendel-the-round-the-military-ought-to-have/

220 Russian is the parent cartridge; another expensive oddball. The small diameter of the 223 causes most of the problems; it's .378". Nothing a little bigger than that has ever become popular.

[1HitaQuita]

^ This. The 30 Remington is the parent case and almost impossible to find.

If you're looking for a round with a common parent case (other than 300BLK), take a look at the 6.5 Grendel. It's parent case is the 7.62x39 round.

Thx I'll check it out

[Sky_DiveR]

...220 Russian is the parent cartridge;

Can you take a guess what is the parent cartridge for the .220 Russian?

[ptmn]

I bought my once fired 6.8 brass direct from LWRC. Check their website to see if they have any on stock. They gave me a military discount on my order after I called them to inquire

[Bumslie]

Can you take a guess what is the parent cartridge for the .220 Russian?

Lol

[klewan]

Can you take a guess what is the parent cartridge for the .220 Russian?

It's a small primer AK, same as used in the PPC's. They evidently felt the small primer was important, otherwise they could have made it with the AK. But they didn't.

[Sky_DiveR]

It's a small primer AK, same as used in the PPC's. They evidently felt the small primer was important, otherwise they could have made it with the AK. But they didn't.

You're absolutely right. I forgot the Grendel uses SRP.
And here I was sucking up all the cheap 7.62x39 brass I could find and resizing em. They still seem to work tho.
When I first bought my 6.5G there wasn't any ammo to be found much less brass (kinda like now) and I read you could resize x39 brass. Guess I should start looking for some cheap PPC or Grendel brass.

[klewan]

You're absolutely right. I forgot the Grendel uses SRP.
And here I was sucking up all the cheap 7.62x39 brass I could find and resizing em. They still seem to work tho.
When I first bought my 6.5G there wasn't any ammo to be found much less brass (kinda like now) and I read you could resize x39 brass. Guess I should start looking for some cheap PPC or Grendel brass.

Good luck on finding small primer brass. It's been 40 years since the PPC's came around, and it's still expensive. If you want to name one thing about 300BLK that makes it popular, it's a source of cheap brass. All the rest of what you need, barrel, bullets, are around and cheap. When it costs $1+ everytime you pull the trigger, it tends to damp down popularity. If you can reload the brass, then you can make it work.