20 INCH 338 SPECTRE AR15 BARREL FULL

338 Spectre size die into my RCBS Rockchuker press with the expander removed to set the shoulder to create a dummy round. The last expanding step was to take a 9mm Parabellum expander die and make the case nearly straight-walled. This first pass expanded the neck, and made it easier to do the same step with a. 308 Winchester resizing die, screwed the expander plug as far down as it would reach. To get started, I annealed the brass to reduce the number of ruined cases. Sierra Match King bullet next to a formed case. Hard-anodized aluminum, Duracoat digital camo Starline didn’t have any 10mm Magnum brass available at the time, so I spent the better part of three hours turning 30 6.8 SPC brass cases into Spectre brass. 338 Spectre Teppo Jutsu and a set of dies, I was anxious to get started. When I got my hands on a 16-inch barreled. 338 Spectre brass from 6.8 SPC brass with a lot of work, though. Developed by Teppo Jutsu owner, Marty ter Weeme, the cartridge uses as its parent case is the 10mm Magnum. 338 Spectre development is Teppo Jutsu, a custom AR manufacturer. For the law enforcement professional, it offers solid terminal ballistics from one of the most-widely used weapons platforms with minor modification. 338 Spectre offers a user-friendly cartridge in terms of brass forming and reloading with light recoil and excellent performance on small to medium sized game. By loading the 300-grain Sierra HPBT Match King bullet at subsonic velocities (1,040 ft/sec.) for suppressed applications, the muzzle energy measures 720 ft-lbs., surpassing both the high velocity 115-grain load for the 9mm Parabellum as well as the 240-grain. 338 Spectre will launch the 180-grain BT at 1,800 fps, approaching 1,300 ft-lbs. 35 Remington or even the 180-grain load for the. In addition to the AR-15 weapons platform, several other types of firearms can be made to accept this cartridge, including the Ruger Mini-14, T/C Encore and various bolt and pump action rifles.īallistic performance is comparable to the.

20 INCH 338 SPECTRE AR15 BARREL FULL

223 lower receiver for an AR-15 needs no modification, and the rifle will function in both semi and full automatic modes. Since the cartridge shares rim and head dimensions with the new 6.8 x 43 SPC, the preferred magazines are those made specifically for the 6.8 x 43 by PRI. 338 Spectre cartridges, whereas the 7.62×39 magazines are fully compatible. 223-caliber AR-15 magazines will accept a limited number of. 223 Remington, and bares a resemblance to the little-known 9x39mm cartridge chambered for the Russian Vintorez assault rifle. Overall loaded length is similar to the ubiquitous 7.62 x 39mm. 338 Spectre cartridge is based on the Starline 10mm Magnum case. Furthermore, it allows the user to employ existing suppressors for the 9mm without modification. 338 caliber bullets, the cartridge offers a nice variety in projectile choice, ranging from 160-grain Barnes X Spitzers, through 180-grain BST to 300-grain HPBT Match King rifle bullets. 338 Spectre offers great potential as a single shot, silhouette and small game cartridge. Works in Bolt Guns, tooīy offering ballistics similar to the. It shares rim size with the new Remington 6.8 x 43mm SPC cartridge, allowing use of OEM bolts for this cartridge. The cartridge is intended to fill the gap between traditional pistol caliber cartridges and existing rifle cartridges used in this weapon system. 338 Spectre cartridge was developed specifically for the AR-15 family of gas-operated, detachable-box magazine-fed firearms. 338 Spectre, I knew its ability to sling 300-grain Sierra Match Kings at subsonic velocities would have no trouble as a reliable close-range pig thumper. 338 Whisper, and its effectiveness on game. 300 AAC BLK goes back several years to the. I’ve seen firsthand the effectiveness of these loads on game within their range limitations. 300 Blackout has gathered quite a bit of attention for throwing heavy, aerodynamic bullets at subsonic velocities. Night vision optics and suppressors are acceptable tools in many areas to reduce herd numbers.

One of the popular methods is to hunt them at night. It’s become a no holds barred wildlife management fight, and it is quite accepted to remove the offending hogs by nearly any means. There’s little doubt that wild hogs are hostile habitat wreckers. It seems like every time I turn on the television there’s a show on that’s headlining the porker plague that’s sweeping North America. 338 caliber subsonic round to run in an AR-platform rifle.

20 inch 338 spectre ar15 barrel