Supposedly has a chamber pressure in the neighborhood of 88,000psi with a recoil impulse a little less than .308. Will it eat barrels?
8.5# weapon-empty. Add a whizzbang, laser rangefinding,auto-adjustable scope (2#?), plus a full mag, flashlight, offset optic and suppressor, this beast will be topping out around 12-13 pounds. Add a DBAL and a bipod…a “smaller statured” soldier or Marine is going to struggle on top of already bloated combat load out.
Specs aren’t completely out yet but that new Vortex optic looks heavy.
The armor penetration is a bit suspect. Level 3 yes but at what range? I’ve verified that some Level IV plates will stop .338 Lapua RUAG AP rounds at 25 meters. “Stop” is relative. The soft armor under the plate started to smolder and a live person’s innards would probably become raspberry jam. The .227 is of course faster, so we’ll see.
Curious to see what finally comes of it.
