Quote Originally Posted by Former11B View Post
I keep going back and forth on 6ARC. Some days I really have talked myself into rebarreling a 5.56 rifle and going that route then other days I figure why get into a new caliber and I should really just spend the money upgrading and stockpiling for what I currently own
With 95% of the stuff I look at it comes back down to this exact same thing. With the 6 ARC though, at least for me, it fills a huge hole in the line up. For the longest time I was plotting out doing a .308 build but that kept getting pushed back for a whole host of reasons. Eventually when I was in a position to realistically purchase something the 6 ARC was out.

To me it fits perfectly into my line up. By that I mean I try to build rifles with a specific purpose and I didn't have anything in that area of performance. Also I have parts compatibility with everything which the planner/prepper side of me likes a lot. I did buy a couple of spare bolts from the get go (not the whole carrier) just in case...but aside from that it is all standard stuff.

While I do like that area of performance of the cartridge itself, but for me that's not the only reason I got into it. It does check those boxes, but it ALSO checks the other ones that are more logistically related too.

Plus the outlay of initial cost was overall less going with the ARC vs something bigger and the recurring cost is much less as well. Even things like having to buy tools to work on the thing(s) was considered... nobody thinks about that usually.

For me it was a no brainer when I looked at in the sum total of what I got vs trying to build something in 6.5 or .308.