The UK's Finest Independent Forum for Shooters and Gun Owners. Est 2010.

The Proof House have confirmed they do have Proof ammunition for the Blackout and can therefore undertake testing in the normal way although the .300BLK is a grey area. I have also contacted Viking, updated them and asked them to bring a handful in for me.

As an aside, what do you do with this cartridge?
And it is a very nice looking gun!
Tony

For me mainly indoor 25m subsonic using a 123gr "soupcan" cast boolit or the odd bit of outdoor range with a 168gr Nosler CC bullet. Very nice calibre to shoot, cheap as chips to load for 25m (3.4gr of N310)

Also a good very quiet small game/varmint round with a mod fitted, with a 230gr bullet subsonic produces about 500+ ft-lbf

Wiki tells us:

300 AAC Blackout, SAAMI short name 300 BLK, also known as 7.62×35mm is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States by Advanced Armament Corporation (AAC) for use in the M4 carbine. Its purpose is to achieve ballistics similar to the 7.62×39mm Soviet cartridge in an AR-15 platform while using standard AR-15 magazines at their normal capacity.

It is also perfectly suited for subsonic work and as stated makes for a lovely little 25/50m rifle as well.

Did Viking give any indication on pricing?

phaedra1106 wrote:Did Viking give any indication on pricing?

Have to say the rifle does nothing for me looks wise however the the round is a fine cast boolit cartridge up there with the 303 pygmy and the 7.62 x 39 so as such the rifle has some merit. In fact enough for me to have some on order.

phaedra1106 wrote:Did Viking give any indication on pricing?

Of course not! I have asked a second supplier to look into sourcing a handful as well and I have a good idea of which one will be cheapest. :lol:

*Starts popping pennies in the piggybank*

We found this...


[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGREHA28d-8[/youtube]