Replacement for .308 in law enforcement?
Evening gents. I was curious if there are any viable replacements for .308 in the world of law enforcement. Rounds like .260 Rem, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 7mm-08 come to mind as improvements on external ballistics, but are any of them able to replace .308 in terminal ballistics? Performance through light barriers? Doing a bit of range finding around my city and most of the time our .308 guns would be deployed would be for shots well beyond 100m, some out to 500m and beyond.
To clarify, I'm more curious than hopeful. I know hunters have taken deer-size game reliably and with authority using the 6.5 to 7mm rounds for decades, so they're clearly good enough to put a bad guy to rest. Having said that, the sheer versatility of the .308's ammo selection and barrel life make a hell of an argument to stay the course.
Thoughts?
RIP, Jeff Dorr: 1964 - July 17, 2009
"When young men seek to be like you, when lazy men resent you, when powerful men look over their shoulder at you, when cowardly men plot behind your back, when corrupt men wish you were gone and evil men want you dead . . . Only then will you have done your share." - Phil Messina
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