I'm building an AR in 6.8 that is going to be setup for hunting right now. I have heard a lot of good thing from friends about it being a good hunting round. I don't have any personal experience on how the round shoots yet but I wanted more power then a 556 and still keeping it light while building off an ar15 platform. You'll always find people that want to steer you in a different direction but just do your research, talk to a lot of people, and make your own decision.