I tend to agree with the OP. I think it is a fad round, with a cult following. What I have noticed here on INGO, is something comes along, examples: Sig P238, then the 938, 300 black out, Glock 42. A couple people on here buy said item, start a thread, then everyone joins in and jacks each other off, about what a great product it is. Then more members buy it, start their own threads, then a review comes along, more jacking each other off. Then after all this great press, in the case of 300 blk. out, ammo is nearly impossible to find. Then someone puts their baby up for sale in the classifieds, but before that they start a "what's it worth" thread, then more jacking that guy off, telling him it's worth all the gold that MR. T wears.
Then before you know it, there are several of them up for sale, and it's onto the next "hot" item.
Lots of mental masturbation here on INGO. Just my opinion of course, and YMMV.
That's a lot of circle jerkin
Actually, I make mine out of .223/5.56 brass that has neck or shoulder damage and is unusable otherwise.
I wouldn't have tried it initially but as the only thing it required was a barrel and set of dies, it was a cheap try. And it turned out I really liked it. It's far cheaper to shoot as I cast my own projectiles, and it's extremely versatile, something I appreciate in any caliber.
I loaded 200 rounds of 556 last night and doing so, it crossed my mind to take fubar 556 and make it into 300blk. But some people taking good 556 brass and mutilating it, ehh. Good idea on casting your own bullets
Seems like with 300blk, people made sure it got the press they wanted it to, not like the 300 whisper or 30 Remington AR, and the 30 R-AR was a good little round. With the Blackout it got a lot more press, media reviews, and I think the name had something to do with it.....blackout...so dangerous. Plus the whole "buddy" system that Gunner mentioned