For hunting or personal protection, the .300 Whisper offers low recoil with big performance.
The 300 Blackout provides .30-caliber power from the standard AR-rifle platform.
There is a great deal of confusion regarding these two similar cartridges with different names. But how did they develop, and how similar are they?
Gun of the Week: Smith & Wesson M&P15 300 Whisper
Smith & Wesson took one of its most well known designs and paired it with an increasingly popular caliber to create the M&P15 300 Whisper. Though chambered in .300 Whisper, it will also safely fire .300 AAC Blackout.
Lehigh Defense worked in conjunction with J.D. Jones to develop accurate .300 Whisper bullets that open at subsonic velocities.