It is a cartridge I looked at hard. Seems it will probably be a great hunting cartridge.
But, I went with the 6.5 PRC.
The 6.8 western isn't likely to be around very long. Not enough rifle companies offering it, and not enough options in rifle types to choose from.
Not enough brass companies making brass for it either. Definitely not enough factory ammo choices, even without the crazy ammo shortages we see now.
The PRC won't out shoot it, but you can buy a 6.5 PRC rifle from most all companies that build rifles, production and custom.
Many can be had for less than $500 bucks.
Once the general population has a certain percentage of PRC owners the ammo companies will offer more options in factory ammo. There are already several companies making brass.
Only problem is the current situation sucks to find ammo or components to load anything, right now.
Hopefully it gets better in a few months.