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6.5mm Grendel - a very accurate round

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:58 pm
by Christel
http://www.guns.com/65mm-grendel-gets-o ... veprs.html

A long distance accurate round, little recoil, very similar in ballistics to my .22C.
Worth looking into.

Re: 6.5mm Grendel - a very accurate round

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:40 pm
by ovenpaa
(Some tests indicate that it can be .3 MOA-accurate, even past half a mile.)
So 65mm groups at 800m ish. That is handy shooting, reckon you can beat it with the 22C?

Re: 6.5mm Grendel - a very accurate round

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:01 pm
by Christel
Of course :)

Re: 6.5mm Grendel - a very accurate round

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:44 pm
by 20series
christel wrote:Of course :)
Assuming of course

it's not raining,
it hasn't been raining in the last few hours,
it's not likely to rain in the next 4 hours

AND finally the ambient air temp is above 18'C :lol:

love Alan :run: :run: :run:

Re: 6.5mm Grendel - a very accurate round

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:48 pm
by Sandgroper
http://www.gunmart.net/gun_review/6.5mm_grendel/
The end result is a compact rifle with a decent barrel length that handles very well and as I was to discover punches well above is weight. Just to whet your appetite two loads I developed using VihtaVuori N130 and N530 powders offer the following figures:

85-grain Sierra HP Varminter 3103 fps/1810 ft/lbs
100-grain Nosler Partition 2861fps/1830 ft/lbs
100-grain Nosler ballistic tip 2916 fps/1870 ft/lbs

None shoots outside ½” at 100 yards, all of which is most impressive and powder charges do not exceed 30-grains. In terms of ability the 6.5 Grendel really does offer 223-like characteristics with near 243 Win performance without any problems.
If I could have a S/A AR-15 then the Grendel would be my choice. :good:

Re: 6.5mm Grendel - a very accurate round

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 2:50 pm
by Christel
20series wrote:
christel wrote:Of course :)
Assuming of course

it's not raining,
it hasn't been raining in the last few hours,
it's not likely to rain in the next 4 hours

AND finally the ambient air temp is above 18'C :lol:

love Alan :run: :run: :run:
Spot on!
:clap: :lol:

They do call me the phantom shooter with the phantom rifle. 8-)