First Outing with the Grendel (Australia)

[That_Aussie]

In spite of the Grendel never really gaining traction down here in Australia, I decided it would be the ideal addition to the gun safe for a light weight mountain rifle. I picked up a Ruger American Ranch, the very last one available within a few hundred miles a week ago and took it, unfired, to a friend's sheep station. As this cartridge is out of vogue in Oz, I couldn't source un-primed brass anywhere, but managed to get a few boxes of Hornady Black 123gr ELD-M ammo.
I zeroed the rifle to be 2" high at 100 yards to give me a PBR on a 4" kill zone out to about 210 yards from my 16" barrel.
Being lambing season, the farmer was keen to have foxes taken out but advised that I was unlikely to see any as he had baited heavily twice during the previous two months.
He was right, I fired one shot all night. After spying a couple of young foxes leaping about I sat and waited for them to hold still for a second and sent the shot away. First surprise was just how far I had to walk to (in the dark) to find my fox.
The biggest surprise was finding both foxes DRT! I had hit the front one right on point of aim in the shoulder, passed through and taken out the top of both lungs and a chunk of spine on the second. Distance was ranged at 187 yards.
I believe I could grow to like this little Grendel - A LOT!

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[Klem]

Aussie,

Nice one.

Grendel is a 'slow' 6.5 calibre so anything that increases speed and flattens the trajectory will maximise its potential as a fox gun - especially with that short 16" barrel.

I recommend 8208 for projies up to 120gn, and 2206H for 120 and above.

Cleaver is selling the new Hornady 100 ELD-VT bullet which is a lighter, faster small varmint round. Be good for spotlight ranges at night.

[VASCAR2]

Wow two with one shot! Thanks for posting!

[Double Naught Spy]

Very nice!

[sundowner]

Great job .

[That_Aussie]

Aussie,

Nice one.

Grendel is a 'slow' 6.5 calibre so anything that increases speed and flattens the trajectory will maximise its potential as a fox gun - especially with that short 16" barrel.

I recommend 8208 for projies up to 120gn, and 2206H for 120 and above.

Cleaver is selling the new Hornady 100 ELD-VT bullet which is a lighter, faster small varmint round. Be good for spotlight ranges at night.

Thanks Klem, I have some Speer 90gr HP on the way from QLD Shooters Supplies for foxing.
I'll also be going right to the other end of the scale with Rexem 140gr Hybrids for close range nocturnal pigs, etc. Only expecting around 2,100fps from them but my walk-in pigs at night are very, very close.
The Infiray thermal scope allows me to have four different ballistic profiles loaded so switching from light and fast to slow and heavy is not a problem.