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LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Kilco - 08-01-2017 Stop it LRRPF52!!!! My bank account can't take it!! LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - LRRPF52 - 08-01-2017 "Honey! Look whudchu GOT!" Get her to a range with steel. With a zero'd rifle, talk her through dry-fire, then set her up on a 300yd steel target. Dial-in the correct dope, and let her send lead downrange. With the ringing impact, jump for joy like a hyper-active child at a rodeo in disbelief at what she's done, and go like this: ![]() Keep loading her up some mags. Start saving up for your Grendel if you can afford another. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Kilco - 08-01-2017 Honestly sound advice!! This is my wife doing exactly that! Since then she hasn't complained about all the AR parts that I'm constantly bringing home from the shop. https://youtu.be/CuBRoTvkxUs LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - LRRPF52 - 08-01-2017 That's great! Post some of her hitting the steel hard with the Grendel. I love watching ladies shoot better than their husbands in long range courses, because they generally just listen to instructions and actually learn how to shoot, versus already knowing how to shoot for guys. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Kswhitetails - 08-01-2017 Kilco Wrote:Honestly sound advice!! This is my wife doing exactly that! Since then she hasn't complained about all the AR parts that I'm constantly bringing home from the shop. I just watched your video, and had my wife come into the room to watch for herself. "If you want to set it up for me to hit with it, sure I'll go. But if you want to just say hey honey lets go shooting, no. Not gonna happen." Heh. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Apparition - 08-02-2017 Here's how my LaRue Grendel shoots, my last 5 three shot groups averaged .390. Posted my other targets in the LaRue Grendel owners thread on AR15.
LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Swinestalker - 08-02-2017 Any feedback on how this rifle performs suppressed? LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Apparition - 08-02-2017 Swinestalker Wrote:Any feedback on how this rifle performs suppressed?From what I've seen the groups tighten up. I ordered the tranquilo but I won't get it until the govt says I can, maybe in a year. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Swinestalker - 08-02-2017 Apparition Wrote:From what I've seen the groups tighten up. I ordered the tranquilo but I won't get it until the govt says I can, maybe in a year. Sad, hope your wait is quicker. Only the government can be so stupid as to criminalize a safety device. How many Americans have suffered hearing loss because of our corrupt politicians? I shoot suppressed 90% of the time. I've grown very fond of adjustable gas blocks and being able to fine tune. Since these rifles do not have adjustable gas blocks, was wondering if anyone had run them. Since they are designed for and offered with a suppresser, and since Larue appears quite OCD about quality and performance, Was wondering if they had somehow managed to get a smooth, top notch running rifle that functions well with or without a suppressor despite a non adjustable gas block. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - carlhwv - 08-02-2017 Without seeing it yet, I'm thinking they either want to keep some features for their flagship rifles, or their PST block might not fit under the rail of this upper. SA makes an adjustable block that fits in tight spaces and gives you option to push gas out the barrel like traditional adj blocks or you can bleed it forward out the block. I haven't run it with a suppressor, as I'm in the wait period for mine as well..... ...I would hope my NRA funds would be used to lobby the Pres to deregulate them.
LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Apparition - 08-02-2017 carlhwv Wrote:Without seeing it yet, I'm thinking they either want to keep some features for their flagship rifles, or their PST block might not fit under the rail of this upper. SA makes an adjustable block that fits in tight spaces and gives you option to push gas out the barrel like traditional adj blocks or you can bleed it forward out the block. I haven't run it with a suppressor, as I'm in the wait period for mine as well.....I have a 300BO with the LaRue stealth 2.0 chassis. I've got an SLR adjustable gas block in it. Not much extra room. From what I read you don't need any adjustments running a tranquilo with this Grendel. Someone just posted a nice group in the "Outshoot the Shootist" thread in the LaRue forum, shooting suppressed. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - carlhwv - 08-02-2017 I wonder if the groups tighten up with the suppressor because of operator comfort or velocity change? Hopefully we will see someone post some velocity info. I'm getting my reloading kit together and getting back into the Gun Club so I have a good place to shoot, hopefully all in the next month. I know it's like everything, but I been looking at the chronographs folks are using and reading how different units produce different results with the same load. Spending a lot right now on stuff I really need and wondering how important the chrono is. I need to work up a hunting load for November Elk trip. I get the need for chrono for working out dope but at this point in time I'm going to be shooting inside 400yds and I know some of the guys at the club have them, so if I get something that groups tight, I can then get the info I need from their chrono when they are at the range at the same time. Is my thinking straight on this? LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Apparition - 08-02-2017 carlhwv Wrote:I wonder if the groups tighten up with the suppressor because of operator comfort or velocity change? Hopefully we will see someone post some velocity info. I'm getting my reloading kit together and getting back into the Gun Club so I have a good place to shoot, hopefully all in the next month. I know it's like everything, but I been looking at the chronographs folks are using and reading how different units produce different results with the same load. Spending a lot right now on stuff I really need and wondering how important the chrono is. I need to work up a hunting load for November Elk trip. I get the need for chrono for working out dope but at this point in time I'm going to be shooting inside 400yds and I know some of the guys at the club have them, so if I get something that groups tight, I can then get the info I need from their chrono when they are at the range at the same time. Is my thinking straight on this? That's why I'm so impressed with this LaRue. I'm shooting factory ammo and on my last 5 three shot groups they averaged .390 moa. Buying the ELDM for $17 something a box shipped really doesn't make me want to reload anything. I've just been saving up brass. I'm going to try to get back to the range Friday for the MOA all day challenge and I need to outshoot the shootist. I'm so comfortable behind this gun I don't think I'll have any issues. My shootist target was .497. The razor makes this gun seem like cheating. For hunting I'd likely throw the Burris back on. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - carlhwv - 08-02-2017 We know LaRue stuff is great, but so is this caliber. .7MOA and better seems very achievable for a lot of folks with home builds if they follow the accuracy directions. I bet we are going to see quite a few single hole group with the LaRues once guys start reloading....and can do it, which won't be me.... ...I don't have those skills. I don't think I would mess with it if there was a good hunting load available.
LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - crusader18 - 08-07-2017 " ....I'd probably be using the 129gr ABLR though." Why? I would love to know. Would you please expound? I'm new to the horde and don't reload, so as of now, my world consists of Hornady and Wolf. Was considering buying loaded ammo from PF and or Alexander for hunting deer and maybe elk someday and am looking to expand my horizons. Would you please explain the comparative advantages that the ABLR or TSX give as far as exterior and terminal ballistics. Being confined to purchasing and then trial and error leaves some of us dependent on the manufacturers(in this case Hornady 123SST) and their advertising. You're an expert (well...THE Expert) so a quick lesson on what the extra $1 per round on average for Bill and Mark's loadings will give us would be greatly appreciated. Especially interested in the details of the two bullets construction, exterior and terminal ballistics, what differentiates the two bullets' construction and if you have any experience with ether of the two rifle manufacturer's offerings? Sorry for the long winded/multi-part question, it's been eating at me for a while...like since before I joined the Horde. PF-6.5 Grendel Neptune EL V-I 20" Fluted LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - rabiddawg - 08-07-2017 Crusader, in short the 129 ablr offers a high ballistic coefficient and expansion at lower velocities thus extending the range of the Grendel when compared to other 120 class pills. The advantage offered by PF ammo is a wide range of loadings including some that are considered "premium" and lapua brass. I'm not sure if AA uses lapua brass. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - LRRPF52 - 08-07-2017 crusader18 Wrote:" ....I'd probably be using the 129gr ABLR though." Why? I would love to know. Would you please expound? I'm new to the horde and don't reload, so as of now, my world consists of Hornady and Wolf. Was considering buying loaded ammo from PF and or Alexander for hunting deer and maybe elk someday and am looking to expand my horizons. Would you please explain the comparative advantages that the ABLR or TSX give as far as exterior and terminal ballistics. Being confined to purchasing and then trial and error leaves some of us dependent on the manufacturers(in this case Hornady 123SST) and their advertising. You're an expert (well...THE Expert) so a quick lesson on what the extra $1 per round on average for Bill and Mark's loadings will give us would be greatly appreciated. Especially interested in the details of the two bullets construction, exterior and terminal ballistics, what differentiates the two bullets' construction and if you have any experience with ether of the two rifle manufacturer's offerings? Sorry for the long winded/multi-part question, it's been eating at me for a while...like since before I joined the Horde.Welcome aboard. As mentioned, the 129gr ABLR is a bonded cup/core bullet from Nosler. It rapidly expands upon entrance, and has an expansion threshold down to 1300fps impact, which is much lower than any other bonded hunting bullet on the market that I'm aware of for the .264"/6.5mm bore. It also has a BC of .553 G1, so it does not like to slow down much at all. It's one of the go-to premium hunting bullets for 6.5 Grendel, especially for those with shorter barrels. LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - Kswhitetails - 08-09-2017 I know I've seen it posted, but for the life of me I'm not able to find the posts. Does anyone have data on this "custom" loading ML is having sent with every rifle? I'm curious about what he thinks is "acceptable" ammunition to send with his namesake. This waiting is killing me, It's been "GTG" for four days. My brain hurts! LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - LRRPF52 - 08-17-2017 I think the custom ammo is a 120gr Berger OTM. Haven't seen it yet. I did color-fills on my rifle:
LaRue 6.5 Grendel Rifles - carlhwv - 08-17-2017 Nice work on the fill! |