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New CA member looking for LFP Grendel advice - HuntJefferson - 07-14-2020
Been lurking for a while but finally signed up. Have a 20 side-charger on the way and since LFP Grendel ammo is nonexistent right now Im going to learn reloading.
All I have right now is an RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme kit, planning on shooting a couple boxes of regular ammo through it then use those cases to load up the LFP rounds.
Will be primarily a California deer rifle with shots out to 200 yards, most within 100. Looking at the Hornady 115gr or the CCB 100 gr, trying to keep velocity up with bullets on the lighter side since expansion is important to me.
New CA member looking for LFP Grendel advice - VASCAR2 - 07-14-2020
Welcome to the forum HuntJefferson!
New CA member looking for LFP Grendel advice - A5BLASTER - 07-14-2020
Welcome to the horde sir.
New CA member looking for LFP Grendel advice - FLshooter - 07-15-2020
Welcome from Floridas Spacecoast
New CA member looking for LFP Grendel advice - just_john - 07-15-2020
Welcome to the clan, HJ, from the great nation of Texas! My condolences for being on the wrong side of the Rockies.
You're off to a good start. What have you reloaded in the past? If you don't already have 'em, pick up vol's 1 and 2 of the Grendel Handbook from BFT. They have a wealth of info on reloading for the grendel!
New CA member looking for LFP Grendel advice - JASmith - 07-15-2020
Welcome aboard!
Yes we hear your pain about lead-free projectiles in California!
Nonetheless, many of us shed crocodile tears because many of these lead-free bullets are serious hunting tools.
If you haven't already, red through rickOshay's coverage of LFP bullets and threshold velocities. As a fellow Californian, he has a good understanding of the LFP world:
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?13324-Lead-Free-Projectiles-for-the-6-5-Grendel
and then next read through the larger world of Grendel bullets in this thread by LRRPF52:
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?2349-Updated-Selection-of-Projectiles-for-the-Grendel
New CA member looking for LFP Grendel advice - HuntJefferson - 07-15-2020
just_john Wrote:Welcome to the clan, HJ, from the great nation of Texas! My condolences for being on the wrong side of the Rockies.First time reloading anything besides a beer mug.
You're off to a good start. What have you reloaded in the past? If you don't already have 'em, pick up vol's 1 and 2 of the Grendel Handbook from BFT. They have a wealth of info on reloading for the grendel!
JASmith Wrote:Welcome aboard!
Yes we hear your pain about lead-free projectiles in California!
Nonetheless, many of us shed crocodile tears because many of these lead-free bullets are serious hunting tools.
If you haven't already, red through rickOshay's coverage of LFP bullets and threshold velocities. As a fellow Californian, he has a good understanding of the LFP world:
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?13324-Lead-Free-Projectiles-for-the-6-5-Grendel
and then next read through the larger world of Grendel bullets in this thread by LRRPF52:
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?2349-Updated-Selection-of-Projectiles-for-the-Grendel
I read those threads extensively before signing up and they helped me greatly in narrowing down projectiles and powders, especially potential minimum opening velocities. I created a thread to help round out my research and start getting components. http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?22531-Shopping-List-for-New-Reloader-LFP-Hunting-Rounds
My problem with LFP is not so much being forced to use them (although I don't like that at all), its the extortion of LFP manufacturers to get on the "approved list" and the impossibility of finding LFP ammo on the shelf outside a few popular calibers (then not being able to order it online if I can find it in stock somewhere).