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I just spent the last few months building my 6.5 Grendel from the ground up and it is almost finished so here I am. I live about 50 miles NE of Dallas out here in the Blackland Prairie where I have a small farm. I raise goats and our coyote population is higher than the one horse town that is about 6 miles from me. Enter the 6.5 Grendel. I've been a hunter my whole life. I've been reloading for about 28 years. I've been playing around with ARs for a couple of years now, and finished a 450 Bushmaster earlier this year. Some of you may reckognize me from the Thumper talk forum. A few months ago, I decided to build a 6.5 Grendel to put on top of one of my Stag Arms lowers that I built earlier this year. After doing a bunch of research and stumbling across this forum, I believe here is where I need to hang out to learn more about this interesting cartridge and it's capabilities. My 6.5 Grendel is going to be my long distance coyote rifle as well as another option for Texas White Tail.
I look forward to hearing from you guys.
Welcome, Sheepdawg. You'll learn that this forum is just crawlin with Texans. Apparently, our state doesn't mind us playing with high caliber toys 
I'm down here in the Austin area where it's so dry right now, I saw two trees fighting over a dog.
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I love it down there in the hill country. I've hunted a little bit down there. I killed a trophy Rio Grande Turkey down there back in 2005. 10 1/8 inch beard. If Heaven ain't a lot like Texas guess I'll just have to settle for Louisiana...
When I retire, I may just settle down around Austin or New Braunfels.
I'm expecting some 6.5 Grendel Ammo today so I might just put the Grendel on my 450 Bushmaster lower and sling a few rounds just to get the scope on paper.
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Welcome, you Texas boys on the forum are getting as thick as barbecue sauce on brisket!
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt
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BBQ?! Where? I'm ready! Is it dinner time? Did someone say BBQ?
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bwaites Wrote:Welcome, you Texas boys on the forum are getting as thick as barbecue sauce on brisket! Yeah, we Texans definitely got it going with the Black Rifle love affair. Inside the Texas State line is where you want to be when the shooting starts.
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Shot my first few test/zero rounds today through my 6.5 Grendel.
Wow! Nice group.
I use my lower for the 450 Bushmaster.
Now if my stock would hurry up and ship
I can use the lower with the Timney!
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Howdy! 'Nother Texan checking in.
OldCannon- where in Austin are you. In Leander myself.
Hey txgunner, I'm in Pflugerville. I'm jealous of you cuz a) you're closer to the LaRue boys, and b) you're closer to my fave shooting range, Best of the West!
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Howdy, TS, good to have ya!
John
Welcome. Any pics of that 11" bearded sheep?
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OldCannon Wrote:Hey txgunner, I'm in Pflugerville. I'm jealous of you cuz a) you're closer to the LaRue boys, and b) you're closer to my fave shooting range, Best of the West!
I'm out at BOTW often- we should meet up some time. Will you be at the Larue Range Day on the 12th?
Fort Worth soon to be Dawson checking in.
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LRRPF52 Wrote:Welcome. Any pics of that 11" bearded sheep?
Oh yeah. Lots. I just ain't figured out how to post them here.
txgunner00 Wrote:I'm out at BOTW often- we should meet up some time. Will you be at the Larue Range Day on the 12th?
Sadly, no. My son is making his 3rd attempt at completing a 100 mile run (yes, 100 _miles_) in the Arizona desert that weekend, so I'll be there. Rotten timing, but family first! 
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LRRPF52 Wrote:Welcome. Any pics of that 11" bearded sheep?
Maybe this will work....
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/...e01221.jpg
nope, maybe this?
![[Image: transfile01221.jpg]](http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/Bigbadsheepdawg/transfile01221.jpg)
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OldCannon Wrote:Sadly, no. My son is making his 3rd attempt at completing a 100 mile run (yes, 100 _miles_) in the Arizona desert that weekend, so I'll be there. Rotten timing, but family first!
100 miles?! Yeesh. My knees ache at the thought.
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Here is a Picture after I had him mounted.
![[Image: DSC00603.jpg]](http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m229/Bigbadsheepdawg/DSC00603.jpg)
Killed in Dewitt County, TX spring 2005
10 1/8" beard and 1" spurs.
I miss-read the stats on him and thought I wrote 11 but it was 10 1/8".
I'm a southpaw and my chicken scratch is hard enough to read as it is.
Add in the fact my eyes ain't what they were two years ago, I just flat
typed in the wrong thing. Bad hand writing, bad memory and bad eyes.
My Bad. Sorry.
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Texas Sheepdawg Wrote:Here is a Picture after I had him mounted.
Killed in Dewitt County, TX spring 2005
10 1/8" beard and 1" spurs.
I miss-read the stats on him and thought I wrote 11 but it was 10 1/8".
I'm a southpaw and my chicken scratch is hard enough to read as it is.
Add in the fact my eyes ain't what they were two years ago, I just flat
typed in the wrong thing. Bad hand writing, bad memory and bad eyes.
My Bad. Sorry.
And still Awesome!
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt
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