6.5 Grendel TC Contender

[WillD]

Where were you hunting?

[fanofflyn]

YO Ranch. I know ranch hunting sounds a bit cheezy, but with 47 thousand acres, it can be a pretty difficult hunt. We were really lucky to get an Aoudad, and the others weren't easy. It was a handgun charity hunt for the North American Handgun Hunters chapter of SCI. All the meat donated from everyone, and all the funds were for charity. We even sponsored a wounded warrior 100 percent for his hunt, and that was very gratifying. Most hunted Sika and Whitetail, but there were lots of species taken. I had the only Grendel in the bunch, but I think I made a lot of converts. "You got an Aoudad with that little baby cartridge?" was heard more than once.

BTW, I didn't mean to hijak the thread, so we could fix that if it is a problem.

[txgunner00]

I would live to have a G2 in 6.5 Grendel with a carbine barrel.

Where would you find such a thing? Gunsmith or is there one available?

[Whelenon]

Where would you find such a thing? Gunsmith or is there one available?

Here ya go,
http://sskindustries.com/6-5-grendel

[hm2 clark]

As I recall (on the old forem Bill Alaxander posted) that there was a little saftey concern about using a Contender in 6.5 Grendel. Somthing about bolt pressure being higher then he felt safe. You could call him and ask.

[fanofflyn]

When I asked them to make a Creedmoor in a Contender, they wouldn't do it, but recommended an Encore barrel, which is currently being made for me now. I can tell you the Grendel is pretty mild in the Contender, but if you're worried about it, get it made in an Encore.

[akula682]

here is a pic of my TC Grendel from MGM, they did an awesome job on it.

[SChunter]

Nice TC akula! Is that a diamond, hex or octagonal barrel from MGM?

I've got an octagonal barreled 475 JDJ from SSK - other than that, just standard contours.

[JohnOD]

Nice job on the critters . Those SSK Contender barrels can shoot! Pretty sure my 14", 6.5 JDJ was a Shilen blank. It launched 120 B-Tips at around 2500 FPS... downed a couple of mule deer with it.

[Crushed]

OK, I struggled with this. See if they show up.

Wow ! Beautiful animals. Where were you? My guess is game ranch here in Texas somewhere?

[Whelenon]

Nice job on the critters . Those SSK Contender barrels can shoot! Pretty sure my 14", 6.5 JDJ was a Shilen blank. It launched 120 B-Tips at around 2500 FPS... downed a couple of mule deer with it.

How does the Grendel case capacity compare with the 6.5 JDJ?

[JohnOD]

I got out of the Contenders so long ago I honestly don't remember what loads I was shooting. If you like I can dig through my records and find out. The parent case is 225 Win which has a rather large rim.

When I first started looking at the 6.5/6.8 AR's my positive experience with the 6.5 JDJ swayed me to the Grendel.

[LRRPF52]

How does the Grendel case capacity compare with the 6.5 JDJ?

The 6.5 JDJ has waaaay more case capacity than the Grendel. It's a 1.90" long case with a .473" rim diameter. It looks like a rimmed case too. Not sure what the parent is, but it looks very similar to .30-30 Win.

[fanofflyn]

The 6.5 JDJ has a case capacity of 43.6 gr of water. The Grendel has a capacity of 36 gr. of water. The Grendel in rifles is designed to hold up to 50,000 CPU, but the Contender supposedly is limited to 42,000, but I can't say that authoritatively. It would seem to be possible to use a lower pressure such as the JDJ, but I've not personally had a problem with my current loads in the Contender with my Grendel. I will limit myself to 100 gr bullets though with that in mind.

[LRRPF52]

The Grendel is actually a high pressure case, but you do have to balance that with the action you're using it in. My buddy with a CZ527 is getting insane velocities (2700fps) with 139gr Scenars, with a 22" barrel and N140, so the case will take the pressure. Not sure I would want to go anywhere near that in a Contender either, since I don't know the limitations of the TC. I just saw a video of guys with Contenders and XP100's ringing steel at 1000yds with .260 Remington. This is a great video of what even a pistol is capable of...

[video=youtube;UwE70ihOYIk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwE70ihOYIk[/video]

[Luv269er]

OK, I struggled with this. See if they show up.

Wow great work...Aaahhh, the power & accuracy of the 6.5mm caliber !

[adrenaline junkie]

Since there isnt a case size limitation, I think I'd rather have an encore in a 260 than the grendel. I have one in 7mm08 and its awesome, I bought it before the 260 came out or I would have gotten that.

[Whelenon]

[quote=LRRPF52]I just saw a video of guys with Contenders and XP100's ringing steel at 1000yds with .260 Remington.QUOTE]

Just a point of clarification, they were shooting the .260 with and Encore not the Contender. Big difference between an Encore and Contender and how much pressure they can take. A Contender could never take the pressures of a .260.

[Deezil]

Id love a grendel barrel for my contender

[Nukes]

http://www.eabco.com/InStock.htm