6.5 Grendel 2020 Factory Ammo List

[LRRPF52]

6.5 Grendel 2020 Factory Ammo List

Alexander Arms
120gr Barnes TSX HPBT
120gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
123gr Lapua Scenar HPBT
129gr Hornady SST
130gr Swift Scirocco

Barnaul
100gr FMJ
110gr FMJ

Barnes New for 2020
115gr VOR-TX TTSX Boat Tail

Copper Creek
120gr Barnes TAC-TX
123gr ELD-M
130gr Berger VLD Hunting
130gr Berger Hybrid
130gr Hornady ELD-M
6.5 Grendel load development pack Stage I
6.5 Grendel load development pack Stage II

Custom Reloads of Dallas (This is new manufactured ammo with new brass loaded on single stage press using a Sartorius to within .02gr.)
123gr A-MAX
123gr Scenar

Defender Ammunition
107gr Tipped SMK
123gr SMK


Federal
90gr TNT American Eagle
120gr Match American Eagle
120gr Fusion
130gr Berger OTM Gold Medal Match

Fort Scott Munitions
123gr TUI (New for 2020)

Hendershot's
95gr Hornady V-MAX
100gr ELD-M
100gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
100gr Nosler Partition
100gr Sierra HP
100gr Barnes TAC-TX
100gr Barnes TTSX

107gr Sierra Matck King
107gr Sierra Tipped Match King

120gr TTSX
120gr TAC-TX
120gr Berger Match TGT
120gr Hornady ELD-M
120gr Hornady GMX
120gr Lapua Scenar-L
120gr Nosler Ballistic Tip

123gr Hornady ELD-M
123gr Nosler Custom Competition
123gr Hornady SST
125gr Nosler Partition

130gr Berger VLD Match Hunting
130gr Berger AR Hybrid Tactical
130gr Nosler Accubond

Hornady
123gr BTHP American Gunner (200rd box from Sportsman's Warehouse)
123gr SST Custom
123gr ELD-M Black
123gr FMJ Frontier New for 2020

HSM
107gr SMK
120gr Sierra Pro Hunter
123gr SMK
130gr Berger Match Hunting VLD Trophy Gold

Maker
85gr Overwatch Field TREX New for 2020

McCourt Munitions
120gr Berger

Night Ops
90gr TNT
90gr Varmagedon
95gr V-MAX
100gr Sierra JHP
100gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
100gr Hornady ELD-M

Nosler
90gr Varmageddon
120gr Nosler Ballistic Tip New for 2020
123gr Custom Competition
129gr Accubond Long Range Trophy Grade

Precision Firearms
100gr A-MAX
100gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
100gr Barnes TTSX
100gr Lapua Scenar HPBT
107gr Sierra Match King HPBT
108gr Lapua Scenar

120gr A-MAX
120gr Nosler Ballistic Tip
120gr Barnes TTSX
120gr Nosler E-Tip
120gr Lapua Scenar-L

123gr Hornady ELD-M
123gr Sierra Match King HPBT
123gr Lapua Scenar HPBT

123gr Hornady AMAX
123gr Hornady SST
123gr Nosler Custom Competition
123gr Lapua Silver Scenar

127gr Barnes LRX
129gr Nosler Accubond Long Range

130gr Berger VLD Hunting
130gr Berger VLD TGT

PPU/Prvi Partizan
110gr FMJBT
120gr HPBT

Sellier & Bellot
124gr FMJ

Underwood Ammo
105gr Match Solid Flash Tip
110gr Controlled Chaos

Remington New for 2020
120gr HPBT
120gr Premier Match

Wolf
100gr FMJ (steel case)
120gr Performance

[grayfox]

And the new Barnes ammo, the 115 Tac tsx Vor-tx. I've got a box inbound...

[LRRPF52]

And the new Barnes ammo, the 115 Tac tsx Vor-tx. I've got a box inbound...

Thanks for the update. If anyone is aware of any new factory ammo offerings I haven't listed, please post what you've found.

I found some just looking through the different manufacturers on Ammoseek, which has grown tremendously.

[plt228]

Defender also has a 123 SMK

[LRRPF52]

Thanks for the update.

So as of January 31, 2020, there are 92 different options for 6.5 Grendel factory ammo.

As of today, there are 351 hits on Ammoseek. Just a few years ago, it was 50-76 hits on Ammoseek.

[rickOshay]

Here is a link to a new ammo search site with 171 hits. Nice site.


http://www.ammobuy.com/ammo/65mm-grendel

[LRRPF52]

Added Nosler 120gr Ballistic Tip made by Nosler. Thanks A5Blaster.

[Bronz]

Great list OP

[hill37]

Maker loads 85gn and 95gr trex ammo. Nice velocity out of a 12' barrel.https://makerbullets.com/proddetail.php?...85TREXAMMO

[LRRPF52]

Maker loads 85gn and 95gr trex ammo. Nice velocity out of a 12' barrel.https://makerbullets.com/proddetail.php?...85TREXAMMO

Thanks for that update. Didn't even know they made ammo.

2510fps from a 12" Grendel sounds about right. That should be a killer, flat-shooting, low-recoil factory option.

[LRRPF52]

Added Sellier & Bellot 124gr FMJ

[Armadillo66]

Boy howdy things have certainly improved for the better on the factory ammo front. Has anyone tried the heavier Barnhaul offering?

[A5BLASTER]

Boy howdy things have certainly improved for the better on the factory ammo front. Has anyone tried the heavier Barnhaul offering?

Nobody has it. Hasn't been seen on the shelf for years. They still list it but no one can get it.

[LRRPF52]

Boy howdy things have certainly improved for the better on the factory ammo front. Has anyone tried the heavier Barnhaul offering?

We've been saying that since 2009. Hornady was a big deal when they started making factory ammo, and has been the mainstay of my factory ammo shooting I think, although I have boxes and boxes of back-breaking weights full of Lapua 1x brass for some reason. Most of that is PF, my hand loads, and AA ammo from a while back.

You can get PPU for $12.59 a box now, or 62.9cpr.

Target Sports USA has Hornady 123gr 200rd ammo cans with free shipping for 70cpr. There are some great deals on Grendel ammo right now like we've not seen before.

There was a lot of ammo scarcity back in the first 6 years of Grendel hitting the market, but the industry as a whole has been unusually responsive for a cartridge not developed by one of the big name companies like Federal, Hornady, Remington, or Winchester. I can't think of another cartridge like this, other than maybe .300 Whisper, which was taken and claimed by AAC and Remington as theirs, then marketed heavily with a massive advertising campaign.

[PrecisionFirearms]

We just started to make 123 Sierra Tipped Matchkings and 123 Hornady ELD.

[A5BLASTER]

We just started to make 123 Sierra Tipped Matchkings and 123 Hornady ELD.

Mark any chance you might start offering your ammo in 20 round box's? Don't get me wrong I like the 50 round packs but for someone looking to test a few diffrent rounds to see if it's something their barrel would like. It's not very economical to buy a 50 round box of ammo.

Maybe list the 20 round box as a sample pack are something like that.

Reason I ask is because you load a few bullets nobody else does in grendel.

[PrecisionFirearms]

Mark any chance you might start offering your ammo in 20 round box's? Don't get me wrong I like the 50 round packs but for someone looking to test a few diffrent rounds to see if it's something their barrel would like. It's not very economical to buy a 50 round box of ammo.

Maybe list the 20 round box as a sample pack are something like that.

Reason I ask is because you load a few bullets nobody else does in grendel.

Send me an email with loads you would like and Ill make it for you.

Mark Hostetter

[PeteDavis]

Mark makes the best.

PD

[BluntForceTrauma]

We just started to make 123 Sierra Tipped Matchkings and 123 Hornady ELD.

Wait. What?!? A Sierra 123 TIPPED MatchKing? You mean 130 or is this a new bullet I can't even find on Sierra's website?

[A5BLASTER]

Send me an email with loads you would like and Ill make it for you.

Mark Hostetter

Well not for me personally. I have my loads figured out and I already know what loads you sell that my rifles like, so I'm good with the 50 round box's.

I was just thinking more along the lines for the guys who don't load are who are tight on cash. A 20 round box would be better for them to test and make a choice before ordering up the 50 round box's.