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Two questions. What is the max long range expectations of 65 Grendel?
And what bullet weight?
For example, I shoot the following in a PSA 20 barrel @ 100yds:
120gr Gold Dot with 27.7 grs of ARCOMP Avg. 2494 .95 group - 4-shots
130gr Sierra TGK with 27 grs of 8208 XBR Avg. 2373 FPS .76 group 5-shots
140gr Barnes Match Burner 26.9 grs of 8208 XBR Avg. 2297 MOA 4-shots.
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What altitude do you shoot at?
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A5BLASTER Wrote:What altitude do you shoot at?
800 to 1000 ft.
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Plug in your data into a ballistic calculator. I use the Hornady one :
https://www.hornady.com/team-hornady/bal...lators/#!/
You have to define what sort of accuracy that is acceptable to you, for example 5 hits out of 10 on a 2 moa target at 1000 yards.
Mark and Sam after work could get hits at 1000 yards with a .22LR so with the right add on equipment and depending on the size of the target the Grendel can travel a long way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcnunlqzjE8
Out of the loads you listed the 140 Match Burner looks pretty good.
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06-28-2020, 11:50 PM
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Ive shot 850 yards with 123 grain Hornaday ELDM bullets,no problem.I think its capable of another 150 to 350 yards
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Mel uses a 20" and i think he's been successful at 1500.
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Bigs28 Wrote:Mel uses a 20" and i think he's been successful at 1500.
Yea but Mel lives on top a mountain lol. Seriously I think he is above 4000 asl.
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I agree with 850 yrds with my 6.5 Grendel rifle 24" barrel. At 6 ft in front of the muzzle at 5,000' 50*F I've got 2655 fps with 123gr SST so at 850 it's still flying at 1469 fps which will expand an SST. Other pills will get you out there further if they expand at lower fps. I know they will expand on grey fox at 12 feet and on yotes at 465 yds. I guess I'm crazy because when I see a critter at 800 yards I will call it in to 30 yards so I can see the results better after the shot. I live at 4200' but hunt from 2800' to 10,000'.
Life is fun when your ammo budget is more than your house payment.
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AZBackcountry Wrote:I agree with 850 yrds with my 6.5 Grendel rifle 24" barrel. At 6 ft in front of the muzzle at 5,000' 50*F I've got 2655 fps with 123gr SST so at 850 it's still flying at 1469 fps which will expand an SST. Other pills will get you out there further if they expand at lower fps. I know they will expand on grey fox at 12 feet and on yotes at 465 yds. I guess I'm crazy because when I see a critter at 800 yards I will call it in to 30 yards so I can see the results better after the shot. I live at 4200' but hunt from 2800' to 10,000'.
Amen.
Just because I can hit a critter at 600yds, doesn't mean I will. Part of the challenge in a hunt, for me, is to see how well I can out-wit my opponent. That means getting as close as possible. If that's 300yds, so be it and I'll knock them down. You haven't experienced a thrilling hunt until you drop a yote on a full run coming towards you, 10yds away.
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TejasPS Wrote:800 to 1000 ft.
Ok so you have the altitude too reach 1000 yards with a 20 inch grendel, that's a plus.
Now to answer your question about expectations. That's going to depend on how much quality you built are bought into your setup and how well it shoots your choice of ammo and most importantly how well you can hold and shoot it.
The biggest factor is going to come from how well you can make wind calls and adjust for them, the drop is easy, it's the wind that will kill your groups.
