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Updated Selection of Projectiles for the Grendel
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#81
05-14-2012, 04:34 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2012, 04:37 AM by txgunner00.)
Nice work! Thanks for your effort.

One suggestion- if there are additional updates put a date somewhere on it to prevent mix-ups.
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05-14-2012, 05:04 AM
rickOshay Wrote:Thanks - that's how I spent 4 hours on a plane from Atlanta to San Diego.

It's now updated with the LRRPF52 post on page 7 of this thread.

Here's the updated link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34132774/Grendel...ection.pdf

Going to need someone to double check the list and the categories: H for hunting, T for target, and V for varmint

Holy spreadsheets Batman! Thank you sir! That is much appreciated! Thanks to everyone so far that has pitched-in with this. Since guys have been getting amazing results with the 160gr Hornady Round Nose in subsonic, I guess there is no reason to limit our weight range.

I also now have:

100gr AMAX
123gr Nosler Custom Competition
130gr Norma Golden Target (I will be looking at these projectiles for load development in the future)
140gr Berger Match VLD Target
144gr Lapua FMJ

There are a lot of bullets on that list gents. It's going to be fun just taking pictures of half of these and labeling them.

Thanks again everyone for collaborating on this. I'm going to ask my friends in Finland if I can get examples of as many Lapua bullets as possible while I'm there this summer.

You guys are awesome!
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05-14-2012, 05:22 AM (This post was last modified: 05-14-2012, 05:25 AM by txgunner00.)
Crap- this just reminded me I haven't mailed you the bullets I promised.:o They will go out tomorrow.

I will also drop in a 160 gr Sierra Pro Hunter for kicks. Unfortunately it's no longer in production.
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05-14-2012, 05:28 AM
Just label them so I know which is which. The pile of baggies and bullets has grown into a project in and of itself. Thanks again!
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05-14-2012, 08:34 AM
Did you get the 85 and 123gr. Sierra's I sent you?
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05-14-2012, 01:00 PM
txgunner00 Wrote:Nice work! Thanks for your effort.

One suggestion- if there are additional updates put a date somewhere on it to prevent mix-ups.

I will date the sheets - good point.
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05-14-2012, 01:22 PM
LRRPF52 Wrote:Just label them so I know which is which. The pile of baggies and bullets has grown into a project in and of itself. Thanks again!

Did that with sharpie marker.
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05-14-2012, 06:56 PM
Variable Wrote:Did you get the 85 and 123gr. Sierra's I sent you?

Pretty sure I haven't seen these yet. If they were sent later last week, I should see them today or tomorrow.
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05-14-2012, 07:05 PM
They are in the mail.
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05-16-2012, 02:20 AM
File has been updated with additional projos in the "collection". Also, the date has been added.
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05-16-2012, 03:21 AM
Thanks!
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05-16-2012, 04:51 AM
I arranged to get all the currently-produced Lapua projos from Lapua when I'm up there this summer.
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05-16-2012, 04:59 AM
Thats going to be a scary picture!
”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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05-16-2012, 01:43 PM
Cool! Nice to have connections.
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05-17-2012, 12:18 AM
We have our sticky - thanks Bwaites!!
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05-17-2012, 03:28 AM
I just received 5 bullet samples from txgunner00:

100gr Hornady AMAX
100gr Hornady SP
120gr Speer Hot-Cor
140gr Hornady Interlock SP
160gr Sierra Pro-Hunter

Thanks man!

Bill A. said that I'll need a fish eye lens for the camera...
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05-17-2012, 06:06 AM
LOL. No problem.
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05-17-2012, 02:08 PM
That Sierra 160 gr Pro-Hunter got my attention. How many of these bullets are still available and can be purchased in enough numbers to be viable as examples of the variety the handloader can enjoy?

There may be value in having a section that focuses on just those bullets that are currently manufactured and legally available in at least a few places.
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05-17-2012, 11:18 PM (This post was last modified: 05-18-2012, 12:59 AM by txgunner00.)
JASmith Wrote:That Sierra 160 gr Pro-Hunter got my attention. How many of these bullets are still available and can be purchased in enough numbers to be viable as examples of the variety the handloader can enjoy?

There may be value in having a section that focuses on just those bullets that are currently manufactured and legally available in at least a few places.

Unfortunately, none that I can find. I even called Sierra to see if they had some old stock still. I found these at a local range with a LOT of dust on them.
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05-17-2012, 11:52 PM
Thanks!

The point is that our exercise is showing that we have a whole lot of projo's the Grendel can digest for various shooting purposes. I would be disappointed to hear complaints from other communities that we cheated by bringing in obsolete or otherwise unusable bullets to make the pot seem larger.

Hence the speculation that we can make two lists and two photos. The first would be for those bullets readily available and useable by most folks. The second would show the obsolete or otherwise hard to get bullets.

The 6.5 is truly a rich caliber. I wish I had paid more attention to Amy Uncle's .264 Magnum back in the early and mid-'60s.
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