12-02-2014, 08:33 PM
Throw any of the 100-129gr pills in the 22" Grendel bolt gun, and the .243 Win. is basically left behind. The South Carolina Game Study was pretty illuminating about .243 Win. performance as well, as it had the slowest killing results of all the calibers over hundreds of animals. They never included any .264" bores in that survey, but the Scandinavian Moose Hunting survey definitely did, and 6.5mm and 7mm did unusually well, whereas .308 and .30-06 did rather poorly comparatively speaking, even though they were the most popular cartridges that Moose hunters were using.
With the Grendel, you get recoil less than .243 Win., with retained energy closer to .308 Win., but less wind deflection. It's easy to hit things with 6.5mm's because the shooter quickly learns that there isn't any real recoil to speak of, and once zeroed, it's pretty much a point and click affair.
What I like about 6.5mm is that it seems to be the happy medium where low recoil and substantial projectile weight meet up, combined with very high sectional density for caliber projos.
With the Grendel, you get recoil less than .243 Win., with retained energy closer to .308 Win., but less wind deflection. It's easy to hit things with 6.5mm's because the shooter quickly learns that there isn't any real recoil to speak of, and once zeroed, it's pretty much a point and click affair.
What I like about 6.5mm is that it seems to be the happy medium where low recoil and substantial projectile weight meet up, combined with very high sectional density for caliber projos.
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6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
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CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com