08-27-2015, 06:52 PM
It is as you say, no-go for AR here.
The Grendel in an ordinary bolt-action makes no sense to me - if I carry the weight, I want the payload in the killing end!
This build was a nostalgic trip for me. As a kid (well, immature young man) I had a Sako Vixen 222 which was rechambered to 6mm-223. It was my first meeting with everything custom/ reloading etc. However, it was a little failing in the "deer drop dead right there" department. The current build was a combination of midlife-crisis and lacking impulse control, I now built my "old" gun as I couldn't afford then and hoping to recreate some of that old magic.
It appears I have kept most of my benefits from the 6mm-223 (most notably enhanced observation during recoil) but this cartridge should strike the deer a lot harder... and the logistics is a lot easier when I only have to stock 6,5mm Amax bullets ( I also shoot 6,5x55 and 6,5x284 and have used the 6,5x47).
The Grendel in an ordinary bolt-action makes no sense to me - if I carry the weight, I want the payload in the killing end!
This build was a nostalgic trip for me. As a kid (well, immature young man) I had a Sako Vixen 222 which was rechambered to 6mm-223. It was my first meeting with everything custom/ reloading etc. However, it was a little failing in the "deer drop dead right there" department. The current build was a combination of midlife-crisis and lacking impulse control, I now built my "old" gun as I couldn't afford then and hoping to recreate some of that old magic.
It appears I have kept most of my benefits from the 6mm-223 (most notably enhanced observation during recoil) but this cartridge should strike the deer a lot harder... and the logistics is a lot easier when I only have to stock 6,5mm Amax bullets ( I also shoot 6,5x55 and 6,5x284 and have used the 6,5x47).