Cow Elk Hunt with Grendel

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Hi Mike,

Welcome. Can you tell us about your experience with the Grendel in winds out at 600 yards compared to the 308? Any advice?

RR

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Most of my practice is not paper punching. We go out on a friends property and do what we call canyon shooting. We use what we would have while out hunting, backpack, bipod, rangefinder and our gun. I figure if I cannot hit a 6" to 12" target in a real hunting situation on the first shot I have no business taking it. The winds are usually always changing in the canyons. They both are pretty close as far as adjustments for the wind but in my experience I think the 308 barely edges out the grendel. I do my paper punching at 100 to 200yrds. I can get as far as 500yrds on paper but never have shot paper with any significant amount of wind. If the wind is more than 10mph I will try to cut the distance or not take the shot. I know this probably doesn't answer your question completely. One thing we have done in the winter months when it is wet(soaked) is shoot tracers with a breeze. It really opened my eyes on how much your bullet moves left and right when shooting across canyons. Not to mention it is cool as hell to watch your round drop/drift onto your target. Here is my disclaimer. DO NOT shoot the tracers when it is dry out.