Grendel as a Universal Infantry Cartridge

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Stan, Are you thinking of a linear scale (length and diameter) or just reducing the diameter?

Joe, I actually hadn't given it any thought. But, since you ask, I'm guessing it'd have to be a linear scale in order for cartridge OAL to fit in the magazine.

The linear scale would give a bullet right at 80 grains, while reducing the diameter would be about 92 grains.

This could be a path to getting 3000 ft/sec. The long nose may make up for the lack of boat tail for ranges typical of infantry engagements.

That's kinda what I had in mind, too.

The design looks like it could readily tumble when hitting something.

Concur. I dunno if the PDF below has a gel test for this bullet. Since the file size is 8MB, I didn't try opening it.

http://300aacblackout.com/resources/300A...CT2010.pdf