FMJ yaw and upset performance

[bwaites]

Okay, John -- I must admit, ya got me on that one! :p

But didn't you do precisely that, when you posted the gel test of the pre-production 123gr SMK? And I don't know of any instance where that info has been used against 6.5 Grendel. Do you?

That's why I don't understand the objection to showing the gel test of the pre-production 110gr FMJ. Since you've been one of the staunchest advocates of 6.5 Grendel for military use, I'd have thought you would be right alongside me in wanting to see how a military-type load would perform.

Three years or more ago, keeping the Grendel in the public mind was a big deal. New data in the 6.5 vs 6.8 war was being voraciously consumed and debated. The Grendel has matured, with a major manufacturer producing ammunition, Wolf now on the verge or producing another load to go with the MPT, and the release of the Grendel trademark.

Publishing pre-production testing makes little sense. Hunters have multiple commercial loads available now, target shooters have multiple commercial loads available and so this load is a very low cost plinking load which will happen to have a bullet that might have very typical military profile.

None of us really expect LE or military adoption based on this bullet, do we? If we did, it might make sense to release some testing information, but not under that situation.