01-03-2012, 10:51 PM
Welcome SGS3,
Since doping the wind becomes dominant at long range, higher muzzle velocity helps that. A 24 inch barrel is about optimum for that. It already starts to get a little front heavy with a 24, so any longer and it gets pretty unbalanced and you get diminishing return on the extra barrel length.
If you drop back to a 20 inch tube, you'll lose about 100-120 fps with the same ammo.
Another question you should ask is: "What reloading dies should I get?" The Redding Type-S bushing dies allow you to resize the minimum amount necessary to preserve your Grendel brass. The brass is still expensive, so that factors into the cost.
The biggest limitation on reloading is probably the constraint of having to fit in the magazine (2.26 inches). That keeps you from getting the right jump with some bullets which need it for accuracy. It also limits case volume, particularly with heavier (longer) bullets. So you won't be able to cram in as much powder as you might like with low density powders (particularly stick types).
So you need to pick a good powder/bullet combination to get best results.
An example is the Hornady 120 grain AMax. Great bullet, but too fat in front for the Grendel. So Hornady developed the 123 AMax specifically for the Grendel. Great bullet! It's meant as a target bullet, but some guys hunt small deer with it.
In case you haven't seen it yet Alexander Arms has some good reloading data on their site: http://alexanderarms.com/images/pdfs/gre...oading.pdf
Good Luck!
RR
Since doping the wind becomes dominant at long range, higher muzzle velocity helps that. A 24 inch barrel is about optimum for that. It already starts to get a little front heavy with a 24, so any longer and it gets pretty unbalanced and you get diminishing return on the extra barrel length.
If you drop back to a 20 inch tube, you'll lose about 100-120 fps with the same ammo.
Another question you should ask is: "What reloading dies should I get?" The Redding Type-S bushing dies allow you to resize the minimum amount necessary to preserve your Grendel brass. The brass is still expensive, so that factors into the cost.
The biggest limitation on reloading is probably the constraint of having to fit in the magazine (2.26 inches). That keeps you from getting the right jump with some bullets which need it for accuracy. It also limits case volume, particularly with heavier (longer) bullets. So you won't be able to cram in as much powder as you might like with low density powders (particularly stick types).
So you need to pick a good powder/bullet combination to get best results.
An example is the Hornady 120 grain AMax. Great bullet, but too fat in front for the Grendel. So Hornady developed the 123 AMax specifically for the Grendel. Great bullet! It's meant as a target bullet, but some guys hunt small deer with it.
In case you haven't seen it yet Alexander Arms has some good reloading data on their site: http://alexanderarms.com/images/pdfs/gre...oading.pdf
Good Luck!
RR