I have come to the conclusion that a 16" Grendel, @ 1000yds @ 1600-1650ASL is just not really feasable (should have listened to the horde a bit earlier, but sometimes you have to learn even though people are already telling you what you are going to learn, but it will get me onto the road of a light recoil, decent distance shooting 16" rifle. After I get things ironed out, and learn what a lot of you already know, I will probably do a 6.5Creedmoor later for cross-pollination - same bullets (to a point), same primers, etc.
Question for optic - MRAD or MOA? What says the hoard? Should I stay around a $500 optic for this Grendel to get me into the 500-700 (optically)? Then do I offset better glass vs power? I could search all night, but what are you guys running in the optics department for those that are running a a 16" Grendel (more I have read, seems this is a bit of a strange setup just 16" for a 500-700yd Grendel, but the ballistic calculators show the numbers do work out. Can I ask anybody that is in the ~1600-1700ASL running a 16" running for optics?
Appreciate everything you guys have offered me in advice, hope to repay sooner rather than later.
Are the Faxon, BA & Green Mountain Barrels ~1MOA out to say 500-700yds? Or are the saying (BA) they are sub MOA just for the first 100yds? And then then things spread out?
I am kind of thinking I should get into reloading before spending $1500+ on an optic - not sure what is more important - have 5+ calibers, so plenty of calibers to keep the overall cost down and a decent amount of cross-pollinization, so even more savings. What says the horde?
Plan on building the Grendel upper / lower via a 80% lower + white upper, then have a friend anodize them for me (Aerospace Machine shop + 07/02FFL), so all is legal unless something got changes and I have to have anodizer send it to a local FFL?
Does my thought process sound like a good plan, considering I am wanting to stay @ 16" for the 6.5Grendel and am willing to deal with what that brings with it? Personally don't want a 24" barreled rifle, at least not unless I went bolt action and even then, probably stay 22" Max (weird quirk I guess I have), even when I move to the 6.5Creedmoor, plan on 22" Max, but a few nights plugging numbers into a ballistics calculator before that is figured out.
Thanks in advance for your assistance and need to get some sleep....
Bob
Question for optic - MRAD or MOA? What says the hoard? Should I stay around a $500 optic for this Grendel to get me into the 500-700 (optically)? Then do I offset better glass vs power? I could search all night, but what are you guys running in the optics department for those that are running a a 16" Grendel (more I have read, seems this is a bit of a strange setup just 16" for a 500-700yd Grendel, but the ballistic calculators show the numbers do work out. Can I ask anybody that is in the ~1600-1700ASL running a 16" running for optics?
Appreciate everything you guys have offered me in advice, hope to repay sooner rather than later.
Are the Faxon, BA & Green Mountain Barrels ~1MOA out to say 500-700yds? Or are the saying (BA) they are sub MOA just for the first 100yds? And then then things spread out?
I am kind of thinking I should get into reloading before spending $1500+ on an optic - not sure what is more important - have 5+ calibers, so plenty of calibers to keep the overall cost down and a decent amount of cross-pollinization, so even more savings. What says the horde?
Plan on building the Grendel upper / lower via a 80% lower + white upper, then have a friend anodize them for me (Aerospace Machine shop + 07/02FFL), so all is legal unless something got changes and I have to have anodizer send it to a local FFL?
Does my thought process sound like a good plan, considering I am wanting to stay @ 16" for the 6.5Grendel and am willing to deal with what that brings with it? Personally don't want a 24" barreled rifle, at least not unless I went bolt action and even then, probably stay 22" Max (weird quirk I guess I have), even when I move to the 6.5Creedmoor, plan on 22" Max, but a few nights plugging numbers into a ballistics calculator before that is figured out.
Thanks in advance for your assistance and need to get some sleep....
Bob