01-01-2019, 04:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-01-2019, 04:48 PM by NugginFutz.)
It's like this, Dempsy1:
You ask a hypothetical question without any qualifications or criteria. Yes, you later added a need for long matches and a training course, but never mentioned if that will be your rifle's main job.
Re #1: I don't know which training course you have in mind, but the few I've taken did not require me to carry my entire load out between each stage over the multiple days of training. I only needed what could fit on my chest rig for any one stage, and even that was more than adequate. As such, it didn't matter which stack of 800 rounds weighed the most.
Having said that, I used my 5.56 for the run 'n gun or high volume scenarios. My 6.5 took center stage for all the DM portions where accuracy and distance mattered. (Yes, I took both to the courses.) The 6.5 also made confirmation of hits on steel much easier. My 5.56 became more difficult to shoot/see/hear past 400 or so (especially with canyon winds playing with the lighter shots).
As for what the rifle will be doing after training and matches; If the answer is "living in the safe", then it's quite simple. Buy/Build a weapon for those (and only those) uses. Select one with a steady supply of ammunition capable of meeting MPF and with reasonable accuracy. Ballistics, long range capability, and all the other Grendel selling points probably no longer matter.
Your best option, as you alluded to, may well be to get and use both. It worked for me.
You ask a hypothetical question without any qualifications or criteria. Yes, you later added a need for long matches and a training course, but never mentioned if that will be your rifle's main job.
Re #1: I don't know which training course you have in mind, but the few I've taken did not require me to carry my entire load out between each stage over the multiple days of training. I only needed what could fit on my chest rig for any one stage, and even that was more than adequate. As such, it didn't matter which stack of 800 rounds weighed the most.
Having said that, I used my 5.56 for the run 'n gun or high volume scenarios. My 6.5 took center stage for all the DM portions where accuracy and distance mattered. (Yes, I took both to the courses.) The 6.5 also made confirmation of hits on steel much easier. My 5.56 became more difficult to shoot/see/hear past 400 or so (especially with canyon winds playing with the lighter shots).
As for what the rifle will be doing after training and matches; If the answer is "living in the safe", then it's quite simple. Buy/Build a weapon for those (and only those) uses. Select one with a steady supply of ammunition capable of meeting MPF and with reasonable accuracy. Ballistics, long range capability, and all the other Grendel selling points probably no longer matter.
Your best option, as you alluded to, may well be to get and use both. It worked for me.
If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?