6.5 Grendel barrel Length?????

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As to the practicality of short barrels in 6.5 Grendel, it helps to look at .30-30 Winchester performance as a commonly-known and accepted hunting cartridge that is responsible for a lot of dead dear over the last 124 years and compare them within common hunting distances.

An 11.5" or 12" Grendel will have more energy at 400yds than a 20" barrel .30-30 Winchester has at 200yds, and excellent penetration, expansion, and weight retention with common hunting bullets.

It has plenty of killing power within 200yds, easily exceeding the longer barreled AK and SKS shooting the exact same bullet weights.