05-09-2019, 12:00 PM
Lemonaid Wrote:rabiddawg, I am seeking what range the military would say the maximum effective range of the Grendel would be if it was a standard issued weapon. For some reasons (testing I would guess) they landed on 550 yards for the M-16. Ethical Hunting range would be a different number.
What is the test criteria to determine Maximum Effective Range? (not a personal number an expert could make but what an average Joe should be able to do) There is a range where the bullet in no longer considered lethal combined with lack of hit probability.
My ignorant wild guess is between 700 and 800 yards for the Grendel using Hornady black as the standard load.
LMA:
I believe the Max Effective Range is that range where an average trained Soldier has a 50% chance of a hit.
I do not see how a average trained Soldier firing a service grade Grendel using issued sights and service grade ball ammunition would be any different than one shooting a issued M-4 with issued ball ammo. In fact, probably worse even if the ammo and carbine were the same in capabilities. The Grendel has more recoil.
You can figure it out based on your requirements and your ammo and carbine or rifle pretty easily. Make a silhouette of the target full size and put it up at 500 yards. Put on what ever gear you wear and take up a prone off of bags or your bipod and shoot ten shots slow fire -- ten minute time frame. Then count holes. If more than five, put the target at 600 and shoot. And so on.
LR55