05-10-2019, 12:58 AM
For hunting? I run in the 800-1000 ft-lb crowd, mostly because I don't have any data to suggest differently. For Grendel, that's the 400-500 yard range, depending on BBL and load.
For military effective range, any shot with a reasonable chance of hit with an expert rifleman, with a bullet that is going to hit hard enough to penetrate into organs, is within max effective range. Just pulling a value out of the air, I'd say 100 yards before subsonic transition then, which with the Grendel is in the 800-1000 yard range. It has longer legs than the 5.56 or the .308; in almost any BBL length. It's one of the reasons I'm so impressed with this round - the engineering is a true optimization of size, power, range, and capability.
For military effective range, any shot with a reasonable chance of hit with an expert rifleman, with a bullet that is going to hit hard enough to penetrate into organs, is within max effective range. Just pulling a value out of the air, I'd say 100 yards before subsonic transition then, which with the Grendel is in the 800-1000 yard range. It has longer legs than the 5.56 or the .308; in almost any BBL length. It's one of the reasons I'm so impressed with this round - the engineering is a true optimization of size, power, range, and capability.