Grendel at extended ranges?

[stokesrj]

Bill, the .260 is a great caliber, the creedmoor is better, but by only a small margine, driven by the shoulder angle and less tapered case body. It is interesting that the AMU went with the .260 and Lapua responded with Laupua brass. However, Emil Praslick stated that the reason he chose it was to have a turn key solution with the Tubb 2K replacing only the barrel with their preferred barrel. He would not tell me the barrel manufacture but based on other conversations I assume it is a Krieger. I have a Snieder Polygonal and a Wilson six grove in the 6.5 Creedmoor. In my opinion it will give better barrel life, equal to better accuracy compared to the .260 and at less pressures than the 6.5x47.
By the way, I'm not sure what the Lapua brass offers that the Hornady does not in this class of case capacity, I'm only on my fourth loading of Hornady Brass but have so far lost none to loose primer pockets or case neck splits or head seperations.
I have over one thousand 6.5 Creedmoor cases some driven hard, and some with light loads so it will be a while before I understand the tradeoffs. At this point I would conclude the Hornady is a bettr life cycle value than the Lapua brass but I'm not yet sure of this.
Bob