04-24-2020, 05:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-29-2020, 03:34 PM by Clausewitz.)
I really wouldn't worry about the hash marks not matching up to your drops. We're talking a couple inches, as in 3, at 600. Wind & shooter skill will be far bigger factors.
I've got the PA ASCC 1-6 on my 12.5in build. I'm happy with it for what it is. It's a hunting/tactical/competition scope. It's not what I'd use if I wanted to cover my groups with a quarter at 400. But I'm not freakin Jesus with a rifle like LRRPF52 so I'm breaking out the 18in barrel with 6x24 Vortex if I want to do anything other than bang steel or a deer/hog inside of 500.
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@FlashHercules - just to clarify the data in the above image is rough, something that I did on the fly. However, I ball parked by knocking some FPS off the max loadings to correct for A) super long barrels used in published numbers & B) max published load is rarely what people use in reality. I've corrected for probable FPS for your 12.5 in build in that ball park.
You could with a long barrel & proper reloading for a specific rifle easily beat 6.5G with 308. However, that's not what the LPVO is set up to show. It's set up to show a handier rifle for sports/hunting/combat applications, with factory ammo. Not custom tuned load, with max weight Bergers, with a COAL that touches the lands of a 24in Bartlein barrel. In that sphere it's flat amazing how easily Grendel holds it's own, even with a carbine length barrel.
Just to provide some real world support for my assertions. Mark Larue took a bull elk at 400+ yards with a Grendel (if memory serves) 18in barrel & Barnes TSX 127 gr bullet, and he was using a Burris 1-6x scope at the time. He sells this scope as an optional addition to his 6.5 G rifles. (It's a 223/308 BDC reticle if that wasn't clear).
I've got the PA ASCC 1-6 on my 12.5in build. I'm happy with it for what it is. It's a hunting/tactical/competition scope. It's not what I'd use if I wanted to cover my groups with a quarter at 400. But I'm not freakin Jesus with a rifle like LRRPF52 so I'm breaking out the 18in barrel with 6x24 Vortex if I want to do anything other than bang steel or a deer/hog inside of 500.
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@FlashHercules - just to clarify the data in the above image is rough, something that I did on the fly. However, I ball parked by knocking some FPS off the max loadings to correct for A) super long barrels used in published numbers & B) max published load is rarely what people use in reality. I've corrected for probable FPS for your 12.5 in build in that ball park.
You could with a long barrel & proper reloading for a specific rifle easily beat 6.5G with 308. However, that's not what the LPVO is set up to show. It's set up to show a handier rifle for sports/hunting/combat applications, with factory ammo. Not custom tuned load, with max weight Bergers, with a COAL that touches the lands of a 24in Bartlein barrel. In that sphere it's flat amazing how easily Grendel holds it's own, even with a carbine length barrel.
Just to provide some real world support for my assertions. Mark Larue took a bull elk at 400+ yards with a Grendel (if memory serves) 18in barrel & Barnes TSX 127 gr bullet, and he was using a Burris 1-6x scope at the time. He sells this scope as an optional addition to his 6.5 G rifles. (It's a 223/308 BDC reticle if that wasn't clear).