08-25-2020, 02:44 AM
BCHunter Wrote:welcome from a fellow cheesehead,
I think you will find the 6.5 grendel addicting to pushing your limits for accuracy,... and will need to find a place to shoot 200 yards or longer.
what are your goals with your first Centerfire rifle?
Thanks! I currently live in Troy Center (West of East Troy). My sister in law lives a bit north of me in Sullivan-adjacent to a decent size farmland. I was just talking to them yesterday about setting up a 200 and 300 yard range once the crops are harvested (her significant other just picked up an AR15). They have at least 330-400 yards of flat space before hitting the tree line. He was very interested in doing that with me, so it looks like I can stretch my legs a bit fairly soon. I'll probably mount the Athlon Ares ETR scope from my .22 on the 6.5 G until I can afford to buy a second copy of that scope (or something else).
Goals? I just love shooting. I'm a trigger snob (having been exposed to several Anschutz triggers, FWB, Steyr Air Rifle, etc) and really enjoy target shooting. I also enjoy pest control and varmint shooting (was cleaning up Woodchucks with the .22 earlier this year; chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels with the RAW, etc). I wanted a gun that I could, 'theoretically' take out prairie doggin, as well as go deer hunting, and even dabble in shooting longer ranges (maybe out to 1000 yds). In short, I really like versatility.
Given our current political climate, I also didn't want to delay much longer to make a purchase as one doesn't really know how much things can change in a year. If there's one thing that 2020 has probably taught us, its to not take anything for granted and don't assume life will continue the same a year from now as we know it at this time. So again-the 6.5 G seems to be a versatile tool for doing many things. When I learned about the ballistics-especially the advantages over the 5.56/.223-I was really drawn to it. I didn't want to go up to a 6.5 Creedmoor as I just thought it was a bit too much gun for what I was looking to do with it.
Being a bit of a nerd (Mechanical Eng), I do really get into the ballistics side of shooting as well. I've done a lot of measurements on my air rifle projectiles (pellets and slugs), as well as the .22lr ammo that I shoot. I have ballistic dope cards on each rifle I own-and expect to follow that practice when I receive my 527 MTR.
Sean