6.5 Grendel on it's own merits

[LR1955]

Grendel was on my list of must have... but then the announcement of the 6mm Arc came about. I did my home work and settled for the smaller caliber. The ARC does everything the Grendel does and a little more. Better velocity, that makes up for the lower weight bullet, longer range with less drop off of velocity due to the higher BC. Way more accurate. I have shot it out to a mile with 109 and 115 grain bullets with very good success. Hold over at a mile is 32 Mills compared to over 60 with the Grendel.

You can take down medium sized game with it, The deer in Ohio are not the little dog sized deer you find in some states, they are rather large and drop dead right in their tracks with this round out to 250+ yards. Shot placement is a big thing here, but the round is extremely accurate and one of the flatest shooting bullets in it's category.

Barrel life is very good as well, very much similar to 5.56. To bad only one ammo manufacture makes ammo for it right now, but it is a reloaders round.

D11:

No one who has shot both cartridges can disagree with you. That said, I can at least find factory loads for the Grendel. Can't say that for the 6 ARC, 6 AR, 6 AR Turbo, etc.

Personally, I would not want to go after feral hogs with a 6 ARC. Sorry but sometimes bigger is better. Also, you don't see the variety of bullets with the 6 mm you do with the 6.5 mm.

I do love my 6 BR in my prone rifle though. Will outperform a Grendel by a huge margin at distance.

LR-55