01-22-2023, 05:52 AM
Guess I could have checked with Kel-tec to see if they were still making their 65G bullpup, but didn't. I'm assuming that info would be on their website.
Plenty of ammo companies were there. Didn't really check with companies already making Grendel. Was interested in getting others on board.
Confirmed with Wolf that steel-case 6.5 Grendel from Russia is, indeed, outlawed, and what's already in the U.S. is the last of it. Interesting tidbit: Apparently, Putin out of spite for sanctions against him made a cargo ship bound for the U.S. loaded with Russian ammo turn around. Importers who had paid for their shipments thus got no product and simply lost their money. Ouch!
Checked with Norma, but they have no plans to begin producing Grendel.
Mead is a previously OEM-only bullet manufacturer who is starting to make 5.56 ammo under their own brand. Production manager says they're doing a 1.5 million round 140gr 6.5mm bullet order that'll take about two weeks, and after that the machine will have slots open until its schedule fills up again. Made me think maybe we could get a group buy together for a 115gr 6.5mm hybrid ogive HPBT.
Asked a guy in the True Velocity booth about making niche cartridges once their .308 and 5.56 are up and running. They still want to charge $80 for a 20-round box of .308 that's $4/round for the privilege of a non-reloadable polymer case! I think their technology is super cool, but still.... They do NOT get it.
Polymer needs to be the non-reloadable cheapo ammo that steel-case is. THAT'S it's place in the world and its future. I don't think their claims of custom-shaping the case interiors for exceptional accuracy from expensive rounds is going to pan out. Just take the cheapness and ease of plastic to crank out 25¢ per round ammo and NOW we're talkin'....
Plenty of ammo companies were there. Didn't really check with companies already making Grendel. Was interested in getting others on board.
Confirmed with Wolf that steel-case 6.5 Grendel from Russia is, indeed, outlawed, and what's already in the U.S. is the last of it. Interesting tidbit: Apparently, Putin out of spite for sanctions against him made a cargo ship bound for the U.S. loaded with Russian ammo turn around. Importers who had paid for their shipments thus got no product and simply lost their money. Ouch!
Checked with Norma, but they have no plans to begin producing Grendel.
Mead is a previously OEM-only bullet manufacturer who is starting to make 5.56 ammo under their own brand. Production manager says they're doing a 1.5 million round 140gr 6.5mm bullet order that'll take about two weeks, and after that the machine will have slots open until its schedule fills up again. Made me think maybe we could get a group buy together for a 115gr 6.5mm hybrid ogive HPBT.
Asked a guy in the True Velocity booth about making niche cartridges once their .308 and 5.56 are up and running. They still want to charge $80 for a 20-round box of .308 that's $4/round for the privilege of a non-reloadable polymer case! I think their technology is super cool, but still.... They do NOT get it.
Polymer needs to be the non-reloadable cheapo ammo that steel-case is. THAT'S it's place in the world and its future. I don't think their claims of custom-shaping the case interiors for exceptional accuracy from expensive rounds is going to pan out. Just take the cheapness and ease of plastic to crank out 25¢ per round ammo and NOW we're talkin'....
:: 6.5 GRENDEL Deer and Targets :: 6mmARC Targets and Varmints and Deer :: 22 ARC Varmints and Targets
:: I Drank the Water :: Revelation 21:6 ::
:: I Drank the Water :: Revelation 21:6 ::