03-31-2023, 04:10 AM
popeye- good call on PF. I have a kreiger and a Bartlein 6.5 grendel barrel from him. It takes a while, but its worth it. Good call on the 1:7 twist , that will be more versatile if you want to shoot a bit lighter bullets.
I didn't do much load development- just measured to the lands with Hornady tool, set bullets .015' off the lands, ended up at 2.255" for 88 eld m's. I'm getting 10 shot groups at 100yds just under an inch.
I have a bunch of hornady 75gr hpbt, but i dont know if the 1:6.5 would over stabilize them-
only one way to find out. And I want to grab some 6.5 staball powder-guys have been getting more velocity & less pressure with that- there was a public facebook group for 224 grendel with good load data, but now its private.
I love this caliber so far, with very limited load development. Hardly any recoil, very flat shooting, cheaper bullets. my goal with this was just longer range target shooting.
I didn't do much load development- just measured to the lands with Hornady tool, set bullets .015' off the lands, ended up at 2.255" for 88 eld m's. I'm getting 10 shot groups at 100yds just under an inch.
I have a bunch of hornady 75gr hpbt, but i dont know if the 1:6.5 would over stabilize them-
only one way to find out. And I want to grab some 6.5 staball powder-guys have been getting more velocity & less pressure with that- there was a public facebook group for 224 grendel with good load data, but now its private.
I love this caliber so far, with very limited load development. Hardly any recoil, very flat shooting, cheaper bullets. my goal with this was just longer range target shooting.