Hi from Central SD

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Welcome to the clan, ai, from the great nation of Texas! Some interesting ideas, keep us posted. Send pix.

Is this place like reddit where you are just looking for feet? :-p

Welcome from the NE part of the state. Bolt action 6.5 Grendel is all I have tried. For 125 to 130 grain bullets do research on Leverevolution. I stuck with a bolt action as I have not wanted to chance mixing up gas gun & bolt gun loads.

With distance & recoil in mind I find 6mm ARC to be a bit more rewarding to shoot. still a bolt action with a 22" barrel. YMMV

I'm sitting on some cfe223, which should be similar to lvr according to the knowledge base here. I just saw Zen was posting some load work ups with the new staball match with 123s and it looks like that is another promising option for loads in the 120s. I'm still waiting to see what it might do in the 130-class, especially if it can be a bit more temp stable than cfe223. SD is a goofy place weather-wise, so i'm never sure if i'll be hunting in 0F or 80F.

Welcome to the horde from Wisconsin .

Welcome to the forum ab initio! Subsonic 6.5 Grendel out of a Howa sounds very doable.

Thanks all!