06-12-2023, 03:16 PM
yeah the rifle, cartridge and bullet combo will almost always exceed the shooters ability to place it properly on an animal in a real hunting situation
I've pushed a 16" barrel grendel with factory hornady black ammo to 420 yards on a whitetail deer so far and no issues. Mature Alberta doe quartering and went through 15" and exited and she died right where she stood. I wouldn't normally go that far but my son and I were doubling up on a couple does at the end of the season to fill the freezer and he took the first one at 355 and I grabbed the rifle to fill one more tag. My other son took a big buck at 300 yards the week before, it went 50 yards. At our elevation that bullet still has 1800 fps impact velocity at 420 yards from that 16" barrel...way more than enough for almost anything we can hunt if you do your part and put it into the middle of the ribs.
I've pushed a 16" barrel grendel with factory hornady black ammo to 420 yards on a whitetail deer so far and no issues. Mature Alberta doe quartering and went through 15" and exited and she died right where she stood. I wouldn't normally go that far but my son and I were doubling up on a couple does at the end of the season to fill the freezer and he took the first one at 355 and I grabbed the rifle to fill one more tag. My other son took a big buck at 300 yards the week before, it went 50 yards. At our elevation that bullet still has 1800 fps impact velocity at 420 yards from that 16" barrel...way more than enough for almost anything we can hunt if you do your part and put it into the middle of the ribs.