6.5 Grendel on it's own merits

[Stinky Coyote]

I came to the Grendel for most of the reasons quoted by OP.

I’ve been shooting 5 different rifles each of which are proven Elk killing machines. 4 of them kill on both ends equally well. None are exactly fun range toys. They are the 3’ pipe wrenches of the rifle world. Nothing better when that’s what is called for.

I just don’t need that much overkill, I need enough gun, just enough. It does what the 257 Roberts was doing decades ago, but more efficiently and in a smaller package.

+2

and same with the .243 win 100gr partition combo, know an older fella with 8 rams on the wall who migrated to that combo early in his hunting career and killed everything with it 0-300 yards, not just rams, have read of multiple other old timers who were deadly on everything with .243's and that bullet combo, but agree the 6.5 Grendel is the 21st century interpretation of the 20th century .243/.257 bob options, bullet choice is more critical when playing on the niche end of the horsepower spectrums, that goes for all 3, heavy for cal with ability to open up while still keep enough attached to drive deep enough, they work better than expected with zero fat