05-08-2011, 12:45 PM
noone Wrote:Although going to population centers would seem to make more sense, there is another thought. Mr. Alexander probably has records showing where his products are selling well, and poorly. Going to areas where the Grendels sell well is much like preaching to the choir. It might make more sense for Mr. Alexander to show his products in areas where the Grendels are NOT selling so well.
If people started showing up with Grendel rifles at various matches in those areas, the rifle's performance would certainly get noticed.
When other shooters saw how well my Grendel shot at precision rifle matches, they asked about the rifle/cartridge. They didn't know I was using a Grendel, and wondered how I got such performance out of an AR15. That gave me the opportunity to tell them about the Grendel. Most shooters had heard about the Grendel, but until a few of us started actually showing up at matches with them, no one had actually seen one before.
Noone:
It is not a good choice for NRA High Power or F Class if your intent is to win the match. Mostly because of its anemic velocities but also because frankly -- there are many other cartridges more consistently precise that can be shot from an AR-15.
And it hasn't seemed to be the cartridge of choice for formal action shooting sports which at first surprised me but after the third or forth bolt lug shearing and continual problems with CP magazines, it is no longer a surprise. You can make MPF but your bolt won't last long and I guarantee you at least two failures to feed / function per 300 rounds fired, which is unacceptable if you are a competitive shooter. No matter how fast you are, it is still unacceptable and your chances of losing a match go way up if you have one malfunction during a match of these sorts.
The reason why it isn't popular at formal precision shooting events is because guys have shown up with them and the other shooters have seen the results. True competitive shooting means you maximize your tools for success. Shooting a Grendel at 300 or 600 in winds is not maximizing your chances of success.
LR1955