Interesting Article on Hunting with 6.5 Grendel and Barnes 115gr VOR-TX

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82 Hogs, 6.5 Grendel and Barnes VOR-TX

It’s no secret, one of my favorite hog hunting calibers is the 6.5 Grendel. Others use it for deer, sheep, and many more targets, but this day I find myself back at the farm along with fellow SHWAT™ Pro Staffer, Casey Jones, and Remington PR Manager, Eric Suarez. This hunt is a little different because I am easily the worst shooter here (Eric is a retired Marine). That’s actually a good thing, and Eric is our first industry guest at the “SHWAT Proving Grounds.” He already knows how much I love slaying feral swine with 6.5 Grendel so he shows up with the brand new Barnes Bullets VOR-TX Grendel loaded ammo for live media testing (aka, shooting wild hogs).

Barnes Bullets 6.5 Grendel for Hog Hunting
Historically, Barnes ammo performs very well. I’m now eager to see how their new Grendel loaded ammo performs. The projectile is the 115 grain TTSX BT. It’s a 100% copper body with a polymer tip.
For this hunt, I am running my Alexander Arms 6.5 Grendel rifle, an AAC SDN-6 suppressor, and my Pulsar Trail XP50 LRF. While this is my tried and true hunting setup, I recently added a Surefire M600DF light and an M-LOK offset mount from Arisaka. I may or may not tell you the story some other time about how my close encounter in a pasture told me it was time to add a light to my weapon.