11-01-2012, 05:22 AM
Quote:Interesting. I'm wondering about how accurate those BC's are. Berger lists their 7mm 180 Hybrid at .674, and the 175 above is shown at .672. That's an incredible BC for a hunting bullet!
That's what I noticed as well. Those BC's are way high. Look at the one for the 150gr .270...or even 150gr 7mm. I wonder how long the 129gr 6.5mm is. There seems to be a growing trend with the main hunting bullet makers to introduce long-range pills with reduced expansion thresholds. Barnes has the LRX, a 127gr for the 6.5mm bore, which is quite long for the Grendel. Hornady has the 120gr GMX.
I'm not complaining about projectile availability with the Grendel though, especially after having to try to track them all down. The truth is, we are quite spoiled. I doubt any member here will be able to find enough weekends or days in retirement to test all the different 6.5mm pills in the Grendel.