03-17-2011, 05:26 PM
Congrats on your new rifle and I have a similar set up. I bought a 16 inch upper and just bought a 3X9X40 mil dot Mark AR Leupold scope but looked very hard at the Trijicon 3X9X40 Mil dot with amber dot. I haven't got to do much hunting with my rig yet but I've loaded several different bullets so far. The barrel I bought has a 1 in 9 twist and seems very accurate with about everything but Wolf soft points. The problem with heavy bullets in the 6.5 G is the longer and heavier the bullet the more room is taken away from case capacity. The 120 to 123 grain seem to be the sweet spot as far as accuracy and range in the 6.5 Grendel. The factory Hornady 123 A-Max shoot great from my rifle and I hope to chronograph my loads in the next couple of weeks. I have some ammo loaded by Black Hills which is loaded with 123 Sierra Match Kings, I also bought some Wolf 120 MPT. I've seen where AR precision sells 6.5 Grendel ammo but I don't remember what bullets they sell in their ammo. I personally have loaded Nosler 100 grain Ballistic tips, 120 grain Sierra Pro hunters, 100 grain Sierra Varmint, 123 SMK's, 95 grain V-Max. I bought some 100 grain Barnes triple shock, 120 grain Nolser BT hunting, 125 grain Nosler partitions and 123 grain A-Max but need to get more brass so I can get them loaded. As you can tell I've caught the 6.5 Grendel bug.