06-26-2013, 09:18 PM
Whilst we are enjoying sub-zero temperatures, with daytime highs of around 10 to 12 Deg C we don't see snow around here most years. You really need to go higher into the mountains to get the kind of cold that holds snow.
I have high hopes for this incarnation of the Grendel, problem is I've been hanging on these three builds for a while now so I'm a bit like a kid in a candy shop, although I still have two builds to go before I'm finished this year (6mmBR on a Pierce Ti and a 338/06 on my fathers Model 70 Featherweight). I've rolled 10 rounds for each rifle to burn in the barrels, although I suspect the 6.5/06 will take more as it's a PacNor 1:8 Polygonal rifled barrel - apparently they take a little more to get them to stop fouling as they cannot be hand lapped before leaving the factory.
Sneaky, on a Ruger No.1 there was no reason to go with the 6.5-284 - the 6.5/06 will feed better. I've got 100 Nickel 270 cases that have been trimmed and formed to suit the 6.5/06 and with a little luck the 450 Hornady 129gn SSTs I have will shoot well out of the barrel. I've been reading some interesting things about the 6.5 SAUM, very interesting things.
As for hunting weather - I really only hunt in the autumn to spring timeframe. Hunting in summer is triple danger - heat exhaustion from 30 something temperatures, increased risk of bushfires, and a real chance of stepping on one of the top ten most venomous snakes on the planet. My hunting areas have browns, tigers, king browns and red bellied blacks in abundance, even with gaiters it's not a pleasant experience when you step on one in the thick grass. They get a little pissed off and try to bite you. I have had one of my trouser legs wringing wet from brown snake venom when I had a misunderstanding with a brown snake during a summer exercise with the Army.
As the RSM said - "Action on snakebite. Snakes are a protected species and if you bite one I'll charge you. They can bite you as many times as they want, you're not a protected species." Cunny funt he was.
I have high hopes for this incarnation of the Grendel, problem is I've been hanging on these three builds for a while now so I'm a bit like a kid in a candy shop, although I still have two builds to go before I'm finished this year (6mmBR on a Pierce Ti and a 338/06 on my fathers Model 70 Featherweight). I've rolled 10 rounds for each rifle to burn in the barrels, although I suspect the 6.5/06 will take more as it's a PacNor 1:8 Polygonal rifled barrel - apparently they take a little more to get them to stop fouling as they cannot be hand lapped before leaving the factory.
Sneaky, on a Ruger No.1 there was no reason to go with the 6.5-284 - the 6.5/06 will feed better. I've got 100 Nickel 270 cases that have been trimmed and formed to suit the 6.5/06 and with a little luck the 450 Hornady 129gn SSTs I have will shoot well out of the barrel. I've been reading some interesting things about the 6.5 SAUM, very interesting things.
As for hunting weather - I really only hunt in the autumn to spring timeframe. Hunting in summer is triple danger - heat exhaustion from 30 something temperatures, increased risk of bushfires, and a real chance of stepping on one of the top ten most venomous snakes on the planet. My hunting areas have browns, tigers, king browns and red bellied blacks in abundance, even with gaiters it's not a pleasant experience when you step on one in the thick grass. They get a little pissed off and try to bite you. I have had one of my trouser legs wringing wet from brown snake venom when I had a misunderstanding with a brown snake during a summer exercise with the Army.
As the RSM said - "Action on snakebite. Snakes are a protected species and if you bite one I'll charge you. They can bite you as many times as they want, you're not a protected species." Cunny funt he was.