07-17-2011, 09:55 AM
Hello and welcome,
I also have a 16" Grendel and currently have a 1-4 GRSC scope on it. For the Grendel a 1-4x is a little light on the scope department, especially if you want to shoot for accuracy or distance. For a simple, practical scope that favors more on light weight and 100-300m utility, the 1-4x optics are great. If most of your shooting will be at a flat range where you really want to wring out the most accuracy and distance from the Grendel platform, I recommend more magnification like 8-10x on the top end, with a fine cross hair in the center.
600-700m will be the maximum effective range of a 16" Grendel on man-size targets, and I would confidently hunt with it out to 400 with the right load and optic. My plans are to get another Vortex 2.5-10x44 Viper PST for the 16" Grendel and use the 1-4x GRSC on one of my 5.56 AR's.
Your optics selection will be totally-driven by what you intend to use your carbine for. Identify that, and then decisions will fall into place very quickly.
LRRPF52
I also have a 16" Grendel and currently have a 1-4 GRSC scope on it. For the Grendel a 1-4x is a little light on the scope department, especially if you want to shoot for accuracy or distance. For a simple, practical scope that favors more on light weight and 100-300m utility, the 1-4x optics are great. If most of your shooting will be at a flat range where you really want to wring out the most accuracy and distance from the Grendel platform, I recommend more magnification like 8-10x on the top end, with a fine cross hair in the center.
600-700m will be the maximum effective range of a 16" Grendel on man-size targets, and I would confidently hunt with it out to 400 with the right load and optic. My plans are to get another Vortex 2.5-10x44 Viper PST for the 16" Grendel and use the 1-4x GRSC on one of my 5.56 AR's.
Your optics selection will be totally-driven by what you intend to use your carbine for. Identify that, and then decisions will fall into place very quickly.
LRRPF52