12-06-2013, 03:34 AM
There was a huge outcry and HS did some ambiguous hemming and hawing. The next year the Horiuchi endorsement did not appear in the HS catalog.
Years back I met Randy and his surviving family at SOF. I'd use a soup ladle to whittle a stock out of saltwater driftwood before I'd give a cent to HS.
Agree 100%. Closely parallel logic applies to the E. Arthur Brown Co. that chambers their falling block action for obscurities, but snubs the 6.5 Grendel.
Years back I met Randy and his surviving family at SOF. I'd use a soup ladle to whittle a stock out of saltwater driftwood before I'd give a cent to HS.
LRRPF52 Wrote:I approached CZ at their booth at SHOT, and they seemed very negative towards the 6.5 Grendel, while mentioning plans to do a 6.8 SPC instead. I looked at them like they had caught the plague.
* European...check
* Top firearms name in history for design and production....check
* Already have a micro action with a 7.62x39 bolt head.....check
* Brass made in at least 2 of the biggest names in ammunition in Europe....check
* Same brass & ammp plus Hornady available in the US even more.....check
* Grendel has one SAAMI spec....check
Let's do another caliber, with less performance capability, in a non-Euro bore diameter, with a different bolt head spec, that has two different chamber specs, the first being a major SNAFU with SAAMI. Makes sense, right? All the while, our customers are asking for a 6.5 Grendel micro-action that has one standard SAAMI spec, that would make a great all-round lightweight hunting rifle.
I can't tell them how to run their business. If the rifle and cartridge are not worth it, why did they ever chamber in 7.62x39? .222 Remington?
Does it make better business sense to make a .221 Fireball, a .223 Rem, a .222 Rem, and a 7.62x39, but not a Grendel?
Agree 100%. Closely parallel logic applies to the E. Arthur Brown Co. that chambers their falling block action for obscurities, but snubs the 6.5 Grendel.