08-06-2011, 12:44 AM
No! Hornady did not make ammunition that would not work and no they did not change the specifications. Hornady ammunition has always been made to print but certain people took it upon themselves to vilify AA when the ammunition would not work in certain clone chambers. It always functioned in Grendel chambers. I find it interesting that AA was blamed for the problems despite the fact that we did not have knowledge of the geometry of the clones, so how could we work to make it not fit.
The Grendel chamber has a compound throat which in the rear section mimics the 6.5x55 and then runs into a standard 1 1/2 degree. The barrel quoted was inspected and the chamber was indeed correct. The customer in question did not like this and wanted the chamber modified to "his specifications" at our expense. We declined to undertake this and the detrimental postings were the result.
To answer the final observation it is always possible to stick a bullet in a barrel throat (any cartridge). We provide specific loading instructions which cite specific loads and the OAL is given. This does not excuse the reloader from using caution anymore than the maximum load can be taken as the first load to use. Substitution of components, run out and batch to batch variations may require the given figures to be changed to suit.
The tighter throat does not actually improve the accuracy of this cartridge in the specified chamber. We tested a lot of chamber set ups and spend a lots of cash finding out what works. One day I need to post a picture of what an $11,000 reamer windchime looks like. and that is just the stuff we did not trash. The tighter neck is detrimental to function because it is not matched to the case drawing.
The Grendel chamber has a compound throat which in the rear section mimics the 6.5x55 and then runs into a standard 1 1/2 degree. The barrel quoted was inspected and the chamber was indeed correct. The customer in question did not like this and wanted the chamber modified to "his specifications" at our expense. We declined to undertake this and the detrimental postings were the result.
To answer the final observation it is always possible to stick a bullet in a barrel throat (any cartridge). We provide specific loading instructions which cite specific loads and the OAL is given. This does not excuse the reloader from using caution anymore than the maximum load can be taken as the first load to use. Substitution of components, run out and batch to batch variations may require the given figures to be changed to suit.
The tighter throat does not actually improve the accuracy of this cartridge in the specified chamber. We tested a lot of chamber set ups and spend a lots of cash finding out what works. One day I need to post a picture of what an $11,000 reamer windchime looks like. and that is just the stuff we did not trash. The tighter neck is detrimental to function because it is not matched to the case drawing.