02-21-2014, 12:12 AM
The appeal to manufacturers is in the Grendel's lower pressures, SAAMI standardization, and larger margins in Factors Of Safety.
The performance speaks for itself once you look past mv, but I don't see the mv's as slow by any means. You can always go faster with more pressure, but at what costs.
If you push the pressures high, then you lose the Grendel throat right off the bat, and the accuracy life. Some guys with competition guns specifically built for one bullet shape don't have a problem with this, and it can be mitigated with melonited barrels, but for the average consumer who bought one for hunting, they would like some options in bullet selection, whether they are hunting large varmints like coyotes, taking down hogs with solids, putting some doe or buck meat in the freezer, or going after that larger game animal.
I used to be in the same boat asking for more and more mv, until I saw what the off-the-shelf cartridge does, even from short barrels. I no longer have any desire to hot-rod the Grendel, especially after seeing what CFE does for me under the 123gr.
The performance speaks for itself once you look past mv, but I don't see the mv's as slow by any means. You can always go faster with more pressure, but at what costs.
If you push the pressures high, then you lose the Grendel throat right off the bat, and the accuracy life. Some guys with competition guns specifically built for one bullet shape don't have a problem with this, and it can be mitigated with melonited barrels, but for the average consumer who bought one for hunting, they would like some options in bullet selection, whether they are hunting large varmints like coyotes, taking down hogs with solids, putting some doe or buck meat in the freezer, or going after that larger game animal.
I used to be in the same boat asking for more and more mv, until I saw what the off-the-shelf cartridge does, even from short barrels. I no longer have any desire to hot-rod the Grendel, especially after seeing what CFE does for me under the 123gr.