03-25-2014, 07:22 PM
I'm back and forth on this... I think there are some good barrels being made in variant chamberings. In this case the moniker: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" comes to mind. Whatever their reasons, some have made it work and work well.
My concern has been this idea lately that the Grendel cartridge isn't quite hot enough so lets make longer throats so we can have longer bullets so we can have more powder capacity, ad naseum... MY OPINION MY OPINION MY OPINION is that this comes from a misunderstanding of what makes the Grendel so great: BCs The Grendel has delivered everything that drew me to it... maintained velocity over an extended range with fantastic wind fighting capability. For me this means I can take the 300 yard shot and know what my bullet is going to do when it hits a given animal. Muzzle velocity isn't the only number to look at when forming opinions on ballistics.
We shall see eventually how all this shakes out... My hope is that barrel makers will clearly label/market their chambering as what it is and as people get into the Grendel game they will be able to make an informed decision about what they are looking for.
P.S.-- When I was getting into the grendel many on this forum had me scared to death to get anything but "grendel" (which I did BUT it happened to be an EXTREMELY short throated Liberty barrel that has since been reamed correctly). One of the recent things that has made me feel better about all of this is bwaites thread about his new BHW barreled build... from all accounts BHW makes a quality barrel that, while it may not shoot every bullet in any weight, shoots some things really well.
My concern has been this idea lately that the Grendel cartridge isn't quite hot enough so lets make longer throats so we can have longer bullets so we can have more powder capacity, ad naseum... MY OPINION MY OPINION MY OPINION is that this comes from a misunderstanding of what makes the Grendel so great: BCs The Grendel has delivered everything that drew me to it... maintained velocity over an extended range with fantastic wind fighting capability. For me this means I can take the 300 yard shot and know what my bullet is going to do when it hits a given animal. Muzzle velocity isn't the only number to look at when forming opinions on ballistics.
We shall see eventually how all this shakes out... My hope is that barrel makers will clearly label/market their chambering as what it is and as people get into the Grendel game they will be able to make an informed decision about what they are looking for.
P.S.-- When I was getting into the grendel many on this forum had me scared to death to get anything but "grendel" (which I did BUT it happened to be an EXTREMELY short throated Liberty barrel that has since been reamed correctly). One of the recent things that has made me feel better about all of this is bwaites thread about his new BHW barreled build... from all accounts BHW makes a quality barrel that, while it may not shoot every bullet in any weight, shoots some things really well.