Grendel as a Universal Infantry Cartridge

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We already know the potential of the round from the current commercial loadings. That gives us enough info for its use as a Universal Infantry Cartridge.

I must disagree. With the notable exception of the US, NATO armies use FMJ ammo. Current commercial loadings have match or hunting bullets, not FMJ. Also, the bullet weights and BCs are, in most cases, significantly greater than can be expected of a 6.5mm ball projectile. As a result, they are useless for "apples vs apples" testing vs 5.56 and 7.62 ball ammo.

If indeed the Wolf ammo will arrive in the next year...I think that we should not gripe too much about non-optimal performance. If indeed its accuracy is in the 2-3 MOA range, it is going plenty fast for the distances in which it will be used. By that, I mean a 2-3 MOA round is would not be the first choice for high precision 600+ yard shooting anyway.

Of course it wouldn't. But, that's also true of 5.56 M855 and 7.62 M80. My question is, is the reported 2.4 MOA accuracy of the Wolf FMJ comparable to that of M855 and M80, or is it significantly worse?

The velocity of the supplied samples is lower than some (more expensive) commercial loadings. This simply means that there is plenty of potential left for a "New Improved" loading from Wolf.

That isn't the conclusion I reach from Bill's recent posts:

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...#post96000
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...#post96143

If all design and performance aspects of the current load have been balanced and optimized for use in self-loading rifles, it's hard to see how it could be improved.