07-22-2014, 12:00 AM
I have a .260 and a 6.5 Creedmoor and a 6.5X55, they perform marginally better than my Grendel, but If I am purposefully going to shoot long range, I take my 6.5 STW which launches a 140 grain Berger Hunting VLD at 3350 fps. For the majority of situations I'll take my 6.5 Grendel just because it is handier and most shots are not 600 yards or more, they are 300 yards or less. Even Antelope in the wide open plains are shot at less than 300 yards 90+% of the time.
I've been concentrating on hunting in Europe lately and my AR's aren't welcome in most places. I wind up taking my Blaser R8 with a 6.5X55 and a 9.3X62 barrel with me mostly. Seems like I always have the wrong one on the gun. Here is a little Roe Buck I shot with the 9.3X62 using a 286 grain RWS TUG bullet. It killed him and didn't destroy much meat. My 6.5 Grendel would have killed him and not destroyed much meat either. The shot was only 117 meters and there, they think that is a long shot. Most game is taken well within 100 meters and in some places it's illegal to take a shot more than 200 meters.
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I've been concentrating on hunting in Europe lately and my AR's aren't welcome in most places. I wind up taking my Blaser R8 with a 6.5X55 and a 9.3X62 barrel with me mostly. Seems like I always have the wrong one on the gun. Here is a little Roe Buck I shot with the 9.3X62 using a 286 grain RWS TUG bullet. It killed him and didn't destroy much meat. My 6.5 Grendel would have killed him and not destroyed much meat either. The shot was only 117 meters and there, they think that is a long shot. Most game is taken well within 100 meters and in some places it's illegal to take a shot more than 200 meters.