Posts: 2,098
Threads: 42
Joined: Feb 2015
01-06-2024, 03:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-06-2024, 04:03 PM by kmon.)
The little CZ Grendel keeps getting it done with Nosler ABLR bullets. This one stuck his dead out in the open then turned back in the thicket. A few grunts and he came through brush got a clear high shoulder shot at 40 yards through a 5 inch oy so hole without twigs so dropped him there. No bullet recovery, through both shoulders, clipped bottom of back entrance 3/4 inch, exit twice that. Love no tracking.
Posts: 8,507
Threads: 241
Joined: Sep 2014
Excellent! I didnt know you had a fluted barrel. Thats a handsome-looking fire stick.
Congrats on another buck down. Beautiful!
NRA Basic, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, RSO
CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com
Posts: 1,105
Threads: 8
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,098
Threads: 42
Joined: Feb 2015
LRRPF52 Wrote:Excellent! I didnt know you had a fluted barrel. Thats a handsome-looking fire stick.
Congrats on another buck down. Beautiful!
Looking at building a Bolt Action Grendel search is what lead me to this site. Built this one up the year before Howa and CZ finally got off their butts and started chambering for the Grendel. 22 inch Obermeyer 1:8.4 twist barrel, turned down to fit stock after milling out the barrel channel to get rid of the notches for the rear sight on their 7.62X39 carbine, pilar and glass bedded the action. As it sits there 7.2 lbs and best balanced rifle I own. With what it really likes load wise she shoots half MOA.
Posts: 129
Threads: 15
Joined: Aug 2022
kmon, how much meat did you lose with that shot placement? I am thinking about where I want to make shot in the future and there is a lot to be said for the high shoulder.
Posts: 2,098
Threads: 42
Joined: Feb 2015
Depends on exact placement. But guessing 3 or 4lbs average loss. Least loss is head shot, next just through ribs in and out. I do high shoulfer when i want it to drop right there. Some places recovery could be an issue i choose it.
Posts: 129
Threads: 15
Joined: Aug 2022
kmon Wrote:Depends on exact placement. But guessing 3 or 4lbs average loss. Least loss is head shot, next just through ribs in and out. I do high shoulfer when i want it to drop right there. Some places recovery could be an issue i choose it.
Yeah. I generally haven't had to worry about recovery in the past, but I may be looking at a few spots where a drop on the spot would be important.
Posts: 641
Threads: 35
Joined: Dec 2017
Congrats, rifle looks amazing, makes me regret selling my cz a little now.
Posts: 12
Threads: 2
Joined: Nov 2023
Beautiful buck and rifle. Congratulations.
Frank
Posts: 12
Threads: 2
Joined: Nov 2023
What bullet/load did you use?
Posts: 2,098
Threads: 42
Joined: Feb 2015
Nosler Accubond Long Range. It works great close or far.
Posts: 333
Threads: 29
Joined: Mar 2011
Congrats kmon! Beautiful buck and rifle. That shot placement will anchor them for sure.
Posts: 361
Threads: 90
Joined: Feb 2019
Nice rifle and buck, congrats.
When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Posts: 89
Threads: 2
Joined: Dec 2022
Nice buck. That is a sweet rig you have there.
What overall COAL can you set with that barrel?
Posts: 2,098
Threads: 42
Joined: Feb 2015
2.285 is the longest I can load and it function in the mag and function reliably. Depending on the bullet profile that could be in the lands of the compound throat. I could do a mag modification and get a little more COAL but happy with that and results I get now. If I want higher velocities from a 6.5 there is a 6.554, 6.5-284 and 264 Win Mag in the safe.
Posts: 89
Threads: 2
Joined: Dec 2022
kmon Wrote:2.285 is the longest I can load and it function in the mag and function reliably. Depending on the bullet profile that could be in the lands of the compound throat. I could do a mag modification and get a little more COAL but happy with that and results I get now. If I want higher velocities from a 6.5 there is a 6.554, 6.5-284 and 264 Win Mag in the safe.
Thanks for the update.
Posts: 87
Threads: 8
Joined: Jan 2016
Congratulations on the buck and the shot placement. The little CZ and 129 gr. ABLR are truly a deadly combination.
Posts: 98
Threads: 2
Joined: Nov 2019
Congrats, great deer and sweet rifle
Posts: 212
Threads: 17
Joined: May 2014
Good one! That one come from over here ?
Posts: 1,348
Threads: 98
Joined: Jun 2019