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Is the 6.5 Grendel a True Long Range Hunting Cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="olsingleshot" data-source="post: 1270378" data-attributes="member: 6862"><p>Well you are partially correct. The Grendel hold 36.2 water and the 6.8 holds 36.8 water and can use 5.56 mags. However if you judge the cartridges with the same or close bullet weights like the SST, the velocity out of 16" barrels favors the 6.8 by 100fps but with a lighter bullet. You can verify this on the Hornady site, 400-500fps is a tremendous exaggeration. I think both are far closer ballistically under 400 yards than you may think. At long distance the 25% better BC in the 6.5 SST kick in. Admittedly I do not have extensive reloading experience with either round but I do have the resources to get a good idea of what they can do. The 6.8 is a tremendous round for hogs. Thank you for your imput.</p><p></p><p>Case capacities verified on ammoguide.com</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="olsingleshot, post: 1270378, member: 6862"] Well you are partially correct. The Grendel hold 36.2 water and the 6.8 holds 36.8 water and can use 5.56 mags. However if you judge the cartridges with the same or close bullet weights like the SST, the velocity out of 16" barrels favors the 6.8 by 100fps but with a lighter bullet. You can verify this on the Hornady site, 400-500fps is a tremendous exaggeration. I think both are far closer ballistically under 400 yards than you may think. At long distance the 25% better BC in the 6.5 SST kick in. Admittedly I do not have extensive reloading experience with either round but I do have the resources to get a good idea of what they can do. The 6.8 is a tremendous round for hogs. Thank you for your imput. Case capacities verified on ammoguide.com [/QUOTE]
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