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AR15/10 Rifles
6.5 Grendel Reloaders????
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1446174" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>Same here with the rain and does not look like it is going to let up until maybe next week. I have some different stuff loaded up to test. </p><p>In a specific 6.5 Grendel manual I have the max load with a Hornady 123 A-Max with CFE-223 goes up to 31.8 grs. Theses loads are for AR platform. We have to be careful with some of the loads people post on the net because some are using them in bolt rifles and they are WAY TOO HOT for ARs. It also is, and many concur on, the Grendel in ARs do not exhibit what would be called "normal" pressure signs until you are way over pressure for an AR. Sane load work up is done with a chrno watching for velocity which is normal with printed tested data and stopping when you reach that velocity area. It is like others have said, "If you want more velocity than what is normal with a Grendel then you need to step up to a 6.5 Creedmoor." Speaking of data, it seems to be all over the place depending on the source. Hodgdon 2011 annual manual list with 123 Sierra MK a max load with IMR 8208 is 28.5 grs. Sierra's data with the same bullet Max is 27.4 grs IMR 8208. Then there is Speer's data with the 120 gr Gold Dot which list a MAX load with IMR 8208 is 25.4 grs. This is lower than most data START loads. I got 150 of the 120 Gold Dots from Midway last week when they got them in because I think this will be a really good bullet for deer out of the Grendel but I am scratching my head over where to start. I want to use IMR 8208 because I have a few pounds of it and it shoots so good with 120 Sierra Pro Hunters in both of my Grendels. I use 28.5 grs IMR 8208 with a Hornady case CCI 450 in one rifle and CCI-br4 in the other, COAL 2.250 with a medium Lee Factor Crimp. MOA in one rifle and 1/2 MOA in the other and runs mid 2540s in 18" and 2560s in 20".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1446174, member: 10178"] Same here with the rain and does not look like it is going to let up until maybe next week. I have some different stuff loaded up to test. In a specific 6.5 Grendel manual I have the max load with a Hornady 123 A-Max with CFE-223 goes up to 31.8 grs. Theses loads are for AR platform. We have to be careful with some of the loads people post on the net because some are using them in bolt rifles and they are WAY TOO HOT for ARs. It also is, and many concur on, the Grendel in ARs do not exhibit what would be called "normal" pressure signs until you are way over pressure for an AR. Sane load work up is done with a chrno watching for velocity which is normal with printed tested data and stopping when you reach that velocity area. It is like others have said, "If you want more velocity than what is normal with a Grendel then you need to step up to a 6.5 Creedmoor." Speaking of data, it seems to be all over the place depending on the source. Hodgdon 2011 annual manual list with 123 Sierra MK a max load with IMR 8208 is 28.5 grs. Sierra's data with the same bullet Max is 27.4 grs IMR 8208. Then there is Speer's data with the 120 gr Gold Dot which list a MAX load with IMR 8208 is 25.4 grs. This is lower than most data START loads. I got 150 of the 120 Gold Dots from Midway last week when they got them in because I think this will be a really good bullet for deer out of the Grendel but I am scratching my head over where to start. I want to use IMR 8208 because I have a few pounds of it and it shoots so good with 120 Sierra Pro Hunters in both of my Grendels. I use 28.5 grs IMR 8208 with a Hornady case CCI 450 in one rifle and CCI-br4 in the other, COAL 2.250 with a medium Lee Factor Crimp. MOA in one rifle and 1/2 MOA in the other and runs mid 2540s in 18" and 2560s in 20". [/QUOTE]
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