Thread: 6.5 grendel load data

What Pommy said. ADI BM2 or IMR 8208 XBR. You should get 2800-2900 out of 20" with Speer 90gr TNT depending on accuracy node.

Yea I need to look at another pill as the shop has run out of the 90s

Originally Posted by kiwi-adam

@dogmatix just to open another can of worms, what are peoples views of using the 123gr ELD-M for hunting?

They kill stuff and make a mess. I was shooting them with quite low MV out of an AR and it was 50/50 killing goats whether they dropped on the spot or kept going. All shots taken from 200-600m. Only shot one deer with them and it ran quite far, even though it train wrecked the front end and exited.

Ive been getting wicked results with 120 eldm behind 8208 (29.5 grains) Half inch groups at 100 all day. Sporter barrel howa mini cut down to 18" with a dpt can. My labradar shit itself so no velocity data.

Also was getting even tighter groups with 95 vmax in front of the same powder.

Anyone tried the Barnes TTXS BT 120gr?
Noting that Barnes website has faster velocities using CFE 223 with this projectile.

The Factory Hornady Black 123gr ELD-M's have been working well, but only had opportunities at around the 100m mark, haven't had a chance to stretch it, on game yet.

Heart Shot a Goat, it swayed but didn't run, had another run out to see what happened, Neck shot that one, they both dropped in tandem. Couple of days later, dropped a Fellow Spiker with a High Shoulder / Spine shot.

Currently collecting all my Hornady Cases, and wanting to give the Barnes 120gr a go.

thought id add to this instead of starting a new thread. Ok i know you good people have pointed out the go to powders to use but ive seen people using win 748 in the grendel anyone tried or know if its worth a try with 85gr sierra hp as ive got some here i havnt used in anything else yet. Also as theres no data for it on the hodgen site how would one go about figuring out a starting load to work up from?

yea thats what I use but being curious and had some 748 i thought why not. loaded some up to try went with 30gr. got another question does anyone know where cfe223 sits in the scheme of things compared to adi powder?

what would its equivalent be in adi powder

thanks for that so it looks like cfe is a bit slower than w748. 748 might go ok then ill try it this weekend.

Originally Posted by northdude

thought id add to this instead of starting a new thread. Ok i know you good people have pointed out the go to powders to use but ive seen people using win 748 in the grendel anyone tried or know if its worth a try with 85gr sierra hp as ive got some here i havnt used in anything else yet. Also as theres no data for it on the hodgen site how would one go about figuring out a starting load to work up from?

ADI DATA

85 GR. Sierra Hollow Point AR2207 .264" 2.240" 24.5 grain 2674 fps 38500 psi 27.2 grain (C) 2919 fps 49500 psi
85 GR. Sierra Hollow Point AR2219 .264" 2.240" 27.0 grain 2625 fps 36600 psi 30.1 grain (C) 2927 fps 49400 psi

2207 shot extremely well in my Grendel

85 gn HP 1.810 to ogive , coal 2.224

Series 14 Shots: 3 85 GN Sieria hp
Min 2909 Max 2914
Avg 2912 S-D 2.6
ES 5

Series Shot Speed
14 1 2914 ft/s 27.2 gn AR2207
14 2 2909 ft/s 27.2 gn AR2207
14 3 2913 ft/s 27.2 gn AR2207

Looks good i didnt get out on the weekend as it was pretty windy and i do accuracy testing first and then chrony loads after that

Well 85gr sierra hp and win 748 appears to be accurate enough clean barrel took 5 shots to settle then shot a 5 shot group at 100m it was 10mm ctc. So accurate enough ill load up some more and chrony them..

went OK after settling down and sorting shooting position

Hey Guys,

Got my hands on some Sierra 85gr HP's, does anyone have a starting point for these with BM2?

Cheers,

Adam