Thread: 6.5 grandel

I shoot a 6.5 Swede mate of mine also wanted one but instead brought a 6.5 grandel any thoughts

Is the grandel the same as grendel only a couple of generations older?

Should have got a 6.5 Grandma instead, the Grandal is a flawed concept.........

Power wise the Swede has the advantage, but within its limits the Grendel should work fine.

123gr at around 2400-2500 depending on barrel length. A bit behind the Swede but still very usable within its range limit.

Using the 123g factory loads effective range on deer?

Originally Posted by Sr5dan

Using the 123g factory loads effective range on deer?

Much further than a 223

250m is what I would use mine to.

Past that and its my Pooseventy country.

Originally Posted by Sr5dan

Using the 123g factory loads effective range on deer?

Much further than a 223

A customer was telling me today about shooting three Reds at 280+meters with a Grendel bolt action I built him a while ago with 125 SSTs, he really rates them, even taking it chasing Wapiti during the ballot

To be fair he is an exceptional shot, one of the best around in the competitions he competes in

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Much further than a 223

It's only a monster compared to the .223.

Compared to the 6.5x55 or even 260REM its not in the same class.

The place for the Grendel is if you must have a short action or want a light recoiling round for a light rifle.
If you use a long (20") barrel, you may as well devote half an inch of action to a 308 class case and you'll get a lot more knockdown power.
From a short barrel, you have terminal velocities down around 1800 fps at 200m so you need to be fussy what bullets you use.

So, it's a special purpose round like the .243, .22/250, 300BLK or at the other end the 300 WinMag and 7mmSTW.

Depends what he plans to hunt with it and whether he has got a big rifle as well.

Dogmatix has shown exactly what its place is.

About 7-8 years ago or thereabouts almost overnight this cartridge become really popular with my cuzzies in the central US. All of a sudden they were Grendelling this and Grendelling that and to be honest I didn’t have a clue what they were on about, had to look it up.

Remained pretty ignorant about it (couldn’t really see the point) until I visited last and had a go for myself. They have them in suppressed ARs and use them almost exclusively for head shooting feral hogs at night. Pop pop pop pop pop pop... Its very light recoiling and extremely accurate in a sorted AR rig. I don’t recall what bullets they were using. Far more knock down that a .223 and nowhere near as much drama as an AR-10. For a lightweight night time rig it was an excellent choice and I really really liked it.

I believe the one cuz now uses a 6.5 Grendel in a bolt rifle for close in whitetail deer stalking very successfully. Sub 100m kind of woods shooting, little-ish deer.

Just a few days ago in Taranaki we were using a tricked up AR15 for fallow and goats and I said I would prefer a Grendel over the .223 any day of the week. Cheap ammo would be a problem I would assume.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

About 7-8 years ago or thereabouts almost overnight this cartridge become really popular with my cuzzies in the central US. All of a sudden they were Grendelling this and Grendelling that and to be honest I didn’t have a clue what they were on about, had to look it up.

Remained pretty ignorant about it (couldn’t really see the point) until I visited last and had a go for myself. They have them in suppressed ARs and use them almost exclusively for head shooting feral hogs at night. Pop pop pop pop pop pop... Its very light recoiling and extremely accurate in a sorted AR rig. I don’t recall what bullets they were using. Far more knock down that a .223 and nowhere near as much drama as an AR-10. For a lightweight night time rig it was an excellent choice and I really really liked it.

I believe the one cuz now uses a 6.5 Grendel in a bolt rifle for close in whitetail deer stalking very successfully. Sub 100m kind of woods shooting, little-ish deer.

Just a few days ago in Taranaki we were using a tricked up AR15 for fallow and goats and I said I would prefer a Grendel over the .223 any day of the week. Cheap ammo would be a problem I would assume.

Flyblown, any advantage over a 7.62x39 for those uses?

Originally Posted by Sr5dan

I shoot a 6.5 Swede mate of mine also wanted one but instead brought a 6.5 grandel any thoughts

What rifle for the grandel/Grendel?

Unless you want a ar15 type set up, the 6.5 swede is the winner.

Originally Posted by Cordite

Flyblown, any advantage over a 7.62x39 for those uses?

Yes of course there is, the Grendel is All American star spangled specialness, and the 7.62x39 is a rubbish dirty commie round used by Democrats and homysexials.

I guarantee you that is what my cuz would say. Straight face and all.