Thread: 6.5 grendel

I like the idea of a smaller lighter bolt action hunting rifle than the .308 class.

For all those people who say they use a .223 to shoot deer, surely they would be better off with a grendel ? It must have a potentially good sized market in NZ.

I would be interested to see how many people in NZ actually use the caliber for hunting in either a semi-auto or bolt action format

Here's my 6.5 Grendel Aero/Alex Arms/Spikes upper build on a Schmeisser E-Cat lower.

Originally Posted by keenbloke

I would be interested to see how many people in NZ actually use the caliber for hunting in either a semi-auto or bolt action format

I know a chap who has both a semi auto and bolt action hunting rifle in 6.5 Grendel. he manages ok with them

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Here's my 6.5 Grendel Aero/Alex Arms/Spikes upper build on a Schmeisser E-Cat lower.

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One day hahaha

Originally Posted by Mathias

6.5G will ring a ding at 500 but I wouldn't try to shoot an animal with it at that distance. 120gr doing 2400fps is really just a bush / close range load.

Yep I've done reduced recoil youth loads for my 260, and I wouldn't like to push them on a deer much beyond 200 yards.

Originally Posted by GWH

Yep I've done reduced recoil youth loads for my 260, and I wouldn't like to push them on a deer much beyond 200 yards.

Took my zero stop out last night for a laugh, 4th round hit at 1060 on 10" gong with an almighty 560ft-lbs of energy I would limit my 260 with full power loads to 5-600. First shot last night cold bore 565 smoked it

Originally Posted by Gibo

Took my zero stop out last night for a laugh, 4th round hit at 1060 on 10" gong with an almighty 560ft-lbs of energy I would limit my 260 with full power loads to 5-600. First shot last night cold bore 565 smoked it

Nice bro

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I’ve got a howa mini 6.5 grendel its bloody good
Ive set mine up as a varmint goat and fallow deer gun
Have a 260rem for bigger stuff
So im currently running
32.3gn cfe223 100gn sierra hollow point varmint
In lapua brass with a cci br4 to set things in motion
That’s a pretty light load I have had upto 34gn of cfe223 in it with the same bullet with no troubles and still a 0.5 inch group at 100
But she’s bloody accurate at that lighter load shoots arround 0.3 inch at 100 if in on song which sadly isn’t all the time

That sounds awesome

that was out the box with the 32.3gn load before having an upgrade to optics and a trigger job
20 inch barrel with dpt can
0.334 Center to Center

Is it the varmint barrel or the normal barrel on your rifle? Stainless ?

Bog standard blued one of the 1st landed in nz
I pre ordered it
now has a Nikon monarch 3 4-16x50 on top

glad to see the howa mini actions can shoot. i'd be well happy with that grouping @rambo-6mmrem

How do you find the feed in that mini action ?
Have you tried out what's maximum OAL for the magazine ?

What did you get done to the trigger ?
How good was it from factory ?