6.5 Grendel Ammunition

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07-05-2013, 10:00 PM
gimp

6.5 Grendel Ammunition

I want some. Hornady/Lapua is too expensive to shoot through an AR when hunting and potentially lose the brass ($218/100 for empty Lapua brass). Prvi Partizan make an affordable reloadable brass cased alternative, which costs around 50 cents per round in bulk in the US (sold there under the Wolf Gold brand).

Cameron Sports are the NZ importer of PPU and don't stock it, and won't order less than 10,000 rounds for a special order on their regular shipment for some reason.

Anyone interested in trying to get an order of 10k together?
07-05-2013, 10:16 PM
veitnamcam

I thought you would have just ordered 20k or so.:D

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07-05-2013, 10:21 PM
Spanners

All going according Gimp- you know I'll be in
07-05-2013, 10:27 PM
gimp

Quote:

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I thought you would have just ordered 20k or so.:D

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Thought about it, probably $afortune per round though even though its pretty cheap elsewhere
07-05-2013, 10:28 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by Spanners

All going according Gimp- you know I'll be in

Get a bulk load of PPU brass and load some up...
07-05-2013, 10:29 PM
Spanners

Get PPU to reply ....
07-05-2013, 10:36 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by Spanners

Get PPU to reply ....

Imported by Cameron Sports, who are useless and only deal with local retailers, none of whom seem very keen to help, which makes me question what the fuck they're for.
07-05-2013, 10:37 PM
gimp

Contact Wolf in the US? Get in a heap through them?
07-05-2013, 10:38 PM
Spanners

Put on the list
07-05-2013, 10:40 PM
gimp

I can get the empty PPU brass for 45£ per 100 cases from the UK but plus shipping = $hornady
07-05-2013, 10:58 PM
Beavis

Form it out of x39?
07-05-2013, 11:04 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by Beavis

Form it out of x39?

It's on my 'possible' list. Can get hydro forming dies. Can't think of a real cheap way to get x39 brass though and I hate forming shit. Would defeat the point if getting the Grendel: all factory stuff.
08-05-2013, 10:16 AM
Clint Ruin

Minor correction . PPU set the minimum quantity limits not Cam sports .

Generally Cams are good to deal with .They just cant see themselves selling 10k of that calibre I guess.
08-05-2013, 07:54 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by Clint Ruin

Minor correction . PPU set the minimum quantity limits not Cam sports .

Generally Cams are good to deal with .They just cant see themselves selling 10k of that calibre I guess.

Ah, the way I got it was that it was Camerons, either way, I can't get it unless I can scrape together enough people for a 10k order

No-one will buy a 6.5G gun if the ammo isn't available, no-one will buy the ammo if they don't buy a gun. I hate living in a small market.
08-05-2013, 08:31 PM
Cyclist

Why do you "need" hydro dies? 100 extra rounds down the barrel aint gonna rip your tits?

Worst case scenario ask someone nicely to run a reamer into a rooted barrel and make a "forum" fireforming barrel?
08-05-2013, 10:12 PM
Clint Ruin

Brownings now have a 25 gun min order of any one cal. Not set by the NZ importer set by Browning same thing for Winchester . Big company's are often not that keen on little orders they deal in box lots only.

Other makers are better for that so Nz importers can bring in a good range and do their best to cover the range but with sometimes big ranges they cant bring in everything to have on the shelf.
08-05-2013, 10:36 PM
Beavis

Worth buying 300 or so cases of Brownells? When they are in stock...
$US104 for Lapua x 100 + $10 export paperwork fee + maybe $US20 for snail mail. Might be worth it.
09-05-2013, 08:45 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by Beavis

Worth buying 300 or so cases of Brownells? When they are in stock...
$US104 for Lapua x 100 + $10 export paperwork fee + maybe $US20 for snail mail. Might be worth it.

I've got a better idea that will get me loaded ammo for less than that. Anything expensive or annoying (forming) is out because of inevitable brass loss in grass/tussock/scrub.
09-05-2013, 08:47 PM
Spanners

Lets do it then :)
09-05-2013, 08:51 PM
gimp

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Originally Posted by Spanners

Lets do it then :)

Okay will talk tomorrow, sitting in Mt Isa airport, Telstra reception sucks here
10-05-2013, 01:17 AM
Wirehunt

That's cause you shoulda had vodafone. It works fine there....
10-05-2013, 01:21 AM
gimp

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Originally Posted by Wirehunt

That's cause you shoulda had vodafone. It works fine there....

Yeah and fucking nowhere else, been there done that
10-05-2013, 01:50 AM
Wirehunt

I used to have one of each there and still struggled to get reception.