Thread: The grendal. Is it dying?

Originally Posted by Hiawatha

The only point of any of these 'wee' cartridges is if the rifle is the same size. Very few are.Otherwise you may as well have a 308/ 7 08. And as for the comment about rebarreling a 7.62x39 why would you do that? Just use that. I have a Howa Mini action with CF stock in 7.62 x 39. 5 pounds all up. Lovely and killing big stuff consistently out to 250m with it. I think with all these wee ones they are a heap of fun and if used within their limits, right projectile etc etc they are fantastic performers. Great for first timers and youth too.

If you can only afford one or two rifles, or none of the mini actions available tickle your fancy, then yes, go right ahead and get a short action 7mm08 and call it done.

Why rebarrel a 7.62x39? Because if money is not necessarily the primary concern, but maximising what you can do with a mini action is, then Grendel is the answer. Same if not more energy, better bullet selection with better BC's, inherently accurate etc... If you're happy shooting animals at 250m with x39, there's no reason 350m isn't doable with Grendel - and target shooting out to 1000m is possible too, if you're into that kind of thing. Whereas the x39 bleeds energy quickly, or can be quite lacking in the accuracy department, leading many to consider it a 200m cartridge - and it tends to drop subsonic at less than 600m.