Thread: 6.5 grendel load - too hot?

its got more recoil......and has scoped daughter...drop it down to say 31-32 and be happy...if you wanted speed you wouldnt have bought a grendal ,so use it for and how you intended it to be used...a mild soft shooting accurate rifle.

Cheers. All good info. As far as I've read most of the load development is aimed at keeping it safe on the ar platform?
A few of his rounds have a weird ripple. Noy taking aim at him. He's used it shooting wobbilys down south and had great success. It's also a tack driver but as above posts. I don't need velocity like he's getting(2900). Just a gun that can punch over goats, fallow and sika.

Originally Posted by Cowboy

Cheers. All good info. As far as I've read most of the load development is aimed at keeping it safe on the ar platform?
A few of his rounds have a weird ripple. Noy taking aim at him. He's used it shooting wobbilys down south and had great success. It's also a tack driver but as above posts. I don't need velocity like he's getting(2900). Just a gun that can punch over goats, fallow and sika.

interesting projectile choice,ideal for pest control but best pick your shots if want to recover meat. you COULD look at where he got to..and say to self too hot, and use just below that as absolute maximum and just pick lower load and go shoot stuff.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

its got more recoil......and has scoped daughter...drop it down to say 31-32 and be happy...if you wanted speed you wouldnt have bought a grendal ,so use it for and how you intended it to be used...a mild soft shooting accurate rifle.

If you need to load like that you bought a rifle chambered in the wrong cartridge. Simples.

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

If you need to load like that you bought a rifle chambered in the wrong cartridge. Simples.

HOW SO??? 33.5 is way to hot..so we say just above maximum...drop it down 10% would be around 30grns so a middle of road load that is safe will be in the 31-32grn weight range will it not??? grendals were made to be in a short action.... the 7.62x39mm chucks a 123grn out between 2100-2400fps this is necked down to 6.5mm and is at present chucking 90 grns at 2900fps ...thats hot...26-2700fps would still be good level of power and REASONABLY flat shooting within limitations of the small case.
if you wanted simple and similar power levels/preformance on game under 150yards,you buy 7.62x39mm