Thread: 6.5 grendel load - too hot?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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.

I run 2 loads in my grendel
90gr TNT in front of 29.5gr bm2 for goats and smaller stuff. They work very well in this and I can load them cheaper than I can buy 223 round.
Then I run the 123gr eldm for deer in front of 8208. Have shot red stag at 300 with this round. Just put it in the right spot.

Im using 85 and 90gn on goats works great, cant see a problem with small deer either

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

In my bolt action I got 3000, in the falling block 2900. 3100 with the 85 grs

I think I read somewhere that the grendel builds pressure quite fast when your getting to that point. I'm just happy with an accurate load that isn't getting into that territory..

Originally Posted by SmokeyJason

In my bolt action I got 3000, in the falling block 2900. 3100 with the 85 grs

yes but it wasnt a grendal based on x39mm case it was based on .204 ruger case...and you n I both know you were hot rodding it and suffered short brass life,and major case lengthening because of it.
you couldve arguably done so much easier with less fluffing around by sticking with a .224 hole through the barrel LMFAO
you DEFINATELY could have done so MUCH easier with MUCH less fluffing around by just using a .243win

Speed freaks make me giggle ..... they load a particular cartridge to its absolute limit in pursuit of speed.
They could step up to the next cartridge case size in the same caliber and achieve the same speed with ease, but then load that case to its max in pursuit of maximum speed,
when stepping up to a magnum case in the same caliber would easily reach the same results and more.
Reminds me of the petrol heads saying, "there is no substitute for cubic capacity"

Too true, I now use a 300 wsm.

If it's just a general hunting round not a long range precision round these days I pretty much just jump to 1gr under max and if it shoots just leave it at that

@ Micky Duck

Perhaps I gave the wrong impression.
We agree.
If shooters are loading to the max or more. IMO they purchased the wrong rifle.

Originally Posted by NIMROD

"there is no substitute for cubic capacity"

Oh yes there is, cubic dollars