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    6.5 grendel for hunting

    Does any one have experience with the 6.5 grendel and using it as a hunting round? Any thoughts on the cartridge for a general all round bush and medium range hunting round through a Howa mini action specifically and with a 16 inch barrel. From my digging it sounds like a good round and should still be carrying around 2500 fps out of a 16 inch barrel.
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    It works just fine to sensible ranges.

    Ive shot a few reds and fallow with my howa mini out to 400 yards. I wouldnt push it any further than that. 123gr eldm is the go. Ive been surprised at the damage the eldm does at just 2500 fps.

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    Yes, it works, go buy one.
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    I have a mate with a Grendel and i have something very close to one (same calibre and similar velocities) both kill deer well inside 350m. Having said that bigger is always more better
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    i bought one for the missus after she was forced to hand her sks in, now she has a scoped rifle that will shoot 500m vs the i50 sks, 10 round detachable mag instead of inbuilt 5 and a whole lot more accuracy
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    6.5G is a great wee unit to shoot. Shot fallow & goats with mine using 123 SST, never felt under gunned at sensible ranges.
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    its the new 7mm-08!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Huntfisheat View Post
    Why 6.5 over 7mm? Similar in recoil especially with 120's in the 7/08, for instance. Easier to find ammo off the shelf and knock down power is enhanced.
    wanting a calibre made in the howa mini action as I am going to build a custom rifle based around the new kiwi made howa chassis. Was going to go 223 as a general hunting round for small and medium game , but as mentioned bigger is better so seriously considering the 6.5 as a larger game rifle and perhaps also the .204 ruger barreled action for the pesties and just switch out the actions for whatever I intend to use it for. 450 bushmaster is unessecasry as already have the 45/70. I'm thinking I would rather have something bigger than 223 for piggies and deer. The missus already has her 7.62x39 which appears to have worse ballistics than the 6.5. And I have the 338 for when I know it will involve longer ranges but decided the howa chassis with a short supressed barrel would be a nice lightish bush/doc rifle when out for longer 2+ day walks , rather than the T-rex gun which gets a bit heavy and LOUD in tight bush, and don't know exactly what distances shots will be taken at. figured a calibre capable of shooting 0-250 mtrs accurately for pigs/deer would be the way to go and the 6.5 sounds like it would be ideal but I have no experience with that round.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tentman View Post
    its the new 7mm-08!!
    paint the rifle coffee colour ya reckon.... call it caffeine drab.... or latteflage camo
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ftx325 View Post
    paint the rifle coffee colour ya reckon.... call it caffeine drab.... or latteflage camo
    soy latte at best

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    Quote Originally Posted by Huntfisheat View Post
    Why 6.5 over 7mm? Similar in recoil especially with 120's in the 7/08, for instance. Easier to find ammo off the shelf and knock down power is enhanced.
    There's calculators online for working stuff like this out. With two 6lb rifles...

    123gr @ 2500ft/s = 10.4ft/lb force @ 10.5ft/s velocity.
    120gr @ 3000ft/s = 18ft/lb force @ 14ft/s velocity.

    Grendel has significantly lower recoil. Also, if we go down the same route of using light-for calibre bullets in a Grendel:

    90gr @ 2900ft/s = 9ft/lb force @ 9.8ft/s velocity. I.e. pretty much half the 7mm-08.
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    I would probably lean towards a .260 or a 6.5mememore, you can always load them down to a 6.5G... either way a 123gr ELDM will kill plenty of stuff out to 400m with ease.
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    Unless you download the 7mm08. Ill be using 145gr@2400 which should Be a bit softer than full house load
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timmay View Post
    I would probably lean towards a .260 or a 6.5mememore, you can always load them down to a 6.5G... either way a 123gr ELDM will kill plenty of stuff out to 400m with ease.
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    Recoil is not an issue that worries me in the slightest...45/70 and 338lm are my favorite rifles and I imagine a grendel will feel like a 22 in comparison. And I am limited to calibres available in the howa mini line-up anyway.
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