Thread: Kiwi made Howa mini ultralight chassis a reality?

Originally Posted by Wingman

Or... chop it.
There are only benefits from running a short compact Grendel, once you go short you'll never bother with a long barrel again. The animals won't know the difference at the ranges these small cartridges were inteded to be used at.
Even a longer 14.5" Grendel barrel gets 2500fps with 123gr.
"Long barrels are for getting inefficient old school magnum cartriges full of slow burning powder up to speed"
The Grendel runs about the same hunting energy as a .243win only it runs slower with a heavier bullet. As long as you use light jacketed varmint/tipped target bullets it will kill just like a .243win. I have dropped animals with my 10.5" barrel to a little over 500m however the Grendel really is a 300m cartridge unless you really trust yourself to hit a 6" target out at 500 consistently.
Know your rifle, know your ballistics and know your limits.

Good effort on the goats, another customer just sent some pics of his first deer with his Elude custom 6.5 Grendel too.

What powder are you using to get 2500 from 14.5 inch. I can't even get that from my factory length howa

ADI BM8208 is the grendels best friend.

Originally Posted by Wingman

ADI BM8208 is the grendels best friend.

Time for me to start reloading for the Grendel with BM8208 then! I have been hesitant chopping as I am only getting 2470fps out of the 22in I have! If I can get better than that out of 14.5in, then why not!

Originally Posted by kiwi-adam

Time for me to start reloading for the Grendel with BM8208 then! I have been hesitant chopping as I am only getting 2470fps out of the 22in I have! If I can get better than that out of 14.5in, then why not!

ah yes but what will you manage with the 22 inch????