Hiya High Hopes...
It's up and running in one of wingman's chassis systems and ended up cutting factory barrel down to an 11 inch .
I only got it shooting a couple of weeks ago and have yet to...
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Hiya High Hopes...
It's up and running in one of wingman's chassis systems and ended up cutting factory barrel down to an 11 inch .
I only got it shooting a couple of weeks ago and have yet to...
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barrel length vs velocity for anyone interested .... don't know if it will work...
So you find it still does the job ok with the short barrel Mintie ?
That is an option I have been considering as the velocities do not appear to drop off drastically as some rounds do and still...
Well after selling off a few other toys I finally bit the bullet as it were and bought the howa in the grendel over the weekend.
Not a fan of the factory stock ..... but being a fan of carbon stocks...
I am hoping it won't be to much of an issue. I don't need to rely on hunt& fish as we have a local gun shop Kelly Country ( blatant promo there guys.. discount next time?) who carry a pretty good...
She is but I am not a reloader but that may be next on the list to learn.
The 300 blackout was another option but that seems to be a better close range or sub round whereas the 6.5 seems to be the better option for the longer ranges so I have pretty much dropped that from...
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...
paint the rifle coffee colour ya reckon.... call it caffeine drab.... or latteflage camo
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...
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...