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re: Which AR caliber for deer hunting
Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:08 am to INFIDEL
Posted on 11/2/16 at 7:08 am to INFIDEL
I built a 16" 6.5 Grendel to use under 300 yards on deer and hogs. After reading about all my options I went with Grendel in the end because of availability of cheap steel case plinking ammo for less than $0.30/rd. I've seen several people state chronograph numbers of ~2450-2530fps out of a 16" barrel for the factory 123gr Hornady SST. You can get another 200fps out of a 24" barrel but I would rather have the short carbine setup over the extra 200fps. Wolf ammo comes out of the barrel like 6.5mm buckshot (2-3MOA with an occasional flier outside of that). My first 3 shots of Hornady SST made a cloverleaf on the target.
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This post was edited on 11/2/16 at 7:10 am
Posted on 11/2/16 at 8:51 am to DeoreDX
I was looking into the 6.5 as well and saw your post about that, that a nice group! So this steel case ammo for the 6.5, is it not the same as with the 223s where its not advisable to shoot, or is the 6.5 different?
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