6.5 Grendel

Oh yeah 90 percent of my shots are 200 yards and in

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The 6.5 Grendel excels beyond 250 yds or so but if you're shooting < 200 you might look into the 6.8.

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Why? They are ballistically similar at close range, but the Grendel is vastly superior at longer ranges.

OP: I have one. I have killed a nice buck with it. Use the Hornady 123g SST rounds. It's a great round for target shooting and for whitetail.

At 200 yards, you should not have any limitations. The round stays supersonic to about 1000 yards at or above sea level.

What's the difference between Creedmore and Grendel?

Grendel’s good on deer to around 400-450 yards. I order my hunting ammo from precisionfirearms.com. I use the 120gr Barnes ttsx. They’re expensive, about $3.10 a round after shipping but if you only shoot a couple times a year at deer, it’s worth it.

I absolutely love mine. I have no problem killing deer with it. I shoot Hornady black 123 grain

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I shoot Hornady black 123 grain

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How is this on killing deer? I shoot the Hornady SST on live animals out of my 6.5 Grendel and the Black on the range since I thought it was more of a target round.

I have both but have not shot a deer with the 6.5 as it’s new.

My son shot one with the 6.8. Dead right there.

They are about identical out to ~350yds.
The standard bullet in the 6.8 is 110gr
Standard in the 6.5 is 123gr

I was having issues with my 6.5 but think I’ve figured it out. I think it was the trigger. Took the trigger out of my 6.5cm and put it in there and it seems to work fine but need to but son bullets through it to make sure. I’m upgrading the trigger in the 6.5cm.

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So what 6.8 round is the US Army going to use in their new assault rifle.

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6.8 spc

I thought it had already been adopted. I'll trust your judgement tho

Eta-never mind. Article I read was speculative

Easternrio,
Disclosure: I've never shot a 6.5 Grendel. Having said that, I've hunted extensively w/ a 6.5 JDJ, a 6.5 cal handgun w/ a 14" barrel. The 6.5 JDJ and Grendel are ballistic twins. Using the handgun barrel I've killed about #25 whitetail deer, 2 pronghorn antelope and 2 mule deer. 80% or so of my kills were w/ the 120 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip. Other bullets that worked well in the JDJ included the 120 gr spire point bullets from Speer and Sierra. The 129 gr SST load only runs about 2275 fps. I'm afraid that might night be enough velocity for the bullet to to expand. The 123 gr SST runs about 2575 fps and might be a better load. I've read of mixed results using the ELD bullets (like the Black load) at reduced velocities. Personally, I'd go w/ a load using the 120 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet.