Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles The 6.5 Grendel is a shlt cartridge past 200 yds.

Not agreeing with dla but so far my Grendel has not killed anything farther away than 200 yards mostly because I don't get shots even that far most of the time. At that it is a far better round for deer and pigs than the 223 though that round works pretty good with the right hits. My favorite load uses the 129 grain Hornady spire point going 2250 fps, this bullet being originally designed for the smaller WWII and WWI 6.5's opens pretty easily. I see no reason why it wouldn't work another 100 yards out if the right bullets are used. I believe the 6.5 G and the 6.8 SPC were designed as an improvement over the 5.56 for hunting the smaller big game species and they do this well.