The Hornady 123 GR SST take 2200fps
Not so much. The 123gr SST is a relatively lightly constructed bullet that has a good sectional density and will open up and perform well down past 2200fps. That's what makes it effective against medium-sized big game: opens up pretty easily and has enough SD/mass behind to keep on driving. Not as deeply as, say, a Nos partition, but good on thin skinned / medium game.. It doesn't require high velocity to do its work. Lots of cartridges like that in past times.
Good morning BSA. The images above came out of the 6.5 Grendel Reloading book, vol. 2 which is focused on hunting loads.
Any idea how long each animal took to expire? Range? Animals shot to tagged ratio?
No?
Then you don't know shlt about how the cartridge performs.
When the bullet drops below 2000-2200fps, it is going to pencil through like a target arrow. It might expand, but it isnt a huge bullet to start with. Kills slowly unless shot placement is perfect.
The 6.5 Grendel is a shlt hunting cartridge much past 200 yards.
Sure, which is why the 170gr RNSP out of the .30-30 (MV~2200fps, 100ydvel~1900fps) is such a pathetic deer killer...
in your mind. Outside your mind, in reality, the .30-30 170gr RNSP is fine deer medicine. It just happens to use a bulet designed to suit the cartridge and gun parameters.
Oh, why bother? My 13YO daughter has more time behind a AR15 in 6.5Grendel and has killed more game with it than has dla.
