6.5 Grendel vs deer

[Sako]

I have to say, I like this new gun... for any of you guys who have kids that want to hunt and are smaller... The 6.5 Grendel is a great round and can be had in an AR-15 if you do not want to use a .223... Been wanting to try the round out so I took it this morning and it did great. I handloaded some 120gr Ballistic Tips over H335... In through the ribs and out through the off shoulder. Deer dropped where she stood. Very impressed with the performance and very little recoil.

 

[UTGrad]

Forget kids and women, light recoiling guns are excellent for deer hunting. There is tremendous value in being able to see the hit and the deer's reaction in the scope.

I'm eventually going to get a 6mm Creedmoor.

 

[ScLowCountry]

The 243 has been doing this for years. It also is on par with all the new varmit calibers trying to reinvent the wheel.

The 243 is the do it all, low recoil round

 

[Ski]

The 243 has been doing this for years. It also is on par with all the new varmit calibers trying to reinvent the wheel.

The 243 is the do it all, low recoil round

Super underrated round for deer, IMO.

 

[UTGrad]

The 243 has been doing this for years. It also is on par with all the new varmit calibers trying to reinvent the wheel.

The 243 is the do it all, low recoil round

Check out the 6mm Creedmoor. Essentially a fast twist .243 which allows higher BC bullets.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I haven't shot a deer with my grendel yet but really enjoying it on hogs. Great round!

 

[Sako]

The 243 has been doing this for years. It also is on par with all the new varmit calibers trying to reinvent the wheel.

The 243 is the do it all, low recoil rou

You are missing one of the main points of the 6.5 Grendel... it fits into an AR15 framed sized rifle... the .243 has to use a AR-10 based gun... One nice thing about an AR based gun is the adjustable stock for kids and or if you have on a thick coat... the difference between an AR15 and an AR10in weight is several pounds with the 10 being heavier...

 

[Deerhunter]

If I wasn't already heavily invested in 6.8SPC, I'd have no problem going 6.5G. Both are great mid range low recoil calibers! Either one are great for anyone wanting a small, lightweight, low recoil package.

 

[Snake]

Congrats on some fine eating .

 

[PickettSFHunter]

So far I have tested 120 Sierra pro hunters, 123 ELD-M's, 123 SST's, 120 Nosler Ballistic Tips, and 129 Nosler Accubond Long Range out of the 6.5 grendel on hogs. Honestly all have performed quite well. I am currently using the 129 NABLR for deer simply because that's what I'm getting the best 250 yard groups out of. It does not take these big magnums for deer or hogs, you can sure get a lot more bang for your buck as a reloader with these small capacity cartridges.

 

[EastTNHunter]

You are missing one of the main points of the 6.5 Grendel... it fits into an AR15 framed sized rifle... the .243 has to use a AR-10 based gun... One nice thing about an AR based gun is the adjustable stock for kids and or if you have on a thick coat... the difference between an AR15 and an AR10in weight is several pounds with the 10 being heavier...

Also fits well in mini bolt actions where the .243 won't… and you can use heavier bullets than .243. Also, the recoil is still less on the 6.5G, although that's splitting hairs. Not dogging the .243, just saying that the 6.5G is substantially different

 

[backyardtndeer]

Agree on the comments on the .243. My wife and my girls all hunted with 243's and killed quite a few deer with that round. That said, my son has been shooting my 6.5 cm in an ar10 platform, he is on the small side but the recoil is pretty minimal and doesn't seem to bother him. I do like the ar platforms for kids with having an adjustable stock.

 

[Rockhound]

I've fell in love with the 6mm arc and 6.5 grendel. But the gas gun data for 6mm arc and hunting bullets with temp stable powder is a little lackluster, plenty of options in a bolt gun and my howa mini shoots sub half moa. In the AR platform the grendel is the better round.

 

[Remi]

My Grendel is in a 20" Howa mini and it's a hog killing machine.

I've shot 12"x20" silhouette targets out to 800 and 24" square at 1k with mine as well.

It's pretty awesome what 27grs of powder will get you in the Grendel.

 

[Doecrusher]

What brand uppers are you two running??? Been looking at a Grendel hunter...

 

[Dennis]

I have a Grendel palmetto state armory upper that works great so far. It was touchy in terms of which magazines it liked though. It likes Duramag, but didn't like e-lander.

 

[deerman865]

I absolutely love my Grendel it's a 20in bca upper on a Anderson arms lower I get 2.5 in groups at 200 yards I just built it last year for under $500 am yet to kill with it I run the horandy 123

 

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[rifle02]

I was thinking about my Grendel the other day. When looking through some bullets I found some Barnes 100 gr Tipped Super Shock Tips. I must have bought them more than a year ago when I was looking for some 6.5 tsst to load in a manbun. Anyway I was wondering how they would do on deer in the Grendel.

 

[EastTNHunter]

BCAs are cheap, but it's 50/50 of you will get a good one. The replacement that I have now is accurate, and functions after I did some polishing and fitting, but it was a painful and long warranty claim process. I will not buy from them again. I'd rather go PSA if I wanted to go the budget route