Awww yea...the 6.5 Grendel! Been whacking the deer with this caliber for years now... man what an awesome deer cartridge! Have number of videos out on my 6.5 Grendel deer rifle, but basically it's an Aero receive setup with a Saxon Gunner profile 16" barrel. I had it cerekote foliage green to match some Magpul foliage green furniture I had laying around. LaRue MBT-2S trigger and the Strike Eagle 1-8 LPVO. Have taken deer out to 200 yards and as close as 35 yards using Hornady Custom 123gr SST. I've considered putting together a 12.5" just because. Man it looked cold out there! Great video brother...thanks for sharing your 6.5 Grendel setup with us. Hope you're having a great weekend.
Thanks Chris, I need to go back into your videos and watch some of those, that's great!! I have the Geissle SSE/2 trigger in here and that's the last place I put it and have gone with Larue MBT-2s ever since, hahahaha. Yah this was actually filmed in January when we all had the cold snap...It was like 27 degrees and it was my third video hahahha, you know how that goes.
Love the round itself. I have three bolt action rifles (16, 20, 26.5) and half a dozen or more ARs chambered for it (11.5 to 24 inch). Nice presentation.
6.5 Grendel is by far the best all around cartridge as far as capabilities you can put in an ar15. Been shooting it for over a decade now. Only downside is local ammo availability. Academy only carries the 123gn bthp eld and sst and maybe now the v-match. But still loads of ammo online. I guess the 6mm arc would be a nice contender if more loadings would come out for it but as for now the arc doesn’t have many options outside of the couple Hornady loads.
Love my grendel. Can load 85 gr bullets up to 140 gr reliable performance. 95 to 110 gr Maker Trex are great for hunting but speer 140gr bonded or Barnes Tsx or Ttsx are also great within 300 yards. You can shoot past that but I'm not talented enough yet.
I’ve loaded a bunch of the tax and TTSX and agree, that’s more 300 yards and in to get to e velocities needed. And that’s also applies to me, I’m not comfortable out past 400 yards for a shot at this point. My longest kill has been 275 yards.
My Winter project from 2023 . Was a 6.5 Grendel with a BCA 20" barrel. And a side charger upper receiver. I put a CMG 3.5 # trigger. I shot the initial grouping and it was more than acceptable accuracy with Wolf steel case. I bought some Hornady black but haven't grouped it yet.
It’s a fun round. Lots of other options now with the 6 max and 6 arc. But the 6.5 is a great spot for a good bc bullet and very popular because of the creedmoor. I think you’d enjoy it too!
Yah it’s one of many that are trying to displace the 556, 6 arc probably has a better chance but likely won’t. But are fun to reload and shoot. Thanks!
Nice. I have been always interested in the Grendel but never pulled the trigger. But now I think the 6 Max makes the most sense, given that it only needs a simple barrel swap and 350 Legend mags
@@triggerbarPhD how do you feel reloading for it. On the one hand it’s that precision thing that screems hand weight powder. But then it’s a semi auto screeming high number of rounds. On my .308 Win the Lee Powder Measure gets me about 0.3 grain spread in the turret, so kinda good enough
All the cons you listed are negligible. Buy a custom upper with match grade barrel. It is a workhorse, and will drive tacks while capable of taking anything in Florida and the South East. Stellar option for farm work and has issues with recoil. I cannot shoot my 30-06 anymore due to my neck and back injury. The Grendel feels like a kids gun in regards to recoil. I didn’t realize I could track my shot looking through my scope. All the firearms I used growing up kicked the piss out of me. These rounds like the Nosler Ballistic Tip are a one shot drop. And where I work, we get a it of 6.5 Grendel brass made by Starline , 6.5 bullets made by everyone , can use small rifle primers(which is huge and there are plenty of that right now, just no large rifle and magnum rifle), and powder for it is extremely diverse. Just make sure you get a quality upper, as that is your rifle’s accuracy. You don’t have to spend much to get a decent lower receiver, and even Anderson MFG or Aero precision (both complete crap), will work(if you have a wedge to create a solid base that is required for accuracy.). I know it does these big thick hide boar hogs enjoyably well.
Aero Precision is far from crap, even Anderson has reviewers proving their lower is closer to MILSPEC than a Centurion CM4. I haven't used an Anderson yet, I've had both Centurion (Centurion MKXII MOD 1 SPR) It functions flawlessly, I've also built multiple Aero Precision M4E1 lower based rifles and they've all been perfect, even with mismatched uppers. The Foxtrot Mike 16" 9mm upper states expressly to NOT use any Anderson lower with their upper or it will void their warranty. Someone seems to not care for them. I see Anderson lowers available for dirt cheap all the time, even 80%ers I may grab one up just to complete one and test it out. People talk plenty of smack about the S&W M&P15 Sport II as a "crappy budget rifle" I was gifted one by my Mother after my Dad passed on special at Cabela's for $619. Personally, if that's discounted pricing I don't call that "budget" and it performs amazing after plenty of ammunition through it and I seem to have gotten a fluke as my 1:9 heavy barreled M&P is a 1/4MOA shooter dead on the bullseye at 100 yards, 3 shot groups, with 55grain NATO ball ammunition. I expect the same or similar from 62grain green tip. Much heavier and it may not stabilize them but I will try some 77grain OTM through it to test its performance later on.
Was out to the range with my CZ527 W 16" barrel, hitting steel gongs @ 710 yds. It's a superlative round with very little recoil for its performance. With my AR chassis hits @ 549 yds were easily followed up, as long as I had ammo in the mag.
I almost switched out a couple uppers to this caliber. That was when steel was cheap. Glad I didn't do that. But I still like the cartridge. Thanks t b p!
I use this round in a 14.5” barrel AR to thermal hunt. It’s a pretty good round, but is much better if you hand load up to higher pressure and run a stronger bolt to hold together. I’ve got several videos on my channel hunting with it.
When it first came out, I was excited about it and that kinda died off for me. Whats between 5.56 and .308 for me is 300BO 😂 Thanks for sharing Brother!
I think it's a great little round, I've seen it shoot very accurately in small action bolt rifles. Then again, you seem to get some groups with the steel case. I still haven't warmed up to the AR platform, but no doubt fun projects. My reloading mind would be thinking, the rifle is ejecting five dollar bills, and I'm loosing a bunch of them, lol.
Yah it can be very accurate in a bolt action. This was one of those, “I can just buy and upper and have a 556 and grendel gun” and then I just bought a lower. Lol. If you buy uppers, they grow lowers…
@@triggerbarPhD Hornady 120 gr ELDM does .49 groups and Hornady 129 gr Interlock do .6 groups for me in my BCA upper . Best powder was H4895 with H335 a close second .
I considered the 6.5 Grendel when I got the 300 BO upper for deer. Now I am considering the 350 legend upper. Seems like a much more capable round for deer.🤷♂
Yes for sure 350 legend would be a better deer round. But not out at distance. It has a very low BC. So it comes down to where you are hunting as to which cartridge is better. Thanks for your thoughts!
I have a bolt gun in 6.5 grendel. I live in the Western United States. Out in the desert you know. It does a number on jackrabbits. I think I've only shot 100 grain projectiles kind of hard to find . I guess I need to get some reloading dies and get to work on that. Antelope 300 PRC my good sir
Hey that’s awesome! Yup I lived in NM for 25 years so very familiar with the west! And 300 prc is a do all for the west. Great long distance performance!!
Awww yea...the 6.5 Grendel! Been whacking the deer with this caliber for years now... man what an awesome deer cartridge! Have number of videos out on my 6.5 Grendel deer rifle, but basically it's an Aero receive setup with a Saxon Gunner profile 16" barrel. I had it cerekote foliage green to match some Magpul foliage green furniture I had laying around. LaRue MBT-2S trigger and the Strike Eagle 1-8 LPVO. Have taken deer out to 200 yards and as close as 35 yards using Hornady Custom 123gr SST. I've considered putting together a 12.5" just because.
Man it looked cold out there! Great video brother...thanks for sharing your 6.5 Grendel setup with us. Hope you're having a great weekend.
Thanks Chris, I need to go back into your videos and watch some of those, that's great!! I have the Geissle SSE/2 trigger in here and that's the last place I put it and have gone with Larue MBT-2s ever since, hahahaha. Yah this was actually filmed in January when we all had the cold snap...It was like 27 degrees and it was my third video hahahha, you know how that goes.
@@triggerbarPhD I do the same thing…a lot of my videos are sometimes a couple months old….makes it easier to keep them coming weekly.
Grendel 👍💪
Love the round itself.
I have three bolt action rifles (16, 20, 26.5) and half a dozen or more ARs chambered for it (11.5 to 24 inch).
Nice presentation.
Thank-you. It's a great round, the extra case capacity of the 7.62x39 makes a difference with this cartridge vs other 556 based deviations.
6.5 Grendel is by far the best all around cartridge as far as capabilities you can put in an ar15. Been shooting it for over a decade now. Only downside is local ammo availability. Academy only carries the 123gn bthp eld and sst and maybe now the v-match. But still loads of ammo online. I guess the 6mm arc would be a nice contender if more loadings would come out for it but as for now the arc doesn’t have many options outside of the couple Hornady loads.
It really is a fantastic round and you hit the exact issues with it.
Love my grendel. Can load 85 gr bullets up to 140 gr reliable performance. 95 to 110 gr Maker Trex are great for hunting but speer 140gr bonded or Barnes Tsx or Ttsx are also great within 300 yards. You can shoot past that but I'm not talented enough yet.
I’ve loaded a bunch of the tax and TTSX and agree, that’s more 300 yards and in to get to e velocities needed. And that’s also applies to me, I’m not comfortable out past 400 yards for a shot at this point. My longest kill has been 275 yards.
My Winter project from 2023 . Was a 6.5 Grendel with a BCA 20" barrel. And a side charger upper receiver. I put a CMG 3.5 # trigger. I shot the initial grouping and it was more than acceptable accuracy with Wolf steel case. I bought some Hornady black but haven't grouped it yet.
That’ll be interesting to see if you get better groups out of that ammo!
Great video Trigger Bar I have really been considering a Grendel upper and I think I would really enjoy reloading it
It’s a fun round. Lots of other options now with the 6 max and 6 arc. But the 6.5 is a great spot for a good bc bullet and very popular because of the creedmoor. I think you’d enjoy it too!
I love my 6ARC. The Grendel is a fun one to, just a little slower. Good job!
Yah it’s one of many that are trying to displace the 556, 6 arc probably has a better chance but likely won’t. But are fun to reload and shoot. Thanks!
Nice. I have been always interested in the Grendel but never pulled the trigger. But now I think the 6 Max makes the most sense, given that it only needs a simple barrel swap and 350 Legend mags
The 6 max looks awesome for sure. Yah it doesn’t make as much sense as when the Russians were selling a lot of 6.5 grendel!!
@@triggerbarPhD how do you feel reloading for it. On the one hand it’s that precision thing that screems hand weight powder. But then it’s a semi auto screeming high number of rounds.
On my .308 Win the Lee Powder Measure gets me about 0.3 grain spread in the turret, so kinda good enough
I’ve had good luck finding ammo. Prices on all ammo days is more expensive. But good hunting ammo in the Grendel is about 28 bucks.
All the cons you listed are negligible. Buy a custom upper with match grade barrel. It is a workhorse, and will drive tacks while capable of taking anything in Florida and the South East. Stellar option for farm work and has issues with recoil. I cannot shoot my 30-06 anymore due to my neck and back injury. The Grendel feels like a kids gun in regards to recoil. I didn’t realize I could track my shot looking through my scope. All the firearms I used growing up kicked the piss out of me. These rounds like the Nosler Ballistic Tip are a one shot drop. And where I work, we get a it of 6.5 Grendel brass made by Starline , 6.5 bullets made by everyone , can use small rifle primers(which is huge and there are plenty of that right now, just no large rifle and magnum rifle), and powder for it is extremely diverse. Just make sure you get a quality upper, as that is your rifle’s accuracy. You don’t have to spend much to get a decent lower receiver, and even Anderson MFG or Aero precision (both complete crap), will work(if you have a wedge to create a solid base that is required for accuracy.). I know it does these big thick hide boar hogs enjoyably well.
All great points and thanks for adding this perspective!!
Aero Precision is far from crap, even Anderson has reviewers proving their lower is closer to MILSPEC than a Centurion CM4. I haven't used an Anderson yet, I've had both Centurion (Centurion MKXII MOD 1 SPR) It functions flawlessly, I've also built multiple Aero Precision M4E1 lower based rifles and they've all been perfect, even with mismatched uppers. The Foxtrot Mike 16" 9mm upper states expressly to NOT use any Anderson lower with their upper or it will void their warranty. Someone seems to not care for them. I see Anderson lowers available for dirt cheap all the time, even 80%ers I may grab one up just to complete one and test it out. People talk plenty of smack about the S&W M&P15 Sport II as a "crappy budget rifle" I was gifted one by my Mother after my Dad passed on special at Cabela's for $619. Personally, if that's discounted pricing I don't call that "budget" and it performs amazing after plenty of ammunition through it and I seem to have gotten a fluke as my 1:9 heavy barreled M&P is a 1/4MOA shooter dead on the bullseye at 100 yards, 3 shot groups, with 55grain NATO ball ammunition. I expect the same or similar from 62grain green tip. Much heavier and it may not stabilize them but I will try some 77grain OTM through it to test its performance later on.
Was out to the range with my CZ527 W 16" barrel, hitting steel gongs @ 710 yds. It's a superlative round with very little recoil for its performance. With my AR chassis hits @ 549 yds were easily followed up, as long as I had ammo in the mag.
Nice! Wow such a nice rifle!! Great shooting, and well said about the round!
I almost switched out a couple uppers to this caliber. That was when steel was cheap. Glad I didn't do that. But I still like the cartridge.
Thanks t b p!
Yah there was a time when the Russian stuff was flowing…not it’s not coming in and prices are crazy. Still fun to reload for though.
I use this round in a 14.5” barrel AR to thermal hunt. It’s a pretty good round, but is much better if you hand load up to higher pressure and run a stronger bolt to hold together. I’ve got several videos on my channel hunting with it.
Thanks for this and I’ll sub you channel! Thanks for letting me know!!
Lo ve my Grendels!!!❤
It’s a fun cartridge!!
When it first came out, I was excited about it and that kinda died off for me.
Whats between 5.56 and .308 for me is 300BO 😂
Thanks for sharing Brother!
Yah well I got it. 😂🤣😂. Sometimes patience is good.
Yeah if you like pigs running off, mediocre performance and terrible drop then 300 blk is the way to go
I think it's a great little round, I've seen it shoot very accurately in small action bolt rifles. Then again, you seem to get some groups with the steel case. I still haven't warmed up to the AR platform, but no doubt fun projects. My reloading mind would be thinking, the rifle is ejecting five dollar bills, and I'm loosing a bunch of them, lol.
Yah it can be very accurate in a bolt action. This was one of those, “I can just buy and upper and have a 556 and grendel gun” and then I just bought a lower. Lol. If you buy uppers, they grow lowers…
C Products makes good Grendel specific magazines.
Thanks! I’ll have to check those out!!
I love my Grendel AR . It'll do 1/2" groups if I do my part with handloads .
That’s awesome! Which bullets have you had the best results with?
@@triggerbarPhD Hornady 120 gr ELDM does .49 groups and Hornady 129 gr Interlock do .6 groups for me in my BCA upper . Best powder was H4895 with H335 a close second .
@jamespollard1670 awesome! Thanks for that!!
I think it would be good on hogs. I think they use them in Texas.
Agreed, that’s a great use case for them!!
We do! Works great!
I considered the 6.5 Grendel when I got the 300 BO upper for deer. Now I am considering the 350 legend upper. Seems like a much more capable round for deer.🤷♂
Yes for sure 350 legend would be a better deer round. But not out at distance. It has a very low BC. So it comes down to where you are hunting as to which cartridge is better. Thanks for your thoughts!
@@triggerbarPhD My hunting is 150 yds or less, usually 50 to 100...🤷♂
@@Disastrous.Affect yah 350 legend makes more sense.
Elander mags work well
Thanks for that! I think I have some 20 rounders from them.
I have a bolt gun in 6.5 grendel. I live in the Western United States. Out in the desert you know. It does a number on jackrabbits. I think I've only shot 100 grain projectiles kind of hard to find . I guess I need to get some reloading dies and get to work on that. Antelope 300 PRC my good sir
Hey that’s awesome! Yup I lived in NM for 25 years so very familiar with the west! And 300 prc is a do all for the west. Great long distance performance!!
@@triggerbarPhD tucked away in that little corner of Texas you know where. Lived in Albuquerque for a decade or so.
@michaelmcmillan2776 yup, I lived in Albuquerque as well. We probably overlapped there for a while.
Love the Southwest
@michaelmcmillan2776 I really miss it. I’m on PA now. Different and nice in its own way but I miss the southwest.
yea. that wolf ammo is garbage. hornady sst 123gr has over 1000lb'ft@400yds and 1900fps
Yah that’s a bit more powerful!