Why I like the 6.5 Grendel vs 6.5 Creedmoor...

MiG25 said:
Is the 6.5 legal everywhere?

In culling Elk in Wyoming it was determined that the 220 Swift was the fastest slayer of Elk. I know a guy that killed a Grizzly circa 1990 with a 22-250. Jack O'Connor also wrote about seeing a Grizzly dropped in it's track with the 22-250.

Aren't you always touting the 77 SGK in the 223 ?
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I don’t tout the .223 and 77 gr tmk, that’s the rokslide special, preferably in a Tikka with swfa scope in sports match rings.

6.5 Grendel does decent varmint work also but we’re 18 deep and 7 Alberta species on big game now so I can speak on it. Only .223 I had maybe shot coyotes and paper with it but figure if gonna burn powder in that level I’d rather big game legal for more versatility so it was a short affair. No regrets moving to Grendel, it punches well above its weight for powder burned. It’s legal in far more places, seems to be lots of nothing smaller than .224 restrictions around.
 
bearkilr said:
I wouldn't hunt big game with any 22 cal cartridge, and I wouldn't hunt big game with a 6.5 Grendel, lots of better options more suited to the task are available. I don't like using live animals as test media.
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The testing was done long before you could buy them up here. It was a known. Nothing wrong with a 7.62x39 with a modern high bc/sd bullet. I wouldnt big game hunt .22 centerfires either, 30-30 sure, this just a modern 30-30 with 6.5 bullets instead. Effective and efficient.
 
blakeyboy said:
The testing was done long before you could buy them up here. It was a known. Nothing wrong with a 7.62x39 with a modern high bc/sd bullet. I wouldnt big game hunt .22 centerfires either, 30-30 sure, this just a modern 30-30 with 6.5 bullets instead. Effective and efficient.
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7.62x39 is another anemic cartridge that shouldn't be used on live animals other than squirrels. Are you that recoil sensitive?
 
bearkilr said:
7.62x39 is another anemic cartridge that shouldn't be used on live animals other than squirrels. Are you that recoil sensitive?
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Not that recoil sensitive no but have kids who’ve been getting in the game. I don’t like the 7.62x39 either except for the case capacity and the 6.5 Grendel takes that case and puts a way better bullet in it...that takes it to a whole nuther level. Perspective required I guess, I killed a lot of my big game with a bow...having 30 grains of powder behind a modern understanding of terminal ballistics bullet is like cheating...for me...for you it’s not enough lol.

I’ve only taken it to 420 yards and with a short 16.1” barrel to boot and that quartering mature doe was drt, bullet exited after about 15” with 1800 fps impact. Nothing we chase would take that in the ribs. It’s more capable than you think. It is the same sd as a 168 gr 30 cal so it’s going just as deep for same construction. If a 168 ballistic tip at 1800 fps is deadly then so is this. People seem to have a hard time wrapping head around that. It’s another level because of the unusually high sd of 6.5 bullets...the added benefit is unusually high bc also so hit probability goes up also it’s a different level altogether than anything else burning 30 grains.
 
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