6.5 grendel projectiles

[JP100]

Whats everyone using for hunting bullets in the grendel?

Currently using the 123gn PPU soft points with pretty good success but will start reloading soon.

123ssts or 120eldms look like a good option?

 

[Pickettpuncher]

123 eldm

 

[hunting1]

123 SST and 120 NBT.

 

[TxLite]

Guys used to kill a lot of deer and hogs with the 123 eld’s back when I was on the Grendel Facebook groups.

 

[cobbc03]

123 ELDMs

 

[doverpack12]

Berger 130 OTM AR Hybrid has been excellent for me in an 18” barrel AR platform.
I’m running just under 2400 fps, killed multiple antelope from 50-350 yards, a mature Whitetail buck at 280 yards, and shot quite a bit of steel out to 650.

I drop below 1800 fps somewhere around 550 yards depending on environmental conditions. At 2400 muzzle no issues with close impacts. They kill very very well

 

[NRA4LIFE]

123 ELDMs here also.

 

[KenLee]

ELDM
NBT

 

[JP100]

Thanks guys, looks like ile give the ELDs a run. Got a box or two.

Funny little cartridge, but it kills well and is a dream to shoot. Have a mini action howa set up for my mum, will be under 7lbs with scope, suppressor and new carbon stock.

 

[JVS]

Speer 120 gold dots are my fav

 

[KenLee]

Thanks guys, looks like ile give the ELDs a run. Got a box or two.

Funny little cartridge, but it kills well and is a dream to shoot. Have a mini action howa set up for my mum, will be under 7lbs with scope, suppressor and new carbon stock.

Better saw that stock off, unless Mum is an Amazon.

 

[JP100]

Better saw that stock off, unless Mum is an Amazon.

The carbon stocks are tiny? I haven't measured the LOP, but its way shorter than the original howa stocks(they are shit)

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[KenLee]

The carbon stocks are tiny? I haven't measured the LOP, but its way shorter than the original howa stocks(they are shit)

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I missed the "new carbon stock" part.
Let us know the lop

 

[JP100]

I missed the "new carbon stock" part.
Let us know the lop

LOP is just over 13" i think.

Stocks weigh 500grams ish, 17/18oz

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[MThuntr]

123SST bang flopped a couple does last winter with them at around 200 yards. Velocity is almost perfect for them to do their job and not destroy a bunch of meat.

I think I'm going to try Maker bullets for non-lead hunting but keep using 123SST for plinking and predator shooting.

 

[pds794]

On the lead free topic, has anyone tried the TTSX or Controlled Chaos? I've used the TTSX in my 7mm-08 with success, curious how it does at a slower speed.

 

[shotoutofacannon]

On the lead free topic, has anyone tried the TTSX or Controlled Chaos? I've used the TTSX in my 7mm-08 with success, curious how it does at a slower speed.

I used 110 controlled chaos on a mule deer buck lat 200 yds last season. I could not have been more impressed. He went 10 yards, the main bullet passed through as well as all petals in a perfect circle around the main shank. Ive also loaded 100 ttsx but haven shot anything yet. Groups are good with both and PPV

 

[Dos Perros]

Is the 123gr ELD-M just a rebranded A-Max?

 

[fshaw]

Any updates from last fall’s hunting season? I’m building a Mini Grendel and waiting on a stock. Will be hunting close range whitetails.

 

[SIR_34:16]

Shot a nice sized doe in 2022 at about 60 yards. She did a 30 yard death run and down. My daughter shot a button buck this year at about 40 yards. Buck kicked, ran in a circle, stopped and stood there for a few seconds, and tipped over. No fuss no muss. Both were shot using 123 eldm. Complete pass throughs and good expansion.