Man, that does look to be a sweet gun. To bad you could not use it for Deer in the SLM.

 

My stepson shot a little buck with my CZ 527 chambered in 6.5 Grendel. 123 grain Hornady SST at about 30 yards through the rib cage and about a .50 cent piece hole through the leg bone where it connects with the chest. Very “quiet” or at least reasonably easy on the ears and mild recoil even from a light weight rifle. I like it a lot.

 

If we didnt have to be limited down here in the south part of the state I wouldnt be wasting my time with one of these straight wall cartridges. Currently I use a 44 mag cva scout and a 500 sw magnum NEF handi rifle. Id use my 6x45 ar15 with 80gr core lokts. Maybe build a 6 mm arc or 6.5 grendel. Or just knock the dust off the 308win weatherby.

 

Grandson just bought a 350 and likes shooting it. Deer season will tell how it really works.

 

It's good to have options. But if I were to consider a grendel in anything other than an AR it'd literally have to weigh under 5 lbs.

Not many adults really need that low of recoil. You have 30-30, 6.5 creedmoor, 260 Remington, 7mm-08 and others would probably make a better compromise and have greater versatility.

 

I didn't say it was needed, just that it's nice. And for small people, kids, older folks, or hunters with back problems like me, it's a dandy option

 

The 6.5 grendel is no doubt superior to the 350. Bottle neck is a bad word in shotgun zones where only straight wall cartridges are legal.

 

6.5G is a lot like the 350L. They both work fine, great for their intended purposes of light recoil, but both on the lower end of KE. I/we have used both, and you just have to have reasonable expectations. Other than that, both very efficient in what you feed them to go bang, so that's a big plus in todays component shortage.

 

Great post!!!

I built a 6.5 Grendel AR a few years ago, strictly for TX hog hunting on stand, importantly on the AR platform as back-up walking gun. It's a dream to shoot!

Shortly after I picked up a .450 BM for deer-hunting here in Michigan, also AR. Now, I'm kind of bummed I did, because while 450 would be outstanding medicine for pigs, I'd never stand hunt with it over a Grendel, and as a walking gun magazine capacity is an issue, not to mention weight.

My BIL brought a GLF 350 to TX last year, and in my ignorance, had no idea until then it wasn't a single stack magazine, capacity of 20. So, while I love the bushie, it doesn't make the trip to TX. No way am I busting into a thicket with 5 rounds. Every damn year at least once we get into a sounder and can easily dump a 20-30 round magazine.

This is a specific use case, but both qualify as great pigs guns if a balance of stand and walk-up hunting are considered. The Grendel a better stand gun, the 350 a better walk-up gun. And the bushie not even a factor.

And while more pigs are killed with 5.56, it's not even a contender, especially with crappy ball ammo.

 

Ball ammo is designed to wound not kill. I know it will kill but it is military ammo that is more apt to punch a very small hole and cause wounding.

 

There’s more reliable hunting ammo than 5.56 milspec but it’s not designed to wound it’s designed to kill and does not punch small holes. It’s designed to yaw and to fragment as it does.

 

Both are great and what I am observing is they kill deer better than their ballistic numbers show. Probably close to 20 harvests with these 2 last 2 years. The Grendel I’ve been shooting out to 500 target only but did shoot a doe at 217 yds this last fall. I would take that over the legend if I wasn’t in a straight wall zone. With my 123 gr SST load it’s still going a calculated 2019 fps at 300 yds which is well above the expansion minimum.

 

I was a #1 350 Legend critic, now I think it’s the best CQB, hold down the fort and hunting round we can have in Michigan. The ballistic math doesn’t justify its effectiveness but it certainly hits the sweet spot of speed, sectional density, recoil, noise availability and much more.