Long Range AR - The 6.5 Grendel by Alexander Arms

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The Long Range AR - 6.5 Grendel

Articles by Henning Wallgren and Tom Pfeiffer

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An Introduction to the Grendel

The 6.5 Grendel caliber, introduced in 2003 by Bill Alexander of Alexander Arms, has been getting increasing interest among long range shooters over the past years. But not only so, European IPSC Rifle shooters are looking at this caliber as a potential competitive advantage. The Grendel is powerful enough to score major in practical rifle.

Is it over for the old .223? No doubt the Grendel can out-shoot the 223, but recoil is still a factor.		The 6.5 Grendel case next to a .223 Remington. You can jump from 55 - 77 grain bullets to 95 - 144 grains with the Grendel. Velocities from 2,300 - 2,900 depending on bullet.
Magazines from Alexander Arms holds 26 rounds. You can technically seat the bullet out to 2.280" as shown, but to ensure proper feeding the OAL will be from 2.220" - 2.270" depending on the bullet.		Magazines are of high quality with self-leveling followers. Why doesn't the .223 magazines come this way... Somebody at Alexander Arms cares about quality. Isn't that so, Bill ;-)
Lots of ammo, notepad with drop chart, range finder, calculator and pen are necessary tools.		Wish I had a 1,000+ yard range near by... My drop chart proved to work and I was able to hit small rocks out to 750 yards.
Lots of bullets to choose from. For most practical purposes it'll probably be: Sierra 120 or 123 Match King Lapua 108 or 123 Scenar, Hornady 129SST or 140 A-Max		So far I've had good results with the Grendel. 5 shot group consistently under 0.5" at 100 yards with Sierra 123 Match King and Vihtavuori N540.