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by Big Game Hunter. 06/04/24 09:19 PM
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: lal357]
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03/05/20 10:16 PM
03/05/20 10:16 PM
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ElkHunter
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6.5 Grendels all the way.
Alabama Hog Control, Inc. www.alabamahogcontrol.comBarry Estes The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: lal357]
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03/07/20 08:26 PM
03/07/20 08:26 PM
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ALMODUX
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6.8 has been more emphatic on deer and hogs than the Grendel, for me. That’s probably more anecdotal to the bullets/velocities I’ve used in the 6.8 vs what I tried in the 6.5. I just feel that inside 100 it was noticeable. I may bump to 300 HAMR and try it. 223 and the right bullets works for the right shots, as does the Grendel....it’s the after the first shot mayhem that causes problems for some stuff. It’s needing a quick follow up that causes problems with the big kickers. If shooting multiples day/night isn’t your niche, most anything will work from a stand to take a single, stationary hog.....but I’m not claiming any major expertise, either....few get to shoot 500/yr like Bill Wilson, or thousands like Jaeger.
Last edited by ALMODUX; 03/07/20 08:35 PM.
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: ElkHunter]
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03/09/20 10:03 AM
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6.5 Grendels all the way.
I just replaced my 7.62x39s that were purpose built to hunt deer and hogs with grendels. More than double the range, much better terminal performance due to high sectional density bullets with almost no recoil.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: lal357]
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03/10/20 09:07 AM
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Bought a 300blk as a woods rifle for deer. Killed a 4yr old 165lb 8pt at 90 yards this year. Shot him in the shoulder and he went about 60yards and piled up. shooting Winchester deer season xp in 150 grain
A BAD DAYS HUNTING OR FISHING IS BETTER THAN ANY DAY AT WORK
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: ALMODUX]
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03/10/20 12:53 PM
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Geno
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Terminal performance is FAR more about a bullet design, than a headstamp.....if you’re only shooting factory, the 6.5 loads I’ve used weren’t nearly as emphatic at usual hunting ranges, as the factory 6.8 loads. That could be changing, but stuff inside 200 always died faster for the same placement, with 6.8, or even 223 sometimes. Try sst. They are explosive. I use more robust bullets because I want as much penetration as I can get. Not much difference between 6.8 spc and 6.5 grendel inside 200 yards ballistically or terminally. The difference comes beyond that, 6.8 runs out of steam at 200ish and the 6.5 is just getting started. I used 6.8 spc for a while when they first came out but switched up to 7.62x39 once the ar world figured out how to make one run. Now it's grendel until something better comes along.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: Geno]
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03/13/20 09:37 PM
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Actually, it WAS the bullets available (SST was one of them) and performance UNDER 200 (90% of AR hunting use for me) vs sometimes past 200, which led me to dump the Grendel FOR a 6.8, years back. I do load, but don’t intend to load for ARs for hunting. There may be better stuff now, but until Nosler screwed up the SSA 110 AB, and Fed screwed up the XM68, those two were far better hunting rounds than anything I found over the counter in a 6.5....which was either too explosive, or didn’t expand well at the velocities of a Grendel, especially in smaller deer and hogs. Waiting for shots past 200 might have worked to make the SST useful, but from 0-200 was where the need was. I still may jump to the HAMR, but everything most tout in a Grendel is not as helpful for how/what I hunt with an AR, and having enough emphasis in the act. Just my druthers. The 6.5 creedmoor does some impressive things with some of its bullet/velocity combos. Just never saw that from a Grendel, but maybe I gave up too soon..
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: lal357]
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03/27/20 05:21 PM
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sbo1971
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Do like my son, get a 458 SOCOM and nothing in the continental U.S. will stand up to it.
Elite Omnia, Easton FMJ, Axcel Landslyde 5 pin slider.
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: RickOShay]
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04/17/20 04:48 AM
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marshmud991
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Stay away from 765 x39m. They are addictive!! I got a big safe overflowing with guns. 5 of the last 6 I bought are 7.65 x 39. . It is a good caliber for everything from mice to mulemule deer.deer 7.62x39? Never heard or seen a 7.65x39.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
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04/20/20 02:23 PM
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Stay away from 765 x39m. They are addictive!! I got a big safe overflowing with guns. 5 of the last 6 I bought are 7.65 x 39. . It is a good caliber for everything from mice to mulemule deer.deer 7.62x39? Never heard or seen a 7.65x39. Em 7.65 are good for those mulemule deerdeer. Ain't you heard?
The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
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Re: Putting together an ar-15 for hogs what caliber
[Re: RickOShay]
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04/20/20 04:05 PM
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Stay away from 765 x39m. They are addictive!! I got a big safe overflowing with guns. 5 of the last 6 I bought are 7.65 x 39. . It is a good caliber for everything from mice to mulemule deer.deer This is a first post I can get behind.
A mans got to know his limitations.
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