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<blockquote data-quote="yorke-1" data-source="post: 1250248" data-attributes="member: 11960"><p>I think the Grendel is the better of the two, but both are great cartridges. My little 6.5 Grendel took two small deer this year and I'm very impressed with the results. I typically hunt with either handguns or medium bore rifles so the small bore 6.5 was a bit of a change for me. My rifle is a CZ 527 I had converted to 6.5 Grendel with a 19" barrel.</p><p></p><p>This little blacktail was shot at about 45 yards head on with a 130 Accubond at 2430 FPS. The bullet entered the brisket, clipped the heart, shredded one lung, trashed the liver and came to rest just under the skin inside the pelvis. Penetration was just over 27" in an almost perfect straight line. Recovered bullet retained 82% of it's weight.</p><p><a href="http://s162.photobucket.com/user/collegekidandy/media/1B80A5E6-D090-4005-940E-F97D70E6410B.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t260/collegekidandy/1B80A5E6-D090-4005-940E-F97D70E6410B.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s162.photobucket.com/user/collegekidandy/media/D1C6A18A-4FBD-4D5D-909A-1F2099D8C733.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t260/collegekidandy/D1C6A18A-4FBD-4D5D-909A-1F2099D8C733.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The whitetail was shot at a touch over 100 yards with the same gun and load. Standing broadside shot broke one rib, tore up the heart, and broke a rib while exiting. </p><p><a href="http://s162.photobucket.com/user/collegekidandy/media/FEF76C64-BBB6-44E5-BC0D-AD91A58F3CC6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t260/collegekidandy/FEF76C64-BBB6-44E5-BC0D-AD91A58F3CC6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>My only real issue was with blood trails. The head on shot didn't leave any blood on the ground. The deer only went 5 yards and most of that was rolling down a hill. The broadside shot left a small, but usable blood trail for about 15 yards before the deer hit the ground. Some of that I'm sure is because the heart was hit in both cases. I'm told that the small bore rounds just don't always leave a blood trail that a blind man can follow though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yorke-1, post: 1250248, member: 11960"] I think the Grendel is the better of the two, but both are great cartridges. My little 6.5 Grendel took two small deer this year and I'm very impressed with the results. I typically hunt with either handguns or medium bore rifles so the small bore 6.5 was a bit of a change for me. My rifle is a CZ 527 I had converted to 6.5 Grendel with a 19" barrel. This little blacktail was shot at about 45 yards head on with a 130 Accubond at 2430 FPS. The bullet entered the brisket, clipped the heart, shredded one lung, trashed the liver and came to rest just under the skin inside the pelvis. Penetration was just over 27" in an almost perfect straight line. Recovered bullet retained 82% of it's weight. [URL=http://s162.photobucket.com/user/collegekidandy/media/1B80A5E6-D090-4005-940E-F97D70E6410B.jpg.html][IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t260/collegekidandy/1B80A5E6-D090-4005-940E-F97D70E6410B.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s162.photobucket.com/user/collegekidandy/media/D1C6A18A-4FBD-4D5D-909A-1F2099D8C733.jpg.html][IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t260/collegekidandy/D1C6A18A-4FBD-4D5D-909A-1F2099D8C733.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The whitetail was shot at a touch over 100 yards with the same gun and load. Standing broadside shot broke one rib, tore up the heart, and broke a rib while exiting. [URL=http://s162.photobucket.com/user/collegekidandy/media/FEF76C64-BBB6-44E5-BC0D-AD91A58F3CC6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t260/collegekidandy/FEF76C64-BBB6-44E5-BC0D-AD91A58F3CC6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] My only real issue was with blood trails. The head on shot didn't leave any blood on the ground. The deer only went 5 yards and most of that was rolling down a hill. The broadside shot left a small, but usable blood trail for about 15 yards before the deer hit the ground. Some of that I'm sure is because the heart was hit in both cases. I'm told that the small bore rounds just don't always leave a blood trail that a blind man can follow though! [/QUOTE]
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