Grendel "knock-down" survey.

[alicea8541]

123 grain Hornady SST factory load
Whitetail buck
100 yards
heart
20 yards

123 grain Hornady SST factory load
Whitetail buck
285 yards
double lung
12-15 yards

123 grain Hornady SST factory load
eastern coyote
100 yards
head
DRT

[altejager]

[altejager]

I tried some lead free in my 8x57 Sauer 202, but it didn't expand as well, and impact was significantly different for same weight (196 gr) rounds. Still experimenting with some factory rounds but have the 2 reloading books, dies, and equipment. Just need to figure out powder and pill.

[Roe]

Another bullet weight introduced.
Have received some suggestions for stat improvement, will try to incorporate given time.

[81police]

Roe, when I gave you my hog data I didn't provide detailed info for each animal harvested, so I reevaluated and revised my data. This would improve your chart significantly.

120 TSX
1 @ 140 yards - DRT
1 @ 139 yards - DRT
1 @ 90 yards - DRT
1 @ 110 yards - DRT
1 @ 50 yards - DRT
1 @ 55 yards - DRT
1 @ 75 yards - DRT
1 @ 120 yards - DRT
1 @ 120 yards - Ran 20 yards
1 @ 100 yards - DRT
1 @ 55 yards - DRT
1 @ 100 yards - DRT
1 @ 100 yards - DRT
1 @ 100 yards - DRT
1 @ 160 yards - DRT
1 @ 75 yards - Ran 25 yards
1 @ 75 yards - Ran 35 yards
1 @ 120 yards - Ran 50 yards
1 @ 100 yards - DRT
1@ 120 yards - DRT
1 @ 45 yards - DRT
1 @ 120 yards - DRT
1 @ 35 yards - DRT
1 @ 80 yards - DRT


123 SST
1 @ 160 yards - Ran 25 yards
1 @ 98 yards - DRT
1 @ 95 yards - DRT
1 @ 120 yards - DRT
1 @ 35 yards - Ran 20 yards
1 @ 135 yards - Ran 25 yards
1 @ 25 yards - DRT
1 @ 25 yards - Ran 15 yards
1 @ 75 yards - DRT
1 @ 75 yards - DRT

[rattleguard]

127 gr Barnes LRX over 28.5 gr 8208 XBR at 2568 fps
Scimitar horned oryx bull (300 lbs)
180 yard shot
Recovered within 40 yards

[pinzgauer]

123g SST (Factory Loading, 16" carbine)
100# hog
5-10 yard shot
Heart/lungs
Dropped in tracks

[hellojoseywales@gmail.com]

Hornady 123grn SST
Cow Elk - If I'm guessing, around 450-550 lbs? We carried out close to 275 lbs....
~125 yards
The round entered on the left behind the shoulder, between two ribs. It passed through both lungs and blasted through a rib on the opposite side and still exited the elk. Not a significant exit wound either. Bullet was still moving fast!
The elk ran maybe 25 yards before collapsing dead.
Pics here- http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showt...891#post121891

[Dave Bob]

123grn SST Factory load 12.5" SBR with silencer.
140lb Whitetail doe
80 yards
Neck shot
Dropped right there.

Dave

[ricsmall]

Coyote
~25 lbs
180 yds
123 amax
Shoulder
DRT

Coyote
~32 lbs
275 yds
123 amax
Texas heart shot
DRT

WT Doe
90 lbs
140 yds
123 amax
Neck
DRT

WT Doe
90lbs
95 yds
123sst
Shoulder/neck juncture
DRT

WT Doe
110 lbs
160 yds
123 sst
Front of shoulder, exit offside behind shoulder
Stumbled 15 yds and expired

WT Doe
105 lbs
237 yds
105 SGMX (s denotes a sneaky modified bullet)
Chest, exit through middle of offside rib cage
DRT

WT Doe
115 lbs
205 yds
105 SGMX
Neck/shoulder juncture
DRT

WT Doe
125 lbs
90 yds
100 TTSX don't remember if this was factory or a sneaky cut down
Chest area, traveled length of deer and exited in front of left hindquarter
Ran directly towards me ~80 yds and dropped
I intentionally waited for this and a couple of the other deer to position for less than optimal shot placement as we were trying to determine real world penetration on some of these factory pills as well as sneakys cut down pills.

[Clays23]

Small whitetail buck
25 yards
123 grain factory load Hornady SST
hit right behind front shoulder
ran maybe 20 yards and fell dead

large whitetail buck
100 yards
123 grain factory Hornady SST
hit in front shoulder
dropped in his tracks but required follow up neck shot

shot using 20" Spinta Precision .264 LBC barrel

[Roe]

Thanks guys, will implement after Christmas.

Best wishes for the holidays!

[Roe]

Updated. A couple of new bullet weights included. I have not included post #50 yet (81 Police) as this one involves also extracting some data.

If we look at the green, I'm trying to illustrate what can be reasonably assumed to be a high 90 percentage of all hunting situations with a rifle, we find that the game (regardless of species) drops within "one line of sight" making for quick death and easy recovery.

[tpk]

123g SST Factory, 12.5" carbine
100# hog
75 yard shot
Head
DRT

123g SST Factory, 12.5" carbine
100# hog
100 yard shot
Head
DRT


123g SST Factory, 12.5" carbine
40# hog
40 yard shot
Head
DRT

123g SST Factory, 12.5" carbine
35# hog
100 yard shot
Head
DRT

123g SST Factory, 16" carbine
130# whitetail
40 yard shot
Heart/Lungs
DRT

123g SST Factory, 16" carbine
150# hog
75 yard shot
Head
DRT

123g SST Factory, 16" carbine
125# hog
50 yard shot
Head
DRT

123g SST Factory, 12.5" carbine
small bobcat
10 yard shot
mid body
not recovered

100g TTSX, 16" carbine
125# hog
75 yard shot
Head
DRT

100g TTSX, 16" carbine
75# hog
75 yard shot
Head
10 yards

100g TTSX, 16" carbine
75# hog
20 yard shot
lungs
DRT

110g Wolf FNJ, 16" carbine
75# hog
20 yard shot
guts
40 yards

120g MPT, 16" carbine
possum
25 yard shot
body
DRT

123g SST, 12.5" carbine
raccoon
35 yard shot
body
DRT

[Kendoist4162]

120 gr Sierra Pro Hunter over 26.0 gr of H335 (2350 fps ish)
18" AA lightweight
20# bobcat
15 yd shot
Broadside chest
Ran and spun about 15 yards and laid down panting. Knife to the neck to end it.