There is a chance I'm going prairie dog hunting in Wyoming and I'd like to use a 6.5 Grendel. My question is which bullets to use from my stash. I have a several hundred 85 grain Sierra HP, 107 grain SMK, 100 grain Sierra Varmint, 90 grain TNT, 100 grain & 120 grain Nosler BT. I also have several hundred 120 grain Sierra Pro Hunter and several hundred 123 grain Nosler CC.
I'm tempted to load the 85 grain Sierra Varmint but looking at the Ballistic charts I don't see a lot of difference in the 85 to 100 grain varmint bullets out to 400 yards. I figure the wind will be an issue and I don't know if I should load the 123 grain Nosler CC. I have several hundred Nosler CC I got as 2nd's and over runs.
The other question is whether I'm wasting my Nosler CC or SMK on prairie dogs because I won't be able to see my hits. Will the target bullets be through and through at 300 to 400 hundred yards. As you can tell I've never shot prairie dogs. My buddy would probably say I'm over thinking it and I won't hit anything any way.
I'm taking my 223 AR-15 and have plenty of 50-55 grain varmint ammo but I'd like to use my 6.5 Grendel.
Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated.
I'm tempted to load the 85 grain Sierra Varmint but looking at the Ballistic charts I don't see a lot of difference in the 85 to 100 grain varmint bullets out to 400 yards. I figure the wind will be an issue and I don't know if I should load the 123 grain Nosler CC. I have several hundred Nosler CC I got as 2nd's and over runs.
The other question is whether I'm wasting my Nosler CC or SMK on prairie dogs because I won't be able to see my hits. Will the target bullets be through and through at 300 to 400 hundred yards. As you can tell I've never shot prairie dogs. My buddy would probably say I'm over thinking it and I won't hit anything any way.
I'm taking my 223 AR-15 and have plenty of 50-55 grain varmint ammo but I'd like to use my 6.5 Grendel.
Any thoughts or insight would be appreciated.
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