Hello, after months upon months of waiting I have finally obtained and built my 22 grendel for my AR. I plan on exclusively shooting only the heavy 80gr+ bullets through the gun. However, this is my very first cartridge into wildcat territory and getting load data seems difficult and I have very little trust in GRT. I ended up modifying the h2o value of a 22PPC to 35 h2o that the grendel cartridge gets. I want to double check with other people before loading to see if the numbers that GRT gave me are in an accurate ballpark for a safe loading in an AR15 for 22 grendel.
The bullet selections I have managed to get my paws on are Hornady 88gr ELDM, 90gr Atips, and SMK 95gr. For powder I have a lot of BLC2 (stuff is great for 130gr in 6.5 grendel), and a pound of leverevoloution and alliant 2000MR.
I plan to keep the loads in the moderate area and ideally keep pressures under 52k PSI. My FPS goals from a 24in barrel and loaded to maglength of 2.26 are 2650FPS on the SMKs, hornady I figure i can push both the A tip and ELDM out to 2750 safely. But with those numbers, ill be a happy camper.
GRT gave me the following numbers for maximums
SMK 95gr
BLC2 26gr, 52k PSI, vel est 2686FPS
Leverevolution 25.7gr, 51.5k PSI, vel est 2729FPS
Alliant 2000MR 26.5gr, 51.9k PSI, vel est 2710FPS
Hornady 90gr ATIP/88gr ELDM (gave virtually same results
BLC2 26.6gr, 51.7K PSI, vel est 2784FPS
Leverevolution 26.4gr, 51.7K PSI, vel est 2839 FPS
Alliant 2000MR 27.1gr 51.9k PSI, vel est 2803FPS
All help is appreciated along with anyones experiences with the heavy long bullets in 22 grendel. Thanks.
The bullet selections I have managed to get my paws on are Hornady 88gr ELDM, 90gr Atips, and SMK 95gr. For powder I have a lot of BLC2 (stuff is great for 130gr in 6.5 grendel), and a pound of leverevoloution and alliant 2000MR.
I plan to keep the loads in the moderate area and ideally keep pressures under 52k PSI. My FPS goals from a 24in barrel and loaded to maglength of 2.26 are 2650FPS on the SMKs, hornady I figure i can push both the A tip and ELDM out to 2750 safely. But with those numbers, ill be a happy camper.
GRT gave me the following numbers for maximums
SMK 95gr
BLC2 26gr, 52k PSI, vel est 2686FPS
Leverevolution 25.7gr, 51.5k PSI, vel est 2729FPS
Alliant 2000MR 26.5gr, 51.9k PSI, vel est 2710FPS
Hornady 90gr ATIP/88gr ELDM (gave virtually same results
BLC2 26.6gr, 51.7K PSI, vel est 2784FPS
Leverevolution 26.4gr, 51.7K PSI, vel est 2839 FPS
Alliant 2000MR 27.1gr 51.9k PSI, vel est 2803FPS
All help is appreciated along with anyones experiences with the heavy long bullets in 22 grendel. Thanks.
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