Hello from Germany

[PeteinGermany]

Welcome to the forum! How common is 6.5 Grendel in Germany, and what factory loads are available? It's interesting to learn what's common/uncommon in other countries.

thanks for the welcome, 6.5 Grendel has a small but growing following over here, i have built a few on request for customers plus 2 for myself and 1 for my son. Some of the AR manufacturing companies over here also offer uppers or complete rifles and at least one importer is bringing a few rifles in from the USA.

Ammo is available from Hornady, Federal, Sellior & Bellot Privi Partizan,PPU,

[PeteinGermany]

Well i managed to get my 2000J.

32,5gr of CFE223 pushing 123gr SST is getting me 2527fps /779ms) and that gets me 2005J at 100m. Groups at 1MOA

my rifle likes the Vit N540 though, with 30.0gr im getting 2481 fps and 1930J with 1/2 MOA, but if i drop back to 29.6gr i get 2448 fps (746ms) 1878J and 1/3MOA.

I honestly wonder if a deer can tell the difference or around 130J.

[LRRPF52]

Well i managed to get my 2000J.

32,5gr of CFE223 pushing 123gr SST is getting me 2527fps /779ms) and that gets me 2005J at 100m. Groups at 1MOA

my rifle likes the Vit N540 though, with 30.0gr im getting 2481 fps and 1930J with 1/2 MOA, but if i drop back to 29.6gr i get 2448 fps (746ms) 1878J and 1/3MOA.

I honestly wonder if a deer can tell the difference or around 130J.

Someone need to bring the exploits of W.D.M. Bell to the attention of the hunting licensing authorities in Germany.

[JASmith]

Welcome aboard Pete!

It looks like you are bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to the forum!

We look forward to seeing interesting discussions with you here.

Many of the folks you converse with also have a wealth of experience and expertise, but from slightly different perspective.

This makes our forum rich indeed.

[Zinkin]

Welcome to the chaos, you should have no trouble getting that out of an 18 inch and higher barrel. There are a few of us getting 2700 and up fps with Hammer bullets.....