PA 1.5-12x36 Scope and Reticle First Look

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You could input all of Hodgdon’s pressure-tested data, which has both start pressure and max capacity or pressure listed for all their powder and bullet...

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My best guess is that whoever the customers are, have orders being filled, and as they adopt or acquire, adjacent customers in that space are piling on...

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It makes a lot more sense to use 6.5 Grendel than it does 7.62x51 NATO for DM rifles and carbines, and it makes more sense to use Grendel in the places...

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We found both QuickLoad and GRT to overestimate 6.5 Grendel chamber pressures, often anywhere from 9,000 to 14,000psi.

It would be good if...

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For compressed loads, you can use a drop tube or vibratory method to settle the powder. I do that if I’m loading long COL with CFE223 under 123gr....

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The bulges will manifest in breeches that have too deep of a feeding cone, or guns that are too over-gassed, soft brass, or a combo of these factors....

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I’ve used several 20 MOA slope single-piece base mounts and that’s what’s on my 17.6” Lilja, a NightForce UniMount 20 MOA slope.

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DoubleNaughtSpy has used 100gr ELD-VT to hunt hogs. They penetrate just enough for either through-and-throughs or 15” lengthwise. ~42-49gr retained...

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I really like how flat the 90-110gr bullets shoot through Grendel, even from the 12”.

You can reach 2700fps from a 16” Grendel with 100gr...

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I really like the compact, versatile mid-power scopes like this for Grendel. It appears to be only about 3/4” longer than their 1-8x24 PLVO.
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It is very rewarding to be able to pass-on things from my grandfather, father, and young men who were my brothers, now to my kids.

Just being...