11-13-2011, 02:57 AM
Wolf ammo has very thick jackets, and is under-powered. Real 5.56x45 (not .223), is an extremely hot loading for a production caliber, and leaves the muzzle of a 14.5" M4 at over 2900fps for the 62gr, and over 3000fps for the 55gr. If you had been shooting him with steel-penetrator M855 NATO, you would have achieved a different result much earlier I'm betting. Wolf plinking ammo is no measure by which to view 5.56 NATO.
That being said, I still love the Grendel for what it offers, especially in wind drift and retained energy for thicker barriers on game. As for military applications in a carbine, 5.56 is hard to beat.
Machineguns are a different story.
That being said, I still love the Grendel for what it offers, especially in wind drift and retained energy for thicker barriers on game. As for military applications in a carbine, 5.56 is hard to beat.
Machineguns are a different story.