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Originally Posted by Stinky Coyote
Why compare a .243 with a .264 when talking SD ? The .243 is in a different category. Beating it with a .264 means nothing. Stay in your caliber/ weight class and try again.
As to the Grendel forum, what else would you expect ? We have the same kind of gobblygook on here.
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Because 'around here' the .243 is considered the gold standard for a minimal choice. Various reasons people buy .243's from their own personal needs to something for wife and kids as a couple of the more common choices.
And the reason the 6.5 Grendel compares with the .243 is it shows almost perfectly the difference in efficiency when it comes to cartridge choices. You have to burn a fair bit more powder with less efficient projectiles to do the same thing at same distances. Often why the Creedmoor is compared ballistically not to the .308 but the 300 win mag. The Grendel is the same to the .243...you get the idea. But the effective range of the Grendel and the .243 are essentially the same and arguable the Grendel will prove more effective because of that higher s.d.
Just as i was educating the Creedmoor i'm doing the same here with the Grendel. We seem to be a little behind the times here Salavee.
Yes a modern .243 with fast twist barrel and 105 gr and up slugs will whoop the 6.5 grendels arse...but then that's why the 6mm Creedmoor is heating up lol. But the factory to factory the Grendel is a match. Swede needs the modern touch to beat the Creedmoor. Same idea.