.300WM or 6.5 Grendel

[islandermyk]

... which is better out pass the 1400 yard mark???
I've seen some post on another forum 2000 yards with a .300WM and I guess the round starts tumbling getting out there... I wonder if the 6.5 Grendel is capable and or better...?

I love my .308. Shooting it is good for out to and inside 800 yards consistently... out to a thousand is fun... out between the 1200 and 1400 yards I begin to put expensive holes on the ground more than anything... and the mile shot (especially up in Pawnee... well it's the only place I could try such a thing) still eludes me


With all of your superior knowledge in Long Range shooting. Knowing both rounds are pretty capable of reaching out there, but which one will hit that mile mark consistently and beyond?


I would get a .338LM, but that would require me to buy myself another 6 month wait on a can, and then some.....

crazy... yep, I know... but what do you guys think?

[quickdraw]

338LM and a brake

[Goodburbon]

.30-378?

[Hoser]

338LM and a brake

Yup.

[ray1970]

F**k it. Just go .50 BMG.

[islandermyk]

.300WM or 6.5 Grendel?

believe me! I am in tears while I'm going through all your post

[islandermyk]

.30-378?

This one is an interesting round. I had to look this one up.... barrel life at 600 rounds, wow... that's some hot sh*t!

http://gundata.org/cartridge/68/.30-378-weatherby/
"barrel life lasting around 600 hundred rounds before it needs to be replaced"

[C Ward]

Grendel is way over rated and is the worst choice that can be made for a long range 6.5 . 300WM runs circles around the Grendel which is realistically no better than an 800ish yard cartridge . Past 1K is 338 land .

[islandermyk]

Grendel is way over rated and is the worst choice that can be made for a long range 6.5 . 300WM runs circles around the Grendel which is realistically no better than an 800ish yard cartridge . Past 1K is 338 land .

Dammit... .338 land... this is gonna get really expensive, shit

[spqrzilla]

You can't compare the .300 Win Mag and the 6.5 Grendel. They are far different cartridges for far different purposes. There is no way the 6.5 Grendel can compete with the .300 Win Mag ... and it isn't supposed to. The 6.5 Grendel is a cartridge made to fit a specific platform, while the .300 Win Mag is a long action cartridge that has the capacity for far more powder.