first time shooting grendel over 130 yards today

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well today with the nice weather starting and the ground hawgs starting to come out I finally got a chance to stretch the legs on ly grendel a little today and work with the shooter app some, right around lunch I see a ground hawg out in the back field I walk down the lane to behind our sheds and from there to the the corner where it was at it was 200 yards even, I dial in 1.6 per the app and first shot it dropped. about 30 min later I see one up on top the hill near the back woods, I go and range it 230 yards its about 10 yards into the woods, dial 2.4 per the app first shot. another hour and I see one at the side of the house on the other side of the pond thats 130 yards dial .3 like normal and drop that one. not more than 20 min after that I see one up in the upper field beside the house 290 yards dial 4.1 and first shot hit, I took the quad up there to look at it and I hit it dead center. I have to say im really impressed with the grendel round and the shooter app. im waiting for more hawgs to show up further out the field beside the house to the side woods is almost 500 yards.
 
Re: first time shooting grendel over 130 yards today

Sounds like fun. We don't have many of those here. I've only shot one, and I just used my wifes Kimber Hunter with a Nikon on it...from the bedroom window
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Re: first time shooting grendel over 130 yards today

Finally talked my son into shooting his Grendel long range with us last weekend.

600 yards, 10" plate, hitting about 50%- with a 15 mph wind swirling around. I'm pretty impressed with the capabilities of that round. 20" barrel, 123 Amax's over 27 grains 8208 XBR...
 
Re: first time shooting grendel over 130 yards today

I have a 20 inch satern barrel on mine, Im using 29 grains of 2520 with 123 Amax bullets. that match's hornadys factory loads so I can shoot factory or my handloads without changing POI as far as I can tell, @ 100 yards its dead on and the crono is saying im doing 2580 FPS about 5 feet from the barrel with my handloads or factory. I can get 400 yards in our fields beside the house I just never sat anything up. the field on the other side of the road I might beable to get 500 yards. I only have a 440 yard range finder and around around 350-400 its hard to get a good reading off of objects.
 
Re: first time shooting grendel over 130 yards today

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wannashootit</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Damn, I envy you guys that can step out the door and pull the trigger... </div></div>

you and me both...
 
Re: first time shooting grendel over 130 yards today

great shooting ! got my 24" grendel set up and a bunch of 123 Amaxs ready. But ground hawgs are harder to find here lately.