Clean that new barrel and try it again, I bet it will shoot tighter, I wasn’t impressed with my PSA 6.5 Grendel upper but I’m nearly getting same hole groups at 100 yards with hornady custom 123 gr SST after I have shot a few boxes through it , I’ve went back and watched all of your Grendel videos, That gen 2 Ruger set up is sharp looking.
Nice setup. It’s a lot easier for me to get better groups while sitting with sand bags. That’s just me. You done well for standing. I like the grendel and even thought about getting a bolt gun in one of those. The msr is working on the bacon. Thx for the video 👍👍
Hornady custom 123 grain sst needs a little more velocity. Loading rhe 123 for myself and they print good. I use them and the eld-m for pigs, and they both are devastating. Couple yotes have fallen to them as well. The 129 sst are great on whitetail and pigs as well. If you ever get a chance to run some 120 gtain speer gold dots id recommend them over them all. Excellent performance and salvage the most meat. Fused round so very little, if any, fragmentation. Good vid!
Hey spider monkey, Jim over on the Backfire channel was having the same trouble as you are. He checked out a video by Ron Spomer Outdoors. Ron was saying that it’s very difficult to get good consistent groups shooting both copper and lead based bullets during the same range time without cleaning the barrel completely. It has something to do with the copper bullets fouling the barrel differently and leaving copper deposit in the riflings. You should check it out. This might help you to solve your problem. Great video by the way!!
Enjoy the video from my experience most rifles shoot their best groups after they break in a little bit have had a couple that surprised me and shot great right out of the box but generally 150 to 200 rounds they generally tighten up
I have had 3 Grendel's. 2 bolt and an AR. I tried a dozen factory loads and hand loads. I never did get good accuracy. I really wanted a grendel but I want it accurate. I'm done with the grendel.
Your shooting position seems very uncomfortable. I think you AND than rifle could do better from a better position. However, you are definitely minute of deer as is.
SpiderM. Now that you have had the 6.5 Grendel in the Howa mini and both Rugers gen one and gen two witch would you recommend if someone was going to buy a new one as far as fit , finish and actual accuracy?
Thats a tough question. I always preferred my ruger gen 1 over the howa but the howa is an amazing rifle. I haven't spent enough time with the gen 2 yet to give a fair shake. So far it resembles the gen 1 to me.
My gen2 grendel shoots like trash, 1.5 to 2 inch groups. I have several other rifles that can do under 1 inch that are comparable. Even my grendel AR build shoots better.
