127 LRX in 6.5 Grendel

[284winner]

Looking for results of the 127 Barnes LRX in the Grendel. Been running the 123 Hornady with excellent results accuracy wise and anchoring deer fast. I'd like to see if the LRX offers a little less meat damage. Lots of bloodshot meat with the frangible ELD bullets. Not looking for opinions on match bullets for deer so please leave those out. Number one for me is putting the deer down dead. The match bullets do it superbly but only looking for a bit less meat loss. Have a few 127s too try out at the range and considering buy a couple boxes for this falls deer season.

 

[Cloudrepair]

They work great in my 6.5-47 L.
Dropped a 4 point in its tracks about 4 years ago. Barnes is all I hunt with, I get good accuracy also

 

[msalm]

Likely will be very limited in velocity, but they may expand reliably…I’d look at lighter, like a 100gr mono or less. I use the 120gr Nosler E-tip with the butt nipped off in the lathe. Cut down with a precision collet setup and a cutoff form tool that adds a slight boattail and 87gr weight. Gets the bullet well over 2900fps in a 22” bbl Howa mini and expands nicely. Hasn’t provided drop in their tracks type performance, but a good hole through and through with a short blood trail.

 

[284winner]

Likely will be very limited in velocity, but they may expand reliably…I’d look at lighter, like a 100gr mono or less. I use the 120gr Nosler E-tip with the butt nipped off in the lathe. Cut down with a precision collet setup and a cutoff form tool that adds a slight boattail and 87gr weight. Gets the bullet well over 2900fps in a 22” bbl Howa mini and expands nicely. Hasn’t provided drop in their tracks type performance, but a good hole through and through with a short blood trail.View attachment 1682567

I considered the Maker 85 T-Rex bullets. My shots will be 100-150 yards max. Still pushing 2100fps easily at 200 yards using the 127s. It's less blood shot meat I'm trying to achieve. I'm getting dead deer fast with the 123 ELDM. Just more meat loss.

 

[msalm]

Any mono, even lighter faster doesn’t show the meat damage of a cup and core IMO. I’d want to be certain of expansion as most pictures of expansion I’ve seen in the lower velocity window didn’t look too impressive to me, like a small opening at the tip.

Just going to any mono would likely reduce your bloodshot meat. I don’t like them, but a head shot is awfully good at saving meat…had a bad shot last year with a muzzleloader on a doe that was just turning to walk away…shot high and the bullet went in at the base of the skull. Was a true pleasure cutting that deer up but I just can’t purposely take that shot myself.

I think you have the right idea for sure, it’s just with the Grendel it’s already operating in the lower velocity windows. That Maker 85gr is a good idea and what was recommended to me by the owner. Nice guy, send him an email and he’s likely to give a good recommendation also.