6.5 Grendel sml rfl prm

[PRR1957]

Dose any company make 6.5 Grendel case with small rifle primer pockets ?

 

[Lone Hunter]

Lapua and Starline use Small Rifle. Hornady and Federal use small rifle. PPU uses LR .Also, I have some AA (Alexander Arms)that uses Small Rifle but supposedly is made by Lapua for AA.
Edited post: For some stupid reason I had Hornady and Federal using LR primers in my head but mistyped. Post corrected now..That's why you check written data from a loading book instead of the Internet... PPU and brass formed from 7.62x39 are the only ones I know that use LR primers. Laurie says PPU is now making SR primed brass. Consult loading data from manufacturers..

 

[Laurie]

PPU now makes an 'improved' stronger Grendel case claimed to have been beefed up in critical areas. One part of the changes is a move to Small Rifle leaving more metal in the case-head. Unlike Lapua, the flash-hole remains the standard 2mm / 0.079" size.

 

[WyleWD]

Norma also makes 6.5 Grendel with a small primer.

 

[Rtheurer]

They are all Small Primer pocket except for just a couple companies. PPU is Large rifle and so far has been the only one I have run across that is Large Rifle. There may be more but all major manufactures are small primer. Honrnady, Lapua, Alaxander Arms, Norma, Federal, ect ect.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Be aware that some, starline for sure, have the curiously large flash hole. If youre just plinking or losing brass like in a prs match then starline works real good

 

[Laurie]

Be aware that some, starline for sure, have the curiously large flash hole. If youre just plinking or losing brass like in a prs match then starline works real good

Likewise the newer production PPU SP case. I can't imagine why Starline and PPU didn't go for the small diameter (1.5mm) sized flash-hole alongside small primer. I've yet to load up any of the 100 PPUs I've just bought - it'll be interesting to see what effect, if any, this feature has on performance compared to Lapua.

In the UK, these cases cost some 45% less than Lapua, so if you were using the Grendel in a discipline with a high attrition rate they'd make sense as Dusty says. I use mine slowfire in a bolt gun, so case wastage through losing them on the range is nil.