Preferred powder in 6.5 Grendel with light weight bullets

[1K6BRA]

A friend of mine just put together an AR rifle and 6.5 Grendel. He is planning on shooting Barnes TTSX 100 grain bullets for deer. Wondering what you guys prefer for powder with this combination. Thank you for any recommendations.

 

[MrMajestic]

Benchmark...

 

[smokinghole]

8208

 

[S3silver]

I use a stout dose of Benchmark. The same load shoots very good out of 3 ar grendels.

 

[STOMP442]

Mine liked H4895 over anything else. I tried CFE 223, Varget, and 8208 with very lack luster results. H4895 was like flicking a switch and groups were instantly better. Still doesn't shoot quite as good as I had hoped it would but its decent enough for what it is intended for.

 

[Lone Hunter]

I'm using 8208 with 123 gr bullet with very good results. I'm using H335 for 85 gr bullets and it does real good. Never tried 100 gr. Bullets though. I'm loading for an AR and the Howa Mini Action.

 

[Steve Ladino]

A friend of mine just put together an AR rifle and 6.5 Grendel. He is planning on shooting Barnes TTSX 100 grain bullets for deer. Wondering what you guys prefer for powder with this combination. Thank you for any recommendations.

Seems like all the various powders in the similar range of pressure / power and burning speed work well with the Grendel and has been my experience ( ARC , TAC, 8208, 335, ) . The least accurate has been with 85 grain bullets and so far the best has been with 120 SMK's in an 8 twist bolt action . Varget worked real well but it produced low velocity with the 123's. In Pa. its still to cold out to feel comfortable testing loads, bout a couple months yet.

 

[Lone Hunter]

Steve, I am surprised that you said the 85 gr was the least accurate. In my AR I run H335 and the 85 gr Sierra HP,CCI 450. This is out of a 20" BHW Barrel. 8 Twist. The Howa Mini shoots them pretty decent but not as good as the BHW barrel. Other guys have reported good accuracy with the 85 gr too. I hear Sierra is also going to discontinue this bullet also. It just goes to show that rifles are like people. Each one is different and they like different things.

 

[Steve Ladino]

A friend of mine just put together an AR rifle and 6.5 Grendel. He is planning on shooting Barnes TTSX 100 grain bullets for deer. Wondering what you guys prefer for powder with this combination. Thank you for any recommendations.

Forgot the 107 TMK's......with 30.2 grains of H335, Rem. 7 1/2 's, Hornady brass at 100 yds produced a three shot group @ 2670 FPS MV and a .206 " group c / c in my Ruger predator bolt action. Probably the best I'l get.

 

[Steve Ladino]

Steve, I am surprised that you said the 85 gr was the least accurate. In my AR I run H335 and the 85 gr Sierra HP,CCI 450. This is out of a 20" BHW Barrel. 8 Twist. The Howa Mini shoots them pretty decent but not as good as the BHW barrel. Other guys have reported good accuracy with the 85 gr too. I hear Sierra is also going to discontinue this bullet also. It just goes to show that rifles are like people. Each one is different and they like different things.

Agree, Maybe if I worked more on the 85's I could have had better results but only had 100 of them and was anxious to try something heavier. Seems like for consistency the Sierra gets thumbs up.

 

[1K6BRA]

Thank you Lone Hunter for that added information. I just passed it along to my friend that was looking for information. I have no experience with the 6.5 Grendel cartridge. This website and you guys are awesome with sharing information. Hopefully I will be able to get him to become a member also. Thanks again!

 

[NZ_Fclass]

In my heavy barrel Howa - 8208 for 123 Lapua or Hornady is OK, but better speed and accuracy was achieved with Power Pro Varmint. You may want to have alook on the 6.5Grendel Forum - lots of info from owners there.

 

[jbmarshtx]

I second the grendel forum. And you can get a part 1 and 2 loading manual from ar15 build box. They have a lot of loads there. Waiting on some parts and reloading gear to get a 700 silhouette bolt action built in the grendel. I'm probably going to go with AA2520 for 108s and 123s.

 

[Enosiophobia]

I'm using 8208 with 123 gr bullet with very good results. I'm using H335 for 85 gr bullets and it does real good. Never tried 100 gr. Bullets though. I'm loading for an AR and the Howa Mini Action.

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[South Paw Sammy]

8208, 100grn ballistic tip very accurate for me in an AR 15

 

[Rodney]

H4198 with Sierra 85 HP. Very accurate. Not sure of the velocity, haven’t shot it over my chronograph yet.