6mm Creedmoor > 6.5 Grendel??? And... can Ruger American stabilize the Barnes 95 LRX?

[polishmanmike]

I have no experience with the 6 creed. 6.5 grendel and 6 ARC is another story, I built my wife's first deer rifle as a 20in ar, there were no popular budget rifles chambered for it at the time. She liked the rifle and killed several deer with it and I even shot a couple. None over 200 yards all with a 120 eldm and a case full of varget, deer bled good and didn't run far if at all. When the 6 six arc came out I got on that band wagon built and AR wasn't super impressed untill I got a Howa mini action and I really like it I've now taken several deer with it, same story deer bled well didn't run far if at all, 108 eldm case full of varget. When my mother decided she wanted to start deer hunting at 70 asked about a rifle I steered her to a mini action in 6.5 grendel after having both. I don't think there is much advantage to one over the other I only sent her that way for ammo availability even though I load her ammo.

I hear all of that, and honestly, I would have done already gone with the Grendel My issue is velocity, I will be using copper monos, so Grendel in short barrel just doesn't seem like enough to push a 115 gr over 2000 fps out to 300 yards. Most of the stuff is calculated out of 24" barrel, I was looking for a 16-20"

 

[glennjones]

I hear all of that, and honestly, I would have done already gone with the Grendel My issue is velocity, I will be using copper monos, so Grendel in short barrel just doesn't seem like enough to push a 115 gr over 2000 fps out to 300 yards. Most of the stuff is calculated out of 24" barrel, I was looking for a 16-20

I hear all of that, and honestly, I would have done already gone with the Grendel My issue is velocity, I will be using copper monos, so Grendel in short barrel just doesn't seem like enough to push a 115 gr over 2000 fps out to 300 yards. Most of the stuff is calculated out of 24" barrel, I was looking for a 16-20"

That makes your choice easy. 6 creed Barnes 95 lrx. Done.

 

[Tahoe1305]

I forgot Hornady has the ELD-VT line now.

I built my kiddo a 12.5” 6.5G because I had the components. I was shooting 120g gold dots at 2400 in this barrel. But snagged some 100g ELD-VT this weekend and loaded some up. Hoping to get close to 2600 in the short barrel. The BC on those are closer to 120g bullets so they hold energy well.

Will hold 1k ftlbs to 300yds where I hunt (and plenty of velocity).

To your velocity question….my 120g in a 20” barrel were shooting 2700fps.

I think you can get the velocity you want with handloads with 16-20” barrels.

Edit: ran #s on Barnes 120g at 2600fps (confident a 18” would get you there) and it holds 2000fps to 400yds.