So I’m placing this in the armory section instead of the bolt or semi rifle threads because not sure where it fits - please fee free to move it to a more appropriate section along with my apologies for any extra work or confusion.
Have a itch that’s been festering for a Grendel for some time now - use primary would be deer and pigs and coyotes from bow range to 3-400 meters tops and I’ve only one or two regular hunting spots that would allow a shit beyond 400- in the last 3-4 years longest shot on a deer has been 287 yards - just the terrain I hunt here in northern MI and the upper peninsula as well as in TN and KY, river bottoms , hard woods lots of swamps and brambles- some AG fields but not huge ones .
Anyhow to poke the bear and start yet another “what do the savages on “The Hide “ recommend - I’ve had in my chart or hands in the last few days AR uppers- bolt guns and single shots , if I went the single shot route I think the caliber would lend itself well to one of my favorite woods bumming platforms- the Contender or the Encore . Just can’t make up my mind and will probably default to the AR platform.
If you have made the jump to the Grendel- not new by any means and I remember being under whelmed by it when it first hit the wild but now I think it checks a lot of boxes . So if you have and use it - what would you do different- am I off my rocker even thinking of a single shot ? It was born and bred to squeeze all the juice from the AR - is it better suited to a bolt action?
Could or should I just be happy with my 25-06?
Have a itch that’s been festering for a Grendel for some time now - use primary would be deer and pigs and coyotes from bow range to 3-400 meters tops and I’ve only one or two regular hunting spots that would allow a shit beyond 400- in the last 3-4 years longest shot on a deer has been 287 yards - just the terrain I hunt here in northern MI and the upper peninsula as well as in TN and KY, river bottoms , hard woods lots of swamps and brambles- some AG fields but not huge ones .
Anyhow to poke the bear and start yet another “what do the savages on “The Hide “ recommend - I’ve had in my chart or hands in the last few days AR uppers- bolt guns and single shots , if I went the single shot route I think the caliber would lend itself well to one of my favorite woods bumming platforms- the Contender or the Encore . Just can’t make up my mind and will probably default to the AR platform.
If you have made the jump to the Grendel- not new by any means and I remember being under whelmed by it when it first hit the wild but now I think it checks a lot of boxes . So if you have and use it - what would you do different- am I off my rocker even thinking of a single shot ? It was born and bred to squeeze all the juice from the AR - is it better suited to a bolt action?
Could or should I just be happy with my 25-06?