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Posted: 10/12/2008 1:48:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LaRue_Tactical]
Lotsa Pics Page 2 and Page 8 Yeppers, yesterday I sent a 120 gr Barnes X at a 5x5 with the 6.5 Grendel - distance ... 405 yards, on-the-sack. Stay tuned for the rest of the story ... 
ML |
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Posted: 10/12/2008 1:49:37 PM EDT
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The anticipation is killing me!!!
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OK, USA
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Posted: 10/12/2008 1:56:28 PM EDT
[#2]
sweet!!!
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Posted: 10/12/2008 2:41:11 PM EDT
[#3]
tag for carnage potential
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Posted: 10/12/2008 2:45:50 PM EDT
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Stay Tuned......you tease
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FL, USA
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Posted: 10/12/2008 2:47:19 PM EDT
[#5]
you tease
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Posted: 10/12/2008 3:09:00 PM EDT
[#6]
Tag for Meese.
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Posted: 10/12/2008 4:30:04 PM EDT
[#7]
Tease I tell ya, TEASE!
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Posted: 10/12/2008 5:39:00 PM EDT
[#8]
523
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Posted: 10/12/2008 7:16:17 PM EDT
[#9]
Nice.
I've long wanted to get a 6.5 ... how do you like yours? |
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Posted: 10/12/2008 7:43:25 PM EDT
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I've been wanting onbe of these. Most lilely will be te next weapon I buy. Curious to see how it did.
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Posted: 10/12/2008 8:21:55 PM EDT
[#11]
Pics or die!
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Posted: 10/12/2008 8:51:44 PM EDT
[#12]
Ok, you had a couple of hours. Quit teasing us LaRue!
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Posted: 10/12/2008 9:48:02 PM EDT
[#13]
Tag for the rest of the story.
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Posted: 10/12/2008 10:03:36 PM EDT
[#14]
Tag
And quit being such a prick tease! |
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Posted: 10/13/2008 6:27:00 AM EDT
[#15]
Tag.
I bet he missed. 
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NV, USA
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Posted: 10/13/2008 6:23:06 PM EDT
[#16]
Come on now.... let's see the bull!!
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Posted: 10/13/2008 6:31:47 PM EDT
[#17]
The gonja smoking 'beaner says it all...pipe dreams up in smoke. Yo mon, u should've zeen da polur bear (Klondike Bar) I shot with my 223.
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Posted: 10/13/2008 7:14:32 PM EDT
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You shot an elk in its sack? You are a sick man!
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OK, USA
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Posted: 10/13/2008 8:57:34 PM EDT
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so where is the rest of the story??
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Posted: 10/13/2008 11:43:27 PM EDT
[#20]
Still waiting for Paul Harvey...
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Posted: 10/14/2008 3:22:46 AM EDT
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couldn't get an Alaskan moose so you settled for one of them little animals in the lower 48
  dont throw me out please
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Posted: 10/14/2008 10:53:06 AM EDT
[#22]
Tag
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Posted: 10/14/2008 5:23:16 PM EDT
[#23]
I've been on several short cell calls with ML, since he created this thread...each time we've lost the call in canyons, ravines, etc. before I could hear the "story".
He's on-travel back home now...so stay tuned. |
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Posted: 10/14/2008 5:28:09 PM EDT
[#24]
in
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Posted: 10/14/2008 5:37:05 PM EDT
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Mark just stopped by the shop to say hello on the way to the AP from the hunt. Good story and from the sounds of it one hellava shot. Colorado canyon wind this time of year can be a real bitch.
Good hunting Mark! |
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Posted: 10/15/2008 1:02:13 AM EDT
[Last Edit: USMC88-93]
[#26]
That bull in the pix below is a work of art.........Yummy
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Posted: 10/15/2008 12:54:06 PM EDT
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Thanks for building the suspense even more. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 9:26:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: LaRue_Tactical]
[#28]
So, thinking about producing a non-5.56 caliber, the 6.5 Grendel, I thought it best to go do some testing ...On the flight up to Greeley, me and the Navion passed by a town called Munday, Texas.So, I flew by Munday ... on a Thursday.
Set a box out at exactly 325 yd. to confirm the 325 yd. dot zero ... shot, checked (knowing I left it 2 moa high) , then came down that 2 moa and shot twice more ... ummm, convincing ... and not bad shootin' ... After shooting last two shots, I mindlessly took the scope off to show the ranch owner. I then put it back on and didn't think another thing about it. I later heard he was a little concerned I didn't shoot some more to re-zero. 
Elk country ... 
I can see the shot in this next pic, it was 405 yards across this draw ... wind howling. Using a BOG tripod, rock-solid, I held 20" best-guess into the wind and let fly. 
This is how I found him just 10 yds from the point-of-impact. My spotter said he whirled to the left and was instantly out-ot-sight. 
We took off all the orange stuff for some pics ... 
Starting in on field dressing ... 
Got him down the hill just at dark ... 
The flight back. Processed meat was under this pile tied-together with the hidden seat belts. I was flying alone, so held the camera out for a self-portrait ...  If he'd been any bigger, then I would have had fit-issues getting him in the Navion.
Kansas is soaking wet ... corn is still green ... 
Thought it best to verify the Garmin's accuracy, so I dropped down to check a road sign on a long stretch of deserted Texas road ... no cars seen for miles on that one ... 
The Navion is back in the hangar ... the meat's in the freezer ... 
So, this is not the end-all-be-all of tests, but those 120 grain Triple Shox did shoot clean through an elk side-to-side, standing 405 yards across the way. Don't know how much damage it did, but it sure did kill hell out of him. He was guartering slightly away, and I missed my wind guess by ~5", so I hit him just behind the diaghram, it then passed through the diaghram halfway through him, zipped through his left lung and exited behind his left foreleg. YMMV.A nice side benefit of hunting, all meat is hormone-free and organic, just the way my honey likes it.
M. LaRue |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 9:44:32 AM EDT
[#29]
Wow - wonderful photo's and a beautiful elk.
I would have been giddy all week. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 9:53:41 AM EDT
[#30]
Very nice indeed!
BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 9:53:52 AM EDT
[#31]
Damn! That looks fun!
What optic were you running? |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 9:58:39 AM EDT
[#32]
That's funny, I was just trying to decide on a scope mount for my Deer/Elk 6.5 Grendel build.
Is this a sign?
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Posted: 10/17/2008 10:03:53 AM EDT
[#33]
Cool!
When's the dinner pics? I'm thinking BBQ
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Posted: 10/17/2008 10:05:11 AM EDT
[#34]
Great freakin post dude.
I love the "I needed to check a road sign" LOL. Beautiful elk.
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Posted: 10/17/2008 10:07:45 AM EDT
[#35]
cool - Tad Gear!
and nice shot. looks like you had a good time. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 10:09:02 AM EDT
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Awesome!
Mark, what length barrel is that? I've been thinking about building an 18" 6.5 Grendel and pimping it out with some LT product. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 10:15:25 AM EDT
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how about going to 6.8
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Posted: 10/17/2008 10:59:30 AM EDT
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That's too cool!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 11:19:13 AM EDT
[#39]
awesome pics, Mark!!! looks like you had fun!!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 11:21:47 AM EDT
[#40]
WOW, great shot and story!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 11:28:10 AM EDT
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Mark, I see you mentioned Navion.
Have you ever had work done by Classic Aero Service out of Aurora, NE? From what I understand, they are one of the largest sellers of Navion parts as well as service/restoration work. I ask because I live in Aurora and know the owner who is a gun lover and Tannerite fan. I'm gonna be at his hangar tonight, as a matter of fact. They just recently hosted a fly-in for the Midwest chapter. If you ever make it out to Aurora, ping me and I'll take you out for a beer. |
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Posted: 10/17/2008 11:34:04 AM EDT
[#42]
Great pics.....looks like a great time!!!!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 12:07:26 PM EDT
[#43]
Please please PLEASE start producing the 6.5 grendel!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 12:33:06 PM EDT
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Freaking awesome.
And this:
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Posted: 10/17/2008 1:23:33 PM EDT
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Holy shit.
Through and through on an Elk at 405 yards with a cartridge that can be used in a standard AR15 lower receiver. Impressive. Mark, I request a second test with the exact conditions using 6.8 SPC. I'll be standing by for your report.
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Posted: 10/17/2008 1:46:19 PM EDT
[#46]
Hormone free? Adrenaline is a hormone.
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Posted: 10/17/2008 2:04:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LaRue_Tactical]
[#47]
We don't need no stinkeeeng 6.8.
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Posted: 10/17/2008 2:07:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: AgentDavis]
[#48]
You need to stop lying, we all know that an AR CAN NOT in any way possible, be used to kill a deer. Even if it was chambered in .308!
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Posted: 10/17/2008 2:25:24 PM EDT
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Awesome, I think that's the only elk head I have ever seen in a plane.
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Posted: 10/17/2008 2:36:17 PM EDT
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TAD Gear ... oh yeah, hopin' to make their pic page.
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