Thanks! I just got a Savage 10 in 6.5 Creedmoor and read the previously mentioned monograph while going through some old club documents, so I had been looking into some of the ballistics.
6.5 Creedmoor is a longer and higher max pressure cartridge (length of .308 vs length of .223). Performance wise where as above, 6.5 Grendel overtakes something like 6.8 SPC at around 200-300 yards, 6.5 Creedmoor overtakes .308 in energy at around 300-400 yards. I put an updated set of...
It probably does since 6.8 SPC was optimized for shorter carbines. If you look at Hornady's velocity numbers they test 6.8 SPC with a 16" barrel and 6.5 Grendel with a 24" barrel. Oddly enough in the Lyman reloading manual this is reversed with 6.5 Grendel tested out of a 16" and 6.8 SPC being...
Isn't that just an existing provision and not something addressed by H.R.38 or other versions of Fix NICS? In either case, I agree that I would just stick with the lifetime permit and wait the extra time for the NICS check.