Hunting Pigs with the 6.5 Grendel

July 24th, 2022 I was lucky enough to be invited to a friend's property in East Texas to help eradicate feral pigs (hogs) that are tearing up his property. Using my 6.5 Grendel and 125 grain Nosler Partitions I was able to eliminate a large boar. Sorry for not catching the actual hunting footage. I have minimal technology and this pig showed up quickly and I wasn't expecting him. He also was on the move so I didn't have time to attempt footage of the shot. Overall, I have zero complaints about the efficacy of the 6.5 Grendel on pigs, especially large pigs. Once they get large enough they're small tanks and the Grendel brings plenty of energy to punch through.

[@LRRPFco52]

Best practical hunting cartridge for the AR-15.

[@thisguy3342]

That's what I love about you, no matter where you go you adapt and make it happen. Pretty cool video. Excited to see the next hunting trip/shoot portion of the video

[@SnowbirdProductionsTX]

Wish you could have been down here for this. Would have been awesome.

[@hunt_trap_fish]

Just gave you a sub. Best of luck!

[@raylilley3401]

Great job my brother 🤠

[@SnowbirdProductionsTX]

Thanks man!

[@allopinionsimfactfact6892]

What ammo did you shoot it with again? Can only find 6.5 hornady black eld bullets, think those will work?

[@SnowbirdProductionsTX]

I used the 125 grain Nosler Partitions with Accurate 2520 powder. I reload so I have more flexibility with my options. I don’t have experience shooting game with the Hornady Black but honestly believe it’s suited towards target/match applications. That damn hog was pretty thick and that’s why I choose the particular bullet. I feel like a monolithic copper bullet would do just fine as well. Really in the end shot placement is huge so that’s what really counts.

[@allopinionsimfactfact6892]

@@SnowbirdProductionsTX thanks wnd good job

[@charlespayne1909]

6.5 grendel is primary armament

[@SnowbirdProductionsTX]

Charles, what's your favorite rifle cartridge?

[@jeffcal816]

I've killed a handful of hogs with my grendel, I load my own 123 set with 27.5 gr. Ar comp powder. Haven't lost any thing I've shot deer or hogs never had any but one critter go anywhere but down had one big boar try to push himself up another shot another flop!

[@SnowbirdProductionsTX]

Glad you’ve had good success as well. I’ll get some more data here in the next couple months. So far so good with the Grendel for me as well; nothing lost between deer, antelope and a hog. Still amazed by how thick that hog was. That was my first one. Good luck with your future hunts!

[@nathanhileman3848]

Boy that's a nice pig!

[@SnowbirdProductionsTX]

Thank you. I’d never been pig hunting and didn’t know what to expect. When I saw him it definitely gave me some wow factor.

[@ckiefner715]

Nice

[@SnowbirdProductionsTX]

Thank you. I’ll try to get up north towards the Dallas area and redo this and get better footage. There’s some more fatty hogs crossing the property so there’s definitely another opportunity.