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Many people who have been following the 6.5 Grendel asked to be informed when Armed Forces Journal released the 2004 Blackwater article.... here you go...
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/b.../analysis7.html
For those that rather just read what was printed.....
""""This year, the crew from Alexander Arms was invited to showcase a production model of the company's 6.5mm Grendel, which also uses the M16/AR15 frame. But our evaluators were equally anxious to get their hands on the Beowulf, which again performed flawlessly.
"This is the first time I have fired the Beowulf," one said. "I'm very impressed with its ease of operation, accuracy and stopping power. I plan to recommend this to our seaport security team as a limited-range, .50-cal weapon to reduce prospects of causing collateral damage."
"It's meant for short-range engagements," his colleague noted. "It would be good for patrols that might have to stop lightly armored enemy vehicles."
"Awesome power delivery," said another. To which one of his colleagues added: "Love the Beowulf!"
When AFJ's evaluators turned their attention to the Grendel, it was apparent immediately that they hadn't exhausted their superlatives.
"The Grendel is incredible," said one. "Alexander Arms should team with LeMas immediately."
"With my first shot, I hit the 500-yard target!" another noted. The 6.5mm is a "kick-ass round!"
"I'm very impressed with this new [6.5mm] caliber," another wrote. "It fills the gap between the 5.56 and the 7.62-by-51mm."
"Accurate as hell," opined another after shooting the 24-inch-barreled weapon. "Very little recoil; lightweight and easy to handle."
"Low recoil; super accurate; 100 percent hits on a 10-inch plate at 500 yards. The weapon is well-finished, with the requisite M1913 rails for all the bells and whistles. It's an odd caliber, but the gun is nicely executed and effective."
No negative comments were recorded about the 6.5mm Grendel.
As is the case with the CheyTac .408, sources tell AFJ that a Grendel went to Iraq shortly after the Shoot-out."""""
Armored Glass Challenge---------------
"""""This year's match up, which opened on a Thursday afternoon, began with LeMas' new Land Warfare armor-piercing, fragmenting 5.56mm round (46 gr/4,010 fps) pitted against a new product from ADS: a 1.75-inch VistaSteel-SentryGlass Plus panel, which had not been tested previously against high-velocity bullets such as those sold by LeMas. From a distance of about 10 yards the panel stopped all three rounds.
In the second round, Alexander Arms wanted to see what its 6.5mm (144 gr/2,250 fps) full metal jacket slug, fed through a short-barrel (18? inch) Grendel, could do against a similar glass barrier. (In a standard, 24-inch Grendel, the 144-grain slug leaves the barrel at 2,450 fps.) The results were the same; the glass held.
The third round pitted LeMas' new 5.56 Hardened Armor Priority Penetrator (42 grains/3,850 fps) against a 1.575-inch panel; all rounds punched their way through the glass. Similarly, three shots from the Grendel made their way through."""""
Source - Armed Forces Journal - Copyright 2004
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/b.../analysis7.html
For those that rather just read what was printed.....
""""This year, the crew from Alexander Arms was invited to showcase a production model of the company's 6.5mm Grendel, which also uses the M16/AR15 frame. But our evaluators were equally anxious to get their hands on the Beowulf, which again performed flawlessly.
"This is the first time I have fired the Beowulf," one said. "I'm very impressed with its ease of operation, accuracy and stopping power. I plan to recommend this to our seaport security team as a limited-range, .50-cal weapon to reduce prospects of causing collateral damage."
"It's meant for short-range engagements," his colleague noted. "It would be good for patrols that might have to stop lightly armored enemy vehicles."
"Awesome power delivery," said another. To which one of his colleagues added: "Love the Beowulf!"
When AFJ's evaluators turned their attention to the Grendel, it was apparent immediately that they hadn't exhausted their superlatives.
"The Grendel is incredible," said one. "Alexander Arms should team with LeMas immediately."
"With my first shot, I hit the 500-yard target!" another noted. The 6.5mm is a "kick-ass round!"
"I'm very impressed with this new [6.5mm] caliber," another wrote. "It fills the gap between the 5.56 and the 7.62-by-51mm."
"Accurate as hell," opined another after shooting the 24-inch-barreled weapon. "Very little recoil; lightweight and easy to handle."
"Low recoil; super accurate; 100 percent hits on a 10-inch plate at 500 yards. The weapon is well-finished, with the requisite M1913 rails for all the bells and whistles. It's an odd caliber, but the gun is nicely executed and effective."
No negative comments were recorded about the 6.5mm Grendel.
As is the case with the CheyTac .408, sources tell AFJ that a Grendel went to Iraq shortly after the Shoot-out."""""
Armored Glass Challenge---------------
"""""This year's match up, which opened on a Thursday afternoon, began with LeMas' new Land Warfare armor-piercing, fragmenting 5.56mm round (46 gr/4,010 fps) pitted against a new product from ADS: a 1.75-inch VistaSteel-SentryGlass Plus panel, which had not been tested previously against high-velocity bullets such as those sold by LeMas. From a distance of about 10 yards the panel stopped all three rounds.
In the second round, Alexander Arms wanted to see what its 6.5mm (144 gr/2,250 fps) full metal jacket slug, fed through a short-barrel (18? inch) Grendel, could do against a similar glass barrier. (In a standard, 24-inch Grendel, the 144-grain slug leaves the barrel at 2,450 fps.) The results were the same; the glass held.
The third round pitted LeMas' new 5.56 Hardened Armor Priority Penetrator (42 grains/3,850 fps) against a 1.575-inch panel; all rounds punched their way through the glass. Similarly, three shots from the Grendel made their way through."""""
Source - Armed Forces Journal - Copyright 2004
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