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Recently, Bill Alexander of Alexander Arms received the following correspondance from Dr. Lou Palmisano. Bill Alexander and Dr. Palmisano authorized it's release.
For those readers unfamiliar with Dr. Palmisano, he is the original inventor of the PPC family of cartridges which is considered by many to be one of the top cartridge developments in history. In addition, Dr. Palmisano is one of the foremost and respected experts in the world on firearms and ballistics with 15 firearm and cartridge design patents to his name. Dr. Palmisano is a legend in the shooting world.
Here begins Dr. Palmisano's letter -
12/3/03
Dear Mr. Alexander,
Some time ago while reading about your propriety .50 Beowulf and .21 Genghis designs and your choice of the AR for both chambering, I thought to myself “Bright boys our friends from across the pondâ€!
Then I heard thru the shooting grapevine that you were experimenting with BR & PPC Bench rest cases. I concluded that this Bill Alexander’s work bears watching.
This October I received from a shooter the Shotgun News Article “Alexander Arms 6.5 Grendel†The Black gun bulks up by David Fortier and I read with interest since I had been working with similar combination in a single shot for years-
You picked a perfect bullet, improved and strengthened a very accurate case, and wed it to a fine weapon.
I cannot help but feel that you have taken the AR workhorse and turned it into a thourgh bred race horse!
I have a feeling that the NRA High Power Game will never be the same. The hunting crowd – Varmint to deer must be eagerly waiting while I am willing and ready to admit that the 6.5 Grendel could well become the new darling of the Bench rest Boys especially at 300yds, if the bullets and cases are held to the tolerances you have ordered!
However, as a fellow case designer I am compelled to say that I see one detaching flaw in this perfect 6.5 Grendel AR concept that you have developed and that is ---That I didn’t think of it first.
Congratulations and Good Luck
Lou Palmisano
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The first 6.5 Grendel AR15 production model is being released on February 12, 2004 at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. In addition to AR15 rifles, upper receivers, magazines, ammunition, brass and dies for reloading will be available. Dealers are now able to begin placing orders.
For those readers unfamiliar with Dr. Palmisano, he is the original inventor of the PPC family of cartridges which is considered by many to be one of the top cartridge developments in history. In addition, Dr. Palmisano is one of the foremost and respected experts in the world on firearms and ballistics with 15 firearm and cartridge design patents to his name. Dr. Palmisano is a legend in the shooting world.
Here begins Dr. Palmisano's letter -
12/3/03
Dear Mr. Alexander,
Some time ago while reading about your propriety .50 Beowulf and .21 Genghis designs and your choice of the AR for both chambering, I thought to myself “Bright boys our friends from across the pondâ€!
Then I heard thru the shooting grapevine that you were experimenting with BR & PPC Bench rest cases. I concluded that this Bill Alexander’s work bears watching.
This October I received from a shooter the Shotgun News Article “Alexander Arms 6.5 Grendel†The Black gun bulks up by David Fortier and I read with interest since I had been working with similar combination in a single shot for years-
You picked a perfect bullet, improved and strengthened a very accurate case, and wed it to a fine weapon.
I cannot help but feel that you have taken the AR workhorse and turned it into a thourgh bred race horse!
I have a feeling that the NRA High Power Game will never be the same. The hunting crowd – Varmint to deer must be eagerly waiting while I am willing and ready to admit that the 6.5 Grendel could well become the new darling of the Bench rest Boys especially at 300yds, if the bullets and cases are held to the tolerances you have ordered!
However, as a fellow case designer I am compelled to say that I see one detaching flaw in this perfect 6.5 Grendel AR concept that you have developed and that is ---That I didn’t think of it first.
Congratulations and Good Luck
Lou Palmisano
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The first 6.5 Grendel AR15 production model is being released on February 12, 2004 at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas. In addition to AR15 rifles, upper receivers, magazines, ammunition, brass and dies for reloading will be available. Dealers are now able to begin placing orders.
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