6.5 Grendel ammo price

[Disciple]

On AmmoSeek the least expensive brass-case 6.5 Grendel from a reputable seller is $1.93 per cartridge, Hornady Black. Compare 6.8 SPC with Prvi Partizan at $0.824 per, or Hornady Black at $1.20. 6mm ARC is $1.45, .224 Valk is $0.80, .300 HAM'R is $1.24, 6.5 Creedmoor is $1.28. Why does Grendel cost the most? I haven't shot mine in a long time. Is it time to re-barrel in something else?

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

That's interesting. I have a Mini HOWA action in 6.5G that I was going to convert eventually to 6ARC, but was holding off, maybe I should go ahead.

6.5G and 6ARC are the same brass 'parent', right? So that shouldn't be the driver. 6.5Creed should use even heavier bullets, so that isn't the driver? What is so specific about the 6.5G then- is it that those 'light' 6.5 bullets are in low supply??

[grizzman]

140 grain Hornady BTHP match bullets are a little less expensive than 123 grain BTHP match bullets, so it's likely just a supply/demand issue.

I bought some Hornady Black ammo when I completed my build, but haven't bought any factory ammo since. Handloading is the answer, though you should have started years ago, to have a stockpile to components to use during times like this.

[HKGuns]

140 grain Hornady BTHP match bullets are a little less expensive than 123 grain BTHP match bullets, so it's likely just a supply/demand issue.

I bought some Hornady Black ammo when I completed my build, but haven't bought any factory ammo since. Handloading is the answer, though you should have started years ago, to have a stockpile to components to use during times like this.

I did the exact same just to get the brass.

Reload.

[300blkjunkie]

Hydro-forming dies to convert 7.62x39 brass are cool.

Still getting screwed by the Creedmoore crowd on projectiles though.

[pinzgauer]

Hydro-forming dies to convert 7.62x39 brass are cool.

Still getting screwed by the Creedmoore crowd on projectiles though.

I'm still shooting some IMI 7.62x39 I fire formed years ago. Lose some each round due to primer pockets, but it was very good brass to start with.

Grendel and 6.8 ran pretty close in Street pricing for a long time.

The interesting thing is most 6.8 factory will set on the shelf unsold for a long time while any Grendel that comes in gets immediately bought.

Uncertain if it's supply or demand related. Probably some of both.

Most Grendel shooters I know reload, and then plink with steelcase

[czgunner]

So what this data means is that in spite of the haters raging that 6.8SPC is "dead", it appears that more people buy and shoot it compared to the grendel?

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[Bret]

I would not at all use the current pricing of 6.8SPC and 6.5Grendel to infer anything about the volume of each cartridge sold. If the supply of both is the same, but the demand for one is greater than the other, then the one in higher demand will generally have a higher market price.

[caporider]

So what this data means is that in spite of the haters raging that 6.8SPC is "dead", it appears that more people buy and shoot it compared to the grendel?

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2010 called, it wants its caliber war back.

[czgunner]

2010 called, it wants its caliber war back.

Relax, I'm just having fun.

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