The Hornady Custom 6.5 Grendel 90 Grain CX is built for hunters who want flat-shooting accuracy, dependable expansion, and deep-penetrating performance from a compact, efficient cartridge. Combining Hornady's proven Custom ammunition with the advanced 90 grain CX monolithic bullet, this premium hunting load delivers the consistency and terminal performance needed for ethical harvests on medium game weighing between 50 and 300 pounds.
At the heart of this load is Hornady's 90 grain CX bullet, a premium all-copper hunting projectile engineered to provide exceptional weight retention and controlled expansion. Unlike traditional lead-core bullets, the CX is machined from a single piece of copper alloy, allowing it to retain nearly all of its weight while driving deep through bone and vital organs. Its Heat Shield tip resists aerodynamic heating during flight and initiates reliable expansion on impact, creating wide wound channels without sacrificing penetration. The result is devastating terminal performance from close-range encounters to extended shots across open country.
Hornady Custom ammunition has earned its reputation through millions of successful hunts, offering shooters the kind of accuracy and consistency typically associated with carefully crafted handloads. Every round is hand inspected before packaging to ensure the highest standards of quality control, while carefully matched components deliver dependable ignition, uniform velocities, and repeatable accuracy every time you squeeze the trigger.
Designed with a sleek secant ogive profile, the 90 grain CX offers an excellent blend of ballistic efficiency and bearing surface for flatter trajectories and reduced drag. With a G1 ballistic coefficient of .356 and a muzzle velocity of 2,910 feet per second from a 24-inch test barrel, this load maintains impressive downrange performance. It generates 1,692 foot-pounds of muzzle energy and still carries 613 foot-pounds at 500 yards, while its flat trajectory requires only -7.7 inches of drop at 300 yards and -22.9 inches at 400 yards when properly zeroed, giving hunters added confidence on longer shots.
The efficient 6.5 Grendel cartridge complements the CX bullet perfectly, delivering mild recoil without compromising effectiveness. That combination makes this load ideal for deer, hogs, antelope, and other similarly sized game, allowing hunters to make fast follow-up shots while maintaining outstanding accuracy.
Each box contains 20 rounds of Hornady Custom 6.5 Grendel 90 Grain CX ammunition, manufactured to exacting standards and built to provide handloaded accuracy in a premium factory load. When precision, penetration, and dependable field performance matter most, this is ammunition you can trust.
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