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The Grendel gives you longer shots with more punch. Allows to carry as much ammo and still use the 5.56 sized uppers.
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While I am a huge fan of the Grendel and hunt with one several times a week, I am also realistic about it. You cannot get longer shots with more punch with the Grendel over the 5.56 and still carry the same amount of ammo. Grendel rounds are not the same size, shape, and weight of 5.56 rounds. You are looking at a bullet roughly double in size and a case akin to that of the 7.62x39. So Grendel rounds are fatter and heavier and while still fitting into a 5.56 magazine (different follower) do not fit with as many rounds. In a 30 round 5.56 mag, you can get 25 Grendel rounds. So you are going to be down about 1/6.
So NO, you can't carry as much ammo because Grendel rounds are bigger and heavier than 5.56 rounds.