Thoughts about building a 6.5 Grendel AR?

[Lrdwolfie]

Thought about building one. Any thoughts? Pros or cons? Advice?

[TooTallMike]

Other than needing a different bolt and barrel you should be good to go. I personally don't own a Grendel but have heard nothing but good things about them from guys I know hammering pigs in Texas.

Standard mag holds 26 instead of 30 rds but that's okay

As far as finding factory ammo I mean good luck in this era for now on any chambering.

Components might be your best bet for now

Btw this is if you're going the AR route

Buy a good barrel please

[opdinkslayer]

No ammo or components available right now otherwise it’s an awesome round. I’ve had one built for 6 months without a round down the pipe.

[carpsniperg2]

I love me some grendel! One of my favorite guns and one of the best ar15 cartridges imho. I have taken plenty of coyotes and a few big game animals with the 6.5G.
Ammo for anything is crazy right now. Reloading stuff is starting to pop back up. Hoping it gets better soon but you can still find anything right now. Just got to have deep pockets to be able to buy it or get super lucky at a local store that isn’t gouging.

[Karl Blanchard]

Fun little round. AR's are kind of boring in my opinion but get a Grendel in a bolt gun and I get a bit more excited. As has been stated, id find ammo or components before I started buy the gun parts and as Mike stated, don't go cheap on your barrel. It's possible to get a really good cheap barrel that shoots great but you can also get exactly what you paid for 

[daddyelk]

I built one for my daughter a couple years ago. All Aero parts with a faxon barrel. She took her first deer with it when she was 9. I use it a ton to coyote hunt in the winter.

[Dan-o]

I put a Gendel AR together and I just get a lot of joy out of shooting it. 

Its just plain fun. 

I bought a cheap BCA barrel.   Returned it for an issue.  They replaced it and the new barrel shoot great.   

Unless your made out of money, I suggest you look at the LaRue AR trigger.  Usually around $89.      A million times better than a mil spec trigger.  You can buy $300 triggers but I personally think the LaRue gets you 95% of the trigger for 30% of the cost. 

I think trigger gets you your best accuracy improvement.

P.s.every real American needs at least one Grendel AR.   

[Karl Blanchard]

+1 for LaRue and +1 for being a good American

[b23]

https://www.laxammo.com/hornady-6-5-grendel-123-gr-eld-match-20-rds-81528-detail

https://vizardsgunsandammo.com/copy-of-alexander-arms-llc-ag123lsbox-oem-6-5-grendel-lapua-scenar-123-gr-hollow-point-hp-20-bx-10-cs/

[Lrdwolfie]

Thank you all for the info and advice. Any barrel manufacturer recommendations would be appreciated.

[Dan-o]

Pretty budget dependent.

One of my sons was just talking about putting one together for around$700 including larue trigger, bca upper and I forget which lower .

[b23]

Any barrel manufacturer recommendations would be appreciated.

If I were looking for a new barrel it would either be a Bartlein or Krieger but any of the top tier barrel companies that make a 6.5 Grendel AR barrel will serve you well.

[jay.sharkbait]

Thank you all for the info and advice. Any barrel manufacturer recommendations would be appreciated.

AR Performance or Les Bear

[jay.sharkbait]

I cobbled this together a few years ago.

I always thought side chargers worked pretty good.

[Lrdwolfie]

I do like my side chargers. Nice work on that rifle. I will go check some barrels out. Thanks again for the info.