Post by: Superfly on October 08, 2016, 03:23:43 AM
Thanks Fly
Post by: lamrith on October 08, 2016, 05:31:19 AM
Grendel like all calibers you can go cheap or high dollar. The good thing is the "cheap" stuff is not always bad and Grendel is getting much more popular. I went with a Brownells 18" barrel and love it. $300ish WITH matched bolt. 123G amax it shoots sub MOD all day long. Other guys will spend $600 on just barrel. The nice thing about grendel is that other than magazines, bolt and barrel it uses all stock AR15 parts. SO honestly, if you already have an AR, just build an upper. I put a Primary arms 4-14 FFP scope on it and the pairing works very very well. Everything else is generic low budget AR parts. ALG Defense Combat trigger and Troy Alpha rail are only upgraded items.
Check out www.65grendel.com for tons of info.
The great thing about Grendel is you have a big game capable round (6.5 been taking large game for centuries, just be smart about distance/velocities for terminal bullet performance), with fantastic ballistics (drop similar to a 308) and very low recoil so pretty much anyone can shoot it all day long with no fatigue.
Post by: Superfly on October 08, 2016, 09:56:01 PM
Anyways I have always been very curious of some of the very low recoil, very accurate Deer size calibers that alot of people have put alot of faith and stock in and also are alot cheaper to shoot tons of ammo through so that you can become very proficient at long range with a weapon that wont kick your face off................
After I do this one I will be doing a creedmore which I know is on the large frame like the 762 and everything there is so much different because there is no mil spec............
thanks for the ideas and help .......... Fly
Post by: Blacklab on October 09, 2016, 03:30:00 AM
Post by: fly-by on October 09, 2016, 06:17:40 AM
Welcome to the dark side...
Grendel like all calibers you can go cheap or high dollar. The good thing is the "cheap" stuff is not always bad and Grendel is getting much more popular. I went with a Brownells 18" barrel and love it. $300ish WITH matched bolt. 123G amax it shoots sub MOD all day long. Other guys will spend $600 on just barrel. The nice thing about grendel is that other than magazines, bolt and barrel it uses all stock AR15 parts. SO honestly, if you already have an AR, just build an upper. I put a Primary arms 4-14 FFP scope on it and the pairing works very very well. Everything else is generic low budget AR parts. ALG Defense Combat trigger and Troy Alpha rail are only upgraded items.
Check out www.65grendel.com for tons of info.
The great thing about Grendel is you have a big game capable round (6.5 been taking large game for centuries, just be smart about distance/velocities for terminal bullet performance), with fantastic ballistics (drop similar to a 308) and very low recoil so pretty much anyone can shoot it all day long with no fatigue.
That's a great build, especially given the deal on the barrel. Those PA scopes are a good value too.
Post by: Taco280AI on October 09, 2016, 06:45:47 AM
Post by: doubletall on November 19, 2016, 03:36:05 PM
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