.21 genghis

[jimbob1911]

Does anyone have any experience with using this upper and what type of mags did you find to be reliable?

 

[George Hill]

The man stormed all of Asia, and he rates only a .21 caliber?
Tsk, tsk, tsk.

 

[Spiggy]

.21 ghengis (known to normal people as 5.45x39) Please advise


Figure the Khan would have a cooler caliber named after him :/

 

[rbernie]

As best I know, the 21 Ghengis uppers were solely the product of Alexander Arms. They do not show any uppers/parts for it on their current web site.

It's a neat idea (since I already have a metric buttload of 5.45x39 ammo) but I'd probably not spend the money on a product that's not in production and doesn't appear to be supported by the manufacturer.

 

[HorseSoldier]

I think they dropped the Genghis from their product line in 05 or 06, maybe? It has not been shown on their website for some time.

 

[Wes Janson]

According to Sweeney's Book of the AR II, Alexander discontinued their 5.45 models a few years back due to a lack of interest.

 

[takhtakaal]

Call Alexander. From what I know, they just did a limited run of actions and barrels. Nothing immediately shootable, but something for a builder or a 'smith. Pretty salty price, IIRC.

 

[jimbob1911]

Just to clarify, I will soon be recieving a .21 genghis upper and I haven't been able to get a clear answer as to how well regular ar mags work with it. According to the limited info I can find the only mags that work well with it are hk416 mags and I was just trying to find someone who may have had some trial and error experience with magazines for the upper

 

[TimboKhan]

This is literally the first time that I have ever even heard of that particular cartridge. My guess is that not a whole heck of a lot of people on here have any first hand experience with it, as we don't seem to have a lot of lot of wildcatters on THR, at least from what I have seen. I would be interested to hear out it shoots and stuff though...

 

[nalioth]

.21 ghengis (known to normal people as 5.45x39)

This is literally the first time that I have ever even heard of that particular cartridge. My guess is that not a whole heck of a lot of people on here have any first hand experience with it, as we don't seem to have a lot of lot of wildcatters on THR, at least from what I have seen. I would be interested to hear out it shoots and stuff though...

Sure you've heard of it...

No wildcattin' necessary

 

[TimboKhan]

Ha! I thought that the reference was just to the bullet, not the entire round. Why rename it? Maybe thats why there was no interest....

 

[nalioth]

Ha! I thought that the reference was just to the bullet, not the entire round. Why rename it? Maybe thats why there was no interest....

From what I understand, way way back in the day before most of us knew what a 5.45x39 round was, Alexander Arms had the bright idea to chamber an AR15 upper in it. I expect their marketing strategy was to give a fancy name to a commie cartridge.

 

[Deer Hunter]

He only rates a .21 because he got too hammered one night to notice his nose was bleeding out, and died in his sleep from it.