On Monday, I plan to order a custom 6.5 Grendel (SAAMI) stainless barrel for an AR15; 24-inch length, 1:8 twist, 5R rifling, SPR or HBAR, with a fitted bolt. But I'm not certain this is an optimum combination.
From your experience, what options (length, twist, cryo, etc) would you order for a new 6.5 Grendel barrel intended for an AR? My primary use will probably be paper punching, but I don't want it to be too heavy for pursuit of deer or antelope
I'm going with 6.5 Grendel for the flat shooting characteristics of a 6.5, the higher bullet mass over a .224, a reputation of being a good performer at 300+ yards, and the benefits of a smaller action over an AR10.
Going to be putting it on a really nice set of 17Design billet upper & lower receivers, with RRA 2-stage trigger and SI lower parts. (edited to fix typo)
From your experience, what options (length, twist, cryo, etc) would you order for a new 6.5 Grendel barrel intended for an AR? My primary use will probably be paper punching, but I don't want it to be too heavy for pursuit of deer or antelope
I'm going with 6.5 Grendel for the flat shooting characteristics of a 6.5, the higher bullet mass over a .224, a reputation of being a good performer at 300+ yards, and the benefits of a smaller action over an AR10.
Going to be putting it on a really nice set of 17Design billet upper & lower receivers, with RRA 2-stage trigger and SI lower parts. (edited to fix typo)