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Well guys...I've decided to get rid of my 16" 5.56 ArmaLite, and build a 12.5" pistol based Grendel unit to take its place. When paired with my 20" Grendel rifle...I should be pretty much covered, and won't have to divide up ammo types anymore.
The receivers are both Anderson stripped, with an Anderson lower parts kit. I'll be using a Guntec pistol buffer tube with a standard carbine buffer and spring (at first anyway) The barrel is a BHW light contour (I ordered medium, but they called and said they had the light contour in stock and would toss in an adjustable gas block lol) in shot peened black:
All in all it should be a fun little gun I'm hoping.
That said, I'm not 100% sure what direction to go with on the bolt. BHW said a .125" 7.62x39 bolt will work fine. On their website though, it says it has to be a .136" bolt lol, then proceeds to only give a headspace option for the .125" unit. The chamber is apparently the .264LBC.
Anyway, once that little issue is ironed out, and I think I'll use this unit to do the ironing: http://www.primaryarms.com/am-10-08-...8-m16-7.62x39/ ...I'll be good to go. Everything is ordered to build the gun except the BCG and charging handle, and the flash hider.
Oh, speaking of the flash hider...do any of you know a good unit for a 6.5 that redirects forward? I've never shot an AR pistol...but I've heard that the redirects are a life saver for the user with the short barrels. I was only able to find one unit, which was a multi-caliber from .308 down to 6.8. I'd rather have something less ugly though, and 6.5 specific lol:
Any help would be awesome
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The receivers are both Anderson stripped, with an Anderson lower parts kit. I'll be using a Guntec pistol buffer tube with a standard carbine buffer and spring (at first anyway) The barrel is a BHW light contour (I ordered medium, but they called and said they had the light contour in stock and would toss in an adjustable gas block lol) in shot peened black:
All in all it should be a fun little gun I'm hoping.
That said, I'm not 100% sure what direction to go with on the bolt. BHW said a .125" 7.62x39 bolt will work fine. On their website though, it says it has to be a .136" bolt lol, then proceeds to only give a headspace option for the .125" unit. The chamber is apparently the .264LBC.
Anyway, once that little issue is ironed out, and I think I'll use this unit to do the ironing: http://www.primaryarms.com/am-10-08-...8-m16-7.62x39/ ...I'll be good to go. Everything is ordered to build the gun except the BCG and charging handle, and the flash hider.
Oh, speaking of the flash hider...do any of you know a good unit for a 6.5 that redirects forward? I've never shot an AR pistol...but I've heard that the redirects are a life saver for the user with the short barrels. I was only able to find one unit, which was a multi-caliber from .308 down to 6.8. I'd rather have something less ugly though, and 6.5 specific lol:
Any help would be awesome
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