24 inch Barrel?

[sarky]

Who makes 24 inch barrels for the Grendel??? I'm looking to build a long range upper.

[hill37]

Precision Firearms 10 to 12 weeks wait. Several grades Well respected.

[sarky]

Thanks

[bj139]

How about this one? It looks impressive.

http://riflebarrels.com/shop/drop-in-barrels/6-5-grendel-ar24/

[Homey]

Bear Creek Arsenal https://www.bearcreekarsenal.com 6.5 Grendel Type 2 Are you looking at a barrel with Rifle Length Gas System. They have one with a right side charging handle I am also looking for some info on the 24 inch barrels My understanding is Stainless steel is better for long range shooting than the 4150 Chrome Moly Vanadium barrels I would like some info from the members who are shooting barrels with a 1:8 R twist, 1:9 R twist on the bullet groups they have been getting, I just signed up how could you tell me how do you post a thread on this site.

[A5BLASTER]

Bear Creek Arsenal https://www.bearcreekarsenal.com 6.5 Grendel Type 2 Are you looking at a barrel with Rifle Length Gas System. They have one with a right side charging handle I am also looking for some info on the 24 inch barrels My understanding is Stainless steel is better for long range shooting than the 4150 Chrome Moly Vanadium barrels I would like some info from the members who are shooting barrels with a 1:8 R twist, 1:9 R twist on the bullet groups they have been getting, I just signed up how could you tell me how do you post a thread on this site.

Skip the bear creek junk period end of story. If your wanting a 24 inch barrel I can only think you want it for max speed and shooting some good distance.

If so. You come out cheaper in the long run going with a custom barrel from shops like PF.

Cheap barrels do nothing but cost you more time and money trying to find a great load. When the higher price i.e. higher grade custom barrel will shoot much better from the start.

And I'm sure others will come along too say they get x groups from their dirt cheap barrel. But I'm sure not one of them can claim to match groups at range that a better i.e. higher priced custom barrel will make.

If your not going past 500 yards for anything then I sujest a 20 inch group buy barrel. Cheap but much better then bear creek.

Hope this helps sir.

[snell]

buy once/cry once. a lesson I learned the hard way. Get the best you can afford and it will pay for it's self.

[Homey]

I am also looking for some info on the 24 inch barrels My understanding is Stainless steel is better for long range shooting than the 4150 Chrome Moly Vanadium barrels I would like some info from the members who are shooting barrels with a 1:8 R twist, 1:9 R twist on the bullet groups they have been getting

[VASCAR2]

A Friend bought a 24” 6.5 Grendel upper fro J&T Distributing which ia sister company to Double Star. Very accurate barrel but heavy. My Friend ended up cutting his barrel down to 20”. AA has sold many 24” 6.5 Grendel barrels with 1:9 twist as is the barrel from J&T. I have a 20” Shilen 6.5 Grendel which has been a very good barrel and is 1:9 twist. I have yet to shoot any bullets heavier than 123 grains. BWild conducted extensive load developement with a 1:9 twist J&T barrels with good results with bullets up to 140 grains. If I was going to buy a 24” 6.5 Grendel I’d look seriously at PF, Lilja, Shilen and maybe J&T.

https://jtdistributing.com/24-1x9-ss-6-5-grendel-stripped-barrel

Here is a link to one of Bwild97 threads where he works with his 24” J&T 6.5 Grendel.

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?2804-More-Chrony-reports!!-((WARNING!))-lots-of-pics

[rwh]

https://www.kriegerbarrels.com/onlineorders

[Jeepster18_88]

I second the skipping the Beer Creek stuff. I have one that I bought due to a recommendation from a guy at work. He claimed that they were tack drivers and since they were dirt cheap and I don't shoot over 300 yards, I figured why not. First two rounds of Wolf at 50 yrds were one hole, adjusted the scope and put two next to each other in the bullseye. Moved to 100 yrds and it was shooting right, then left, then low. I tried the Hornady SST factory load and it was even worse. Over a 12" 9 shot group at 100 yards. One shot completely missed the backer. The wolf and ELDM loads were between 3.5- 6" groups. They sent me a return label and say that they'll fix it, but I went ahead and ordered a Diamondback upper so that I can hunt on my vacation. IMO, there's no reason to buy a Grendel for 50 yard shots so buy a barrel that is capable of 300+ yard shooting.

[Hollis]

After all the great things I heard about the 6.5 Grendel, I decided to get one. I could only justify this purchase though if the price was right. I know that you usually get what you pay for, but sometimes I get acceptable quality at a fraction of the price of great quality items. I heard many good things about Bear Creek Arsenal from folks posting on 704 Tactical YouTube channel. But I do know that a lot of the stuff reviewed on that channel might sound good at first, but ends up not being worth it in the long run. I gambled though and bought a 20" Nitride upper from BCA. It should come in next week. My hope is that I can shoot a 4 inch group with decent ammo at 400 yards. They do have a 1 MOA at 100yds (if shot with good ammo) guarantee. Not sure if it is a gimmick or not. It does come with limited lifetime warranty, but the wording in the warranty sounds a bit shaky. My lower is part of a Radical Firearms complete 7.62x39 AR I bought a while back. Radical Firearms has been great, but the price for their 6.5 Grendel uppers were out of my price range.

[bj139]

I second the skipping the Beer Creek stuff. I have one that I bought due to a recommendation from a guy at work. He claimed that they were tack drivers and since they were dirt cheap and I don't shoot over 300 yards, I figured why not. First two rounds of Wolf at 50 yrds were one hole, adjusted the scope and put two next to each other in the bullseye. Moved to 100 yrds and it was shooting right, then left, then low. I tried the Hornady SST factory load and it was even worse. Over a 12" 9 shot group at 100 yards. One shot completely missed the backer. The wolf and ELDM loads were between 3.5- 6" groups. They sent me a return label and say that they'll fix it, but I went ahead and ordered a Diamondback upper so that I can hunt on my vacation. IMO, there's no reason to buy a Grendel for 50 yard shots so buy a barrel that is capable of 300+ yard shooting.

I would stay away from the Beer Creek stuff before shooting. That could be why your groups are so large.

[FLshooter]

I would stay away from the Beer Creek stuff before shooting. That could be why your groups are so large.

Amen!
I Purchased a 24 inch Bear Creek arsenal stainless steel barrel upper for $216 last year.I recently got into shooting the Grendel on a reg basis.
I’ve been using parts from BCA for a while.The recievers,handguard and BCG are great. I always get rid of the barrels don’t know what made me try to break this one in.
Anyway,over 300 rounds later and it will do moa fairly consistently. If moa all you want it’s a good barrel. For me it was a waste of 300 rounds because it won’t get any better .
Taking it out to 600 yrds or more,you’ll need a target or steel plate the size of a garbage can lid!
If you send it back they have a great customer service ,they will send you another barrel but now you will have to shoot another 300 to try to break it in
and if it does not end up shooting like you want,repeat! my question is how much ammo do you want to burn before you realize that you should’ve bought a custom match barrel from the start?

[LtDan]

I have Black Hole weaponry and Satern both 24" bull barrels.