`Just became introduced to the 6.5

[WalnutRed]

After my stint in the Army I went a couple decades without wanting to touch a AR platform rifle. Then about 5 years ago I got the desire to build something close to the M16A1 I carried, which I did. Last year BCA had complete uppers in 6.5 Grendel on sale for around $200 shipped and I took the bait. My 6.5 has not worked as well as my 5.56 and I'm hoping to learn how to fix that here.

Thanks

[CJW]

Welcome WalnutRed from the great state of Georgia.


Chuck

[rabiddawg]

Welcome and thanks for your service to our country

[A5BLASTER]

Welcome to the horde sir.

Best fix for your rifle is too get rid of the bca barrel and rebuild it with a more quality barrel.

Call Mark at PF and tell him what you need. And get the new member discount as well.

Trust me you will thank yourself later.

[VASCAR2]

Welcome to the forum WalnutRed! The members on the forum will help you sort out your 6.5 Grendel and thank you for your service!

[Popeye212]

Welcome to the horde from the Republic of Texas and thank you for your service. Like A5 said ditch the barrel and what is your budget for said barrel?

[Lemonaid]

My 2 cents worth of advise if you want to give the BCA barrel a fair test is to try out the Sierra 120 Match King bullet, either reloads or Federal American Eagle factory ammo. Might be a keeper!

[Bigs28]

Welcome! What does "has not worked as well" mean? What problems are you experiencing?

[WalnutRed]

Welcome! What does "has not worked as well" mean? What problems are you experiencing?

I may replace the barrel but I want to sort out other issues first, some of which may be operator error. Optics are a Leupold AR 3x9 with fixed mounts. First range session was with Wolf ammo and resulted in 3.5" groups at 100 yds with an inconsistent zero. I decided part of the wandering zero was the 8lb trigger pull so I installed a LaRue 2 stage trigger taking it down to 4.5 lbs. I loosened and torqued the scope mounts and ordered some Hornady Black Box ammo. Next range session the zero stopped wandering, still getting 3" groups with Wolf and 1.5" groups with Hornady. This is with the forend supported by sandbags and the buttstock supported by my hand. I have a couple Mosin Nagant 91/30 that shoot this well with surplus ammo and iron sights so I'm a little disappointed. Have not tried 200 yds yet. The LaRue trigger was a big improvement.

[Lemonaid]

Take a look at this forum thread I started. I had unrealistic expectations of accuracy to begin with.
The kindly forum members set me straight!

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?19411-Accuracy-Finding-the-bar&highlight=accuracy+finding+bar

[Bigs28]

3" with wolf and 1.5 with eldm seems about right. Working as intended.

[WalnutRed]

3" with wolf and 1.5 with eldm seems about right. Working as intended.

OK, I feel better now after reading these replies and that other post.

[Popeye212]

3" with wolf and 1.5 with eldm seems about right. Working as intended.

I wouldn't worry with the Wolf stuff and would not use it to determine how good my barrel is. The Hornady Black should shoot well but you need about a 150 rds. down that barrel before it's settled in.

[sundowner]

Your about right with both loads , some barrels are different with different hand loads but that's a whole new post .

[WalnutRed]

My 2 cents worth of advise if you want to give the BCA barrel a fair test is to try out the Sierra 120 Match King bullet, either reloads or Federal American Eagle factory ammo. Might be a keeper!

I had picked up some Sierra 120 MKs earlier this spring but have not loaded anything up. I don't have enough reloadable brass or even 6.5 dies yet and it will probably be fall before I get that far.