New guy from Minnesota

[Zach_J5]

Hey guys. I'm new to "going long" n obsessed with the ar-15 platform. I ordered a 24" tube from AA a couple days ago. I'm not sure on wait time, so I guess I'll be going nuts til then.

[SeanM]

Welcome aboard, Zach! I'm new to "going long" myself, and chose the 6.5G to start learning about the ins and outs of doing so. Enjoy the learning experience - the folks on this forum can help with every step of the way.

Sean

[Zach_J5]

I also felt the Grendel was the way to go. I did a lot of research on the creedmoor also. I know if I ever wanna shoot 1000+ the creedmoor is probably the better choice, but I'm not even ready to shoot to 600. Also the fact I would need to make the jump to an ar-10 was a turn off. Plus the Grendel is just to cool of a round 2 pass up. Flatter shooting n less wind drift than a .308 in an ar-15, who doesn't like the sound of that.

[sneaky one]

zach, welcome in to the gang here. What part of st. are you from.

[LRRPF52]

Welcome. You'll enjoy your new blaster I think. I also have a .260 Rem AR built by GA Precision, which is my long-range gun, but much heavier than the Grendel.

[Zach_J5]

Sneaky one,
I live in the central part of mn. I'm about 4-5 miles northwest of Zimmerman, which is about an hour north of Minneapolis.

[davidj]

Hi Zach,
Welcome to the Horde.

[JAGONH]

Welcome aboard!!!

[sneaky one]

Zach- you are just north- west of the Cabelas store. Small world. Which Grendel 24" unit is it-? The heavy, or the mid size-? Fluted ? Threaded ? Are you going to lug it for hunts,, or just kill paper?

[Hoot]

Hi Zach;

I'm in St.Boni and I'm a Grendel fan as well. Do you belong to that long-shooting range up that way? Used to go camping in the Dunes back in the late 70's. Actually, camping is a stretch, but that's what we did when it wasn't a good idea to drive back home.


I have a 24" and it makes me look like I know what I'm doing on the bench. At least it impresses the local club members.

Hoot

[scottg]

Welcome Zach_J5 there is abunch of us on this board from mn. I"am from anoka area. We might have enough guys for a shoot in our area some day

[Zach_J5]

Sneaky One-Its the AA light barrel. AA doesn't flute the light 24s, but it is threaded and I ordered the thread protector for it. As far as killing critters or paper, she'll be used for both. I have a couple stands for deer hunting in Ely, MN that allow 400-500 yard shots. Otherwise I have a 7.62x40wt for 250 yards and under.
Hoot- I didn't know there was a long range club around here. I'll definitely have to look into it. I've had a few of them nights at the dunes too. Lol

[Zach_J5]

That would be awesome.

[ferch]

I'm new to the Grendel horde myself and also in MN. Living in the metro (Maple Grove), I don't get as many chances to shoot as I would like. I've only shot my 20" grendel out to 500 yards at the in-laws' farm 3 hours south of here.

The 1000 yard range is in Harris - http://www.grrc.org/
I've often thought about joining the club

Is there a good place to shoot up there in Zimmerman?

[Zach_J5]

I live on 54 acres, and to shoot across one of my fields is about 450yds. If you go across both fields it would probably be about 650-700yds. Also, just north of me in Princeton there is a range that gets opened up to1000+ yards, but they wait til winter to do so.