Future of Intermediate Rifle Cartridges based on Grendel

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Congrats! We all would love to see photos of the recovered ABLR I think....

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If you had an AerMet bolt and extension, you could run 62ksi.

When Remington did the R-15 in 30 RAR, it had an AR-10 diameter bolt and extension,...

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Naughty little biscuit!

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I wonder how many modern actions actually out-perform an old Mauser when it comes to pressure containment.

Mauser actions were used by many...

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I just measured my New Frontier Armory 6.8 lower receiver magazine well raw internal dimensions.

The maximum raw length without any magazine...

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With all the Pre-SHOT 2025 announcements, this is what I’m thinking we will see moving forward.

There are no less than 4 companies making...

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Consideration for animal hearing is another big factor for selecting a suppressor as well.

When I was doing developmental work for K-9 systems,...

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They’re also doing a knock-off of the Honey Badger and a 338 ARC version that has this larger mag well receiver set and bolt/barrel extension.
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PSA just announced a 6mm Sabre that will also have the larger mag well and take the ICAR PMAGs.

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They debuted this at SHOT back in 2022 if I recall.

I suspect they have put in a lot of de-bugging and getting it ready for...

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Magpul made a 6mm ARC PMAG for the LWRC and New Frontier Armory receiver sets.

It’s in conjunction with a new carbine from...

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The 6.5 Grendel Handbooks have a lot of data with photos, impact speeds, penetration depths, and expansion for a lot of these bullets.

With...

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When you have no gas system in a regular AR, the cam pin becomes the bolt handle when looking for cam-over and extraction force.

Because...

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Using CFE223, I would start with 31.0gr and work up to 34.5gr.

34gr of CFE223 seemed to be max with 94gr GMX cut-down bullets from the 120gr...

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Yup. Stainless barrels are much softer, hence easier to straight-drill, rifle, lap, profile, and thread.

Chromoly steels are much harder,...

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Check out the 6.5 Grendel Handbooks we put together. They contain much more than just load data.

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It’s hard to beat the surface hardness and durability of the hard-chromed carrier bore and gas key.

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If I could go back in time, my .270 Winchester would have been suppressed 100% of the time when I was a kid.

Same with the .22LRs. An integrally-suppressed...

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One of the biggest advantages for civilians I’ve seen is when introducing new shooters (especially kids) to shooting, there isn’t a muzzle blast component...