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Grendelhunter Upper - Smitty79 - 12-02-2017
Hi all, sorry I haven't been able to get back to you about how my Grendelhunter Upper performs. Haven't had time to shoot it till today between work and North Dakota weather. Short on time today, so I only ran 20 rounds of Hornady Black through it, but it functioned as it should, and accuracy seems promising. The four shot group was the last 4 rounds, prone from a bipod. Brass ejected at about 4 o' clock in a nice little pile 3 feet away. However, all the brass is slightly dented at the case mouth. Over gassed? The only other issue I had was the bolt occasionally not locking back on an empty magazine, but I've had that problem before with the Troy mag release.
Grendelhunter Upper - VASCAR2 - 12-02-2017
Nice looking rifle, looks like it will be a good shooter. The dented case mouth is common on the 6.5 Grendel. The dented case mouth comes from hitting the shell deflector after extraction. You can put a piece of felt Velcro on the deflector to lessen the dented case mouth. You can also clip a couple of coils off the ejector spring. Ive never encountered any problems reloading cases with the dented case mouth.
Grendelhunter Upper - Smitty79 - 12-02-2017
Good to know, thank you. I'm not set up to reload yet, but hopefully after the new year I can start.
Grendelhunter Upper - tracker12 - 12-08-2017
What Upper did you get?
Grendelhunter Upper - Smitty79 - 12-08-2017
It's the 22" fluted upper with 15" keymod rail. He now has the option to get a black nitrided version, which I'd prefer, but I'm happy. I can always paint it later if I want.
Grendelhunter Upper - Randy99CL - 12-08-2017
Smitty79 Wrote:Good to know, thank you. I'm not set up to reload yet, but hopefully after the new year I can start.
Just wanted to let you know that RCBS and Hornady both have amazing rebates that expire at the end of the year. I took advantage of the "spend $300, get $100 gift card" from RCBS and am getting 100 free 40cal Hornady bullets for spending $32 on a die set.
I was planning to wait to buy my reloading equipment until January but the rebates got my money now.
Grendelhunter Upper - Schrambo - 12-08-2017
If you're shooting off of ICE and can shoot that group, I'd say that's a shooter...
Grendelhunter Upper - Smitty79 - 12-08-2017
Randy99CL Wrote:Just wanted to let you know that RCBS and Hornady both have amazing rebates that expire at the end of the year. I took advantage of the "spend $300, get $100 gift card" from RCBS and am getting 100 free 40cal Hornady bullets for spending $32 on a die set.
I was planning to wait to buy my reloading equipment until January but the rebates got my money now.
That's awesome, thank you. I have a buddy with a complete reloading set up he will sell me, but I'm sure ill need dies and a few other miscellaneous things.
Grendelhunter Upper - Smitty79 - 12-08-2017
Schrambo Wrote:If you're shooting off of ICE and can shoot that group, I'd say that's a shooter...
Haha thanks. It was also only 20 degrees that day, so I was dealing with cold hands and a runny nose. It will be nice once weather warms up so I can have a full day to really see how it shoots.