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Joining the Grendel club - Firestarter123 - 12-19-2023 Faxon’s sale on the 12” barrel got me so now I have 2 of them and am heading down the Grendel rabbit hole. I’m waiting on the Maxim bolts, KVP dimple jig, gas block/tube, and a few boxes of factory Frontier ammo to test with. I have a Sprinco Blue spring and H1 buffer in it currently but I’m open to other suggestions when using a standard M16 carrier. I doubt I’ll run it suppressed but I had the mount as a spare and do have a 762SD. Any advice is welcome. Joining the Grendel club - Bob R - 12-19-2023 It looks pretty good. Bob R Joining the Grendel club - CJW - 12-19-2023 Welcome 123 . Killer Rig! Joining the Grendel club - biodsl - 12-19-2023 That's pretty. Joining the Grendel club - VASCAR2 - 12-19-2023 Looks good! Joining the Grendel club - Firestarter123 - 12-19-2023 Thanks! The gas block/tube should be here tomorrow and the bolts should be here Friday. We'll see how long it takes Optics Planet to get the KVP dimple jig here... I did order a set of Hornady dies and a L.E. Wilson case gauge. At some point I'll go with a L.E. Wilson FL Bushing sizing die and Forster Micrometer seater, however, the Hornady dies will work for now since having an extra set of dies won't hurt and the set I want is going to cost $200. I can't believe how much the Redding Type S die sets have gone up since 2020...it's crazy! Joining the Grendel club - Firestarter123 - 12-29-2023 The Grendel seems to work great! The 120gr FMJ Hornady load had rounds touching at 100yds ???? Dad got his Xero today and it showed an average of 2300fps for that load in the 12” barrel which is pretty respectable I think. I wound up using a Sprinco Blue (Extra Power) recoil spring and H2 buffer. I’ll probably try an H3 next time but I need to see how zippy my reloads are as to whether that’ll be too heavy. Joining the Grendel club - Firestarter123 - 12-29-2023 The Grendel seems to work great! The 120gr FMJ factory Hornady load had rounds touching at 100yds which surprised me. Dad got his Xero C1 chronograph today and it showed an average of 2300fps for that load in the 12” barrel which is pretty respectable I think. I wound up using a Sprinco Blue (Extra Power) recoil spring and H2 buffer. I’ll probably try an H3 next time but I need to see how zippy my reloads are as to whether that’ll be too heavy.