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Sabre Defence chamber. - din - 07-27-2015
Does anyone know if the Sabre 6.5 Grendel barrels use the SAAMI spec chamber or something else? I was thinking about picking one up for a bullet hose build, and the Red X website just says Grendel Type II chamber, but I have no idea what that even means outside of BHW's bolt jargon.
Sabre Defence chamber. - Variable - 07-27-2015
To my knowledge-- all Sabre Defence barrels were a "true" Grendel chamber (i.e. Yes they were SAAMI, but before there even was a SAAMI Grendel adoption.LOL). They were an OEM for Alexander Arms back in the early days.
Sabre Defence chamber. - GSPHunter - 07-27-2015
Hi din, I have a 14.5" sabre defense upper that I got from RedX arms w/o BCG. Its running fine with an AA hard use bolt.
Sabre Defence chamber. - din - 07-27-2015
Good to hear. Thanks, guys.
Sabre Defence chamber. - jurassic - 07-28-2015
Check the headspace with the bolt you want to use, I have one that will not let a bolt close on a go, or no-go gauge. It chambered a round fine, but showed pressure signs when I fired it. Thats when I took it apart and checked it. I won't make that mistake again, sending an email to RedX tomorrow.
Sabre Defence chamber. - PrecisionFirearms - 07-28-2015
We got a bunch of these from Sabre when they went out of business. Almost none of them would close of a go guage, but they would chamber a round. We still have them. Cheap!
They are chrome lined so we can't length chamber.
Sabre Defence chamber. - GSPHunter - 07-29-2015
jurassic Wrote:It chambered a round fine, but showed pressure signs when I fired it.
Hi jurassic, what pressure signs did you see? I never actually ran a go/no go gauge on my upper, just measured where the 123sst's were hitting the lands (2.300") and case capacity after firing (35.6gn H2O with Hornady brass) ....both those numbers seemed legit, but I did have some case swiping. Switching to the hard use bolt with a M16 carrier cured the swiping, and it really smoothed out the action. Anyway, I hope RedX takes care of your issue!
Sabre Defence chamber. - PrecisionFirearms - 08-04-2015
For those wanting prices on Sabre barrels, let me see what I have here.
Sabre Defence chamber. - wraith1516 - 08-04-2015
Pm me on the barrel pricing please