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Will 22-250 Magazine reliably feed 6.5 Grendel rounds? - Onewolf - 08-27-2015
I'm thinking about building a Savage 6.5 Grendel bolt action and I'm trying to figure out what I would use for magazines. Do 6.5 Grendel rounds feed ok in 22-250 magazines? The dimensions seem pretty close.
What are other DBM options for 6.5 Grendel in a Savage SA center feed rifle?
Thanks.
Will 22-250 Magazine reliably feed 6.5 Grendel rounds? - ricsmall - 08-27-2015
Onewolf
I would think the 250 magazine will feed. If I understand correctly it's a detachable box, which may need slight tweaking of the feed lips. Keep us updated on the project.
Richard
Will 22-250 Magazine reliably feed 6.5 Grendel rounds? - LRRPF52 - 08-27-2015
The .22-250 has a lot of case taper to it, so that could affect follower geometry enough to cause problems.
BjornF16 has a Savage Grendel that works fine. You would have to do a search or ask him what magazine he has, but it's internal. I watched him shoot it for 3 days straight, from morning until later afternoon, with no issues that I can recall.
Will 22-250 Magazine reliably feed 6.5 Grendel rounds? - ricsmall - 08-27-2015
52 is probably right about the follower. Didn't think about that. Although, I have run 22-250 in an internal mag originally chambered for 243, but not vise versa. Bjornf16's was originally a x39 IIRC.
Richard
Will 22-250 Magazine reliably feed 6.5 Grendel rounds? - JASmith - 08-27-2015
The 22-250 has the same 0.473 case head dismeter as the .308 Winchester famly of cartridges. I would be very interested in knowying if it would work.
Savage used to offer 7.62x39 magazines but I haven't seen any lately.