02-04-2015, 01:49 AM
If I remember correctly , the Mini 30 conversion to Grendel was the first ever "allowed" conversion of a rifle other then AA ar s to the Grendel. The idea never went well. The rifles worked and shot well but (as always) the Mini 30 magazines were all buggered up. The only thing that worked were low cap factory magazines that held like 4 Grendel rounds. But at SHOT this year a new and clever magazine and follower was introduced that can feed reliably both the 5.56 and (24 rounds) of 6.5 Grendel. The new magazine looks to be a pretty standard AR magazine, its the follower that's different. Changing out a Mini 30 bottom metal to a mini 14 metal is easy. It's possible, even probable that replacing the Minis 14 follower is also doable. There are a lot of Mini fans out there that could come into the Grendel Hoard with this.