10-11-2011, 03:34 AM
LRRPF52 Wrote:Roger that. Any gunsmith or precision rifle builder who was chaffed about not getting a Grendel reamer and free license, but saw the advantages of the caliber in the AR15 frame and was getting tons of questions and demand from customers wouldn't want to be the guy telling customers "no, I can't do that" all the time, so a better "but still takes the same cartridges" chamber/reamer would be offered, and voila. I've read such claims where the guys say their pipes will shoot .2 MOA, while their AA barrels are garbage, without specifying if the AA barrel was an economy ER Shaw, or a cut-rifled stick at twice the price. The cut-rifled pipes with real Grendel chambers shoot like a bench gun, from what I've seen. I personally am convinced to stay away from the .295" chambers, unless I was chambering in a bolt gun for some reason.
Hey now! My economy AR Stoner (ER Shaw) 24" barrel with AA bolt shoots 5-shot groups into a half inch bullseye at 100 yards. Any better would require me to spend a lot more time behind the trigger. It's certainly not the barrel's fault. I did notice that Midway, where I bought it, now no longer refers to it as a 6.5 Grendel though. I suspect they got a nasty gram or something, which is too bad as that's the name for this caliber with the most recognition, as it should be. Tsk Tsk...
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