05-02-2018, 02:45 PM
I am probably going to replace the barrels in my two uppers with drop in Bartlein barrels. I live in South Georgia and looking for the best Gunsmith to chamber and prepare one of the Bartlein blanks.
Reading everything that I can it appears that the Bartlein barrels are the best for accuracy. Discussions on this forum suggest that you want somebody that has a lot of experience with the 6.5 Grendel and cutting the right chamber.
I am probably going to stay with an 18 Barrel. My current barrels are 18 with mid length gas systems. Any other length gas system would have the gas block sticking out past the handguard. The handguard is proprietary and you cannot purchase a longer handguard from the company that would cover either an intermediate or rifle length system.
One of the uppers belongs to my 11 year old as part of his Christmas. We hunt both hogs and coyotes so I am trying to make the rifle more accurate. We only shoot the 123 grain SST and my current barrels do not like that Bullet.
Reading everything that I can it appears that the Bartlein barrels are the best for accuracy. Discussions on this forum suggest that you want somebody that has a lot of experience with the 6.5 Grendel and cutting the right chamber.
I am probably going to stay with an 18 Barrel. My current barrels are 18 with mid length gas systems. Any other length gas system would have the gas block sticking out past the handguard. The handguard is proprietary and you cannot purchase a longer handguard from the company that would cover either an intermediate or rifle length system.
One of the uppers belongs to my 11 year old as part of his Christmas. We hunt both hogs and coyotes so I am trying to make the rifle more accurate. We only shoot the 123 grain SST and my current barrels do not like that Bullet.