05-11-2018, 05:56 PM
6.5 Grendel Fever Wrote:Received my upper Friday the 6th. Yesterday had a chance to look it over.
And to my surprise it looked like the barrel I sent to RA .Had a little smudge towards the end were the pepper brake is, as did the 1st one. Again, I get 2.220" C.O.A.L (touching lands). with the H 123 eld M `s.Someone stated if saami go no go gauges work,that`s life ? I dig that, but isnt saami minimum coal 2.235 "(factory ammo length) and max 2.260"(most hand loads) ?. I`m 15 thou short of minimum.Plus my dummy round would get jammed @ 2.255"coal . I sent them a dummy round @ 2.255" and said get as close to that or I dont want it!
I pm`d RA Saturday and asked why they sent me the same or a clone I was not able to use. Cant even use factory ammo, seems messed up, no ? I hope this makes sense guys. Again like my 1st post,am I missing something ? Any wisdom is welcomed /
I am on my third upper from Bear Creek Arsenal. COL max has been 2.234", 2.205", and now 2.222" all with the same Nosler 120 BT bullet that Nosler says to load to 2.245". Fit and finish are finally acceptable (with the exception of the throat length), so I am going to load some shorty ammo and give it a try to see what accuracy looks like. Not like I will ever shoot factory through it anyway.