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[6.5 Grendel Fever]

WELL, when I got home from work on Friday, there was a familiar package sitting on the table.I know this pkg,it has been to Texas 3 times. I will cut to the chase and not go into my entire experience again here...Opened the box and first thing i saw was a new barrel.I then went to the garage/man-cave and wiped off all the oil/lube from entire upper. Grabbed a Hornady 123 ELD M and measured for C.O.A.L . My sinclair tool again was getting slight differences . 2.270" ,2.265", even a few in the 2.25`s" area. BUT, I was very encouraged so far . I new the upper was shipped ,so thursday I bought a Spike`s stripped lower and a LPK , stock and buffer tube assembly and putt it together yesterday. Put my upper n lower together. Sat at the bench and made up 20 rounds to shoot and see how everything functions, ect . All I had was H-322 for powder , used a moderate charge of 26.0 gr , New Hornady brass. Remington 7 1/2 primers . Set them all at 2.255" coal.All loaded and unloaded properly . Took 3 shots at 50yrds to dial in scope.I was 5" high but 2 touching and 3rd 1/2" to the right. WOW! I thought. Next took a few 3 shot groups out to 100yd`s. And after a few groups and some adjusting of the scope. Again at 100 I was able to keep these initial groups under MOA, more like .75" . At this time I am very happy with my 6.5 Grendel .
It was a PITA , but Brad @ Radical Firearms did go to bat for me and did not quit until they had resolved the issue with the initial upper.I will be putting some more rounds together here this afternoon .Will have pics next time Will also be trying some CFE223 in the near future .Got to get some honey do`s done , then to the range. Happy Happy ...