06-11-2018, 03:36 PM
cwlongshot Wrote:Glad to read you have a good barrel now. Hope it shoots for ya!
I was able to fire my 20" sts fluted HB BCA Grendel barrel yesterday for the first time. (Just about 20 rnds of 123 & 95G Hornadys.)
I was concerned as the very first thing I did with my barrel was drop a loaded bullet into the chamber and when inverted...it did not fall out. :eek: But it was oil, not a bullet into the rifling... I ran a patch down and to my surprise I had powder residue. I ran 4-5 patches with solvent then a brush then two dry patches before It was coming clean. SO at the very least tis one was test fired.
Yesterday, I loaded it up and test fired... one round and altho it ejected, it didn't pick up a new cartridge... I repeated this three times. I swapped lowers, with my 25/45 and it ran fine. I checked and somehow used the wrong main spring.
I did not measure the chamber, but 123 A-max and 95g SST's seated to 2.257 do not tough anything. Because of the MS issue I never really shot for accuracy, But the 123's produced single ragged hole and the 95g would touch holes at 50 yards.
CW
Glad you got lucky CW!!
I just emailed BCA back to see if they would allow me to just send them back the barrel out of the upper and they exchange it for a stainless. Seems to be less issues with the stainless barrels and if there was a throat issue, it would be simple enough to clean up with a throater. I wasn't going to attempt the throater with the melonite/nitride coating.
If they won't do the barrel swap, then I will just get another barrel from another maker.
Can't hurt to ask.