02-26-2019, 05:04 AM
Well if you guys don't want to hear this cover your ears because it for the OP!
I bet you have a pair and could easily carry all the extra weight 4 more inches of barrel weighs! There just isn't a good reason to handy cap such a fine cartridge!
A buddy of mine has a 24" Grendel and he is getting nearly 6.5 Creedmoor velocity with a grain less powder than I'm using.
That has me seriously considering building one. I know I have a pair, so I can easily handle all that extra weight some people have issue with!
All that drama said, with a can (slight gain in velocity) a 16" would be a bare minum.
Oh...one last thing...my other 2, 7.62X39 AR's both sport 20" pipes...got to squeeze every last FPS out of what ever makes you happy!
I bet you have a pair and could easily carry all the extra weight 4 more inches of barrel weighs! There just isn't a good reason to handy cap such a fine cartridge!
A buddy of mine has a 24" Grendel and he is getting nearly 6.5 Creedmoor velocity with a grain less powder than I'm using.
That has me seriously considering building one. I know I have a pair, so I can easily handle all that extra weight some people have issue with!
All that drama said, with a can (slight gain in velocity) a 16" would be a bare minum.
Oh...one last thing...my other 2, 7.62X39 AR's both sport 20" pipes...got to squeeze every last FPS out of what ever makes you happy!

