09-05-2019, 12:14 AM
A little background. New member here, but I?ve enjoyed the information that I?ve found here and it pushed me towards the Grendel for my latest deer gun.
I had a diamondback that wasn?t doing anything so I converted it into a shoestring budget 6.5. By shoestring I mean BCA bcg and BCA 16? barrel. I have a whopping $120 plus shipping in Bear Creek parts on a $400 AR. I also put Nikon scope mounts and an old Leupold vx3 2.5-8 scope I had laying around. A 10 round C products mag finished it up.
I fired it for the first time today and this was my takeaway:
-Way more ?bang? than .223 or .300 blk
-Perfect cycling with a half loaded 10 round mag
-Growing excitement for deer season to get here to tag a buck with it!
I?m not sure what my accuracy will be with a crunchy factory trigger and the cheapest barrel on earth, but I plan to find out soon. I?m not a range guy so this gun won?t see thousands of rounds under my ownership, but if the barrel is ?huntable? accurate I might upgrade the trigger. Thoughts?
I had a diamondback that wasn?t doing anything so I converted it into a shoestring budget 6.5. By shoestring I mean BCA bcg and BCA 16? barrel. I have a whopping $120 plus shipping in Bear Creek parts on a $400 AR. I also put Nikon scope mounts and an old Leupold vx3 2.5-8 scope I had laying around. A 10 round C products mag finished it up.
I fired it for the first time today and this was my takeaway:
-Way more ?bang? than .223 or .300 blk
-Perfect cycling with a half loaded 10 round mag
-Growing excitement for deer season to get here to tag a buck with it!
I?m not sure what my accuracy will be with a crunchy factory trigger and the cheapest barrel on earth, but I plan to find out soon. I?m not a range guy so this gun won?t see thousands of rounds under my ownership, but if the barrel is ?huntable? accurate I might upgrade the trigger. Thoughts?