07-01-2020, 01:58 AM
just_john Wrote:Penguins, a few years ago, I built a Grendel for a nephew with a broken back and mostly severed spinal column. He had hunted since very young and mre recently did so with a 300 WinMag. Until he fell out of a tree stand. I built this with the intent of absolute recoil mitigation but could not sacrifice reliability. It had a 20" barrel and an adjustable stock. The keys were the longest possible gas length ( RLGS ), significant porting on a muzle break and the strongest buffer spring that would still work. On completion, I could hold the rifle out to my side at full length and fire it with no discomfort at all. Recoil was hardly noticible. The Grendel is, by design, one of the most recoil friendly cartridges there is. Don;t go nuts trying to reduce an almost non-existant recoil. Especially at the expense of reliability. An unreliable rifle ends up in the back of a safe, soon forgotten. The Grendel has too much to offer.
I would listen to this man.
I want accuracy and low recoil as much as anyone, but reliability is king.