Single Shot Grendel Options

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Match Grade Machine just released the Contender G2 barrels. The 6.5 has to much pressure for the original Contender so they changed the barrel lug so that it will only mount on a G2 version. The original Contender did not have the side reinforcement ribs like the Encore. When the side ribs were added to the G2 it increased the pressure level they can withstand.

It does make for a light package. Very good for a young shooter.

Haus of Arms has just gotten in a shipment of youth thumb hole stocks also.

I got lucky and won a complete G2 rifle in 6.5 Grendel from Haus of Arms with the full bore custom treatment MGM barrel. I'm new to the caliber and looking forward to doing a lot of accuracy and reloading on this one.

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I too have a TC Encore with a thumb hole stock. I think you are on the right track with the G2 but I would shy away from the thumb hole. I would not have bought it if I would have been able to put my mitts on one first. They look cool but they are very impractical. Especially for young shooters. The rifle is a single shot. One shot. When the opportunity presents itself, it's sometimes fleeting. When you throw that rifle up to the shoulder, you have to take your eyes off the target and take your hand out of the grip to get at the hammer. Then find the target again if it is still available. And if not, now you have a cocked rifle that needs uncocked. Too much for a young shooter, too much for me also. I stopped hunting with mine for this reason.