11-30-2020, 10:50 PM
Stinky Coyote Wrote:ruger didn't even start making these ar cartridge length american ranch's until 2015...the ruger amercian was launched in 2012, the cz 527 had already been making 7.62x39 bolt actions before the Grendel was even released in 2004, it took cz 14 years to grab a reamer and throw a 6.5 grendel barrel on something the aftermarket guys were doing to those rifles for well over a decade....ruger chambered the grendel within 5 years...well done
how long did it take sako/tikka to recognize the 6.5 creedmoor and start chambering it? also an unusually long time, i don't have the exacts on that but the creedmoor was released in 2008 and i was checking sako/tikka sites for chambering a couple years ago and not seeing it so a good 10 years i'd have to say there....ruger is WAAAAAY faster than that and faster than anyone else to embrace newer cartridges so i have to applaud that
we will just have to agree to disagree
if sako ever chambers the 6.5 Grendel on the xs action 85's that might be my final Grendel and the pinnacle goal...i won't hold my breath, eventually it may happen as good cartridges never die and the 6.5 Grendel falls into that category
I think we are saying then same thing, just a bit different as far as what was introduced and when. I think we both agree that manufacturers are too slow, in many cases, to recognize and produce rifles in cartridges that are screaming for them to be made. Id love to see the M77 compact in x39 again (still kicking myself for selling it), and I think those rifles would be great with a 6.5G as well. I guess all we can do is hope and e-mail manufacturers in an effort to get what we want.