12-23-2020, 05:08 PM
New member to the forum, fairly new to the 6.5 Grendel world. I am on AR15.com under the same user name. Now, A little background, I have shot 5.56 AR platform for years and love them. A year And half ago I bought a 6.5 upper from someone on a whim. It was new and inexpensive and I had a lower sitting there with nothing on it. I eventually put a vortex Viper on it and picked up some mags and a few boxes of ammo. I put it all together and left it in my safe. Early this year I picked up more ammo when it was less than $5/box. Put them aside as well. A few weeks ago I got a hankering to start shooting it. But I first wanted to start looking more in depth to the round itself, the pros and cons, and anything else I should know. If I use it to hunt with, it will be whitetail or coyote. My current setup is an 18 stainless, fluted from BCA. Its sitting on a spikes lower with spikes mil-spec LPK, buffer tube assembly and a Magpul ACS collapsible stock. I did put about 10 rounds through it last summer just to let it lose its virginity. Sooo if anyone has recommendations,(even where to buy ammo) Im open to all input!