06-03-2021, 10:14 PM
Six dark covid months have passed since I last posted. I'm fully vaccinated now and back at my RO duties at our local rifle range.....HOORAY!
During that "down time" I reworked my rifle and shaved a full pound off of it down to 8 pounds 13 ounces. Almost half of that (6 ounces) came from replacing the Magpul rifle stock with a carbine stock. I tried the lightest Magpul and a new one by Thril:
![[Image: Grendel_(103).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds]](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v166/dc65x/Grendel_(103).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
They both weighed exactly the same so I decided to try the new Thril shown on the bottom:
![[Image: Grendel_(102).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds]](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v166/dc65x/Grendel_(102).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
I started out with these components for the buffer tube:
![[Image: Grendel_(104).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds]](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v166/dc65x/Grendel_(104).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
The Timber Creek buffer tube was a mess. It was full of FDE overspray. After that crud was cleaned out look at the inside surface finish of the thing:
![[Image: Grendel_(107).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds]](https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/v166/dc65x/Grendel_(107).JPG?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
continued in next post
During that "down time" I reworked my rifle and shaved a full pound off of it down to 8 pounds 13 ounces. Almost half of that (6 ounces) came from replacing the Magpul rifle stock with a carbine stock. I tried the lightest Magpul and a new one by Thril:
They both weighed exactly the same so I decided to try the new Thril shown on the bottom:
I started out with these components for the buffer tube:
The Timber Creek buffer tube was a mess. It was full of FDE overspray. After that crud was cleaned out look at the inside surface finish of the thing:
continued in next post

