11-12-2021, 08:41 AM
Ive built quite a few and my first ones both have well over 1k rounds each. Not necessarily high round counts but I havent had a failure of a bolt or extractor on any of them. Its a stronger bolt design than the Grendel bolts so the assumption that its going to break bolts often doesnt even make sense. The extractor breaking is more realistic but again, I havent experienced it yet. Its also interesting to assume that its lower pressure when most AR 7.62x39 barrels have a groove diameter of .308 and theyre swaging down .310-.311 bullets so its quite possible for the pressure to be as high or higher than Grendel loads. It would be interesting to know how much that raises the pressure. In reality the cartridge should be able to handle the same pressure as the Grendel.

