12-19-2021, 08:04 AM
So I got into 6.5 Grendel back in 2019 with the conversion of a Seekins Precision AR using a no label barrel 20" barrel from Classic Firearms. I wasn't sure what to expect but it shot ok with factory ammo. Last summer I decided to try reloading and managed to start getting some sub MOA groups from my bargain barrel using Hornady ELDs and some Speer 90 gr TNT HPs that I picked up. After building some other ARs I decided I wanted to build another 6.5 Grendel in a shorter barrel length to make sort of my take on a light battle rifle. I built the 16" using a Grey Ghost Precision receiver set and a 16" Monster barrel. I'd been meaning to figure out a sort of bulk ammo load using the 20" as a sort of development barrel since it had the optic and a longer barrel that I figured would help me get the best test data with the idea being that whatever load I'd pick would be what I ran in the 16". I finally got around to getting that data and got out the range to shoot the result out of the 16". Needless to say I'm pretty happy with the result. The target pics were what I got using the 16" Monster barrel build equipped with a bipod, rear bag, and a Holosun 510C at 50 yards. For a bulk load I'd say that'll do just fine. I'm sure I'd get even better groups equipping the rifle with a scope compared to the 510C that's on it. The first pic is me zeroing the optic. I'm not sure why the two target pics are sideways.