Precision Firearms Grendel

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I was a very young lad in 1960 when M16 was brought into service by the Air Force.. It had stocks made by Mattel, it jammed in the field, and the worst, it was just a 22 in a bottle necked case.. It got a very bad rep.. I had older friends coming home from Vietnam telling me they sure liked the AK's a lot more.. So I can understand why so many folks came to dislike it.. Indeed I had my own reasons for disliking them..

But over the past year or so, I have been able to see the AR for what it really is.. A semi-automatic Thompson Contender/Encore.. I know almost no one does, but just like a T/C, technically you could own one lower, and swap it between complete uppers, chambered in several different cartridges.. Just like the T/C..

I already have a few of them chambered in for different cartridges, the 6.5 Grendel being my last (ordered a AA complete upper just last night).. And if I was a betting man, I’d say my last DPMS stripped lower will get one of the AA 17 HMR tops within a year.. I sure wish they chambered it for the 17 Mack II instead.. You listening Bill?? <grin>..

Then there’s .204 Ruger, etc, etc, etc.. And best of all, none of them get jealous when a new one is brought into the safe.. Life is good..

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