No disrespect to armyeod1952 but Grendel Hunter uses Satern/Liberty button rifled barrels with Grendel II chamber. The Liberty barrels might be called Match barrels but they are still mass produced buttoned rifled rack grade barrels. Ive been around a few Satern/Liberty barrels with their short chambers and huge gas ports. Satern has a history which has been beat to death on this forum.
The heart of any AR-15 is the barrel and a good trigger. Using night vision/thermal most shots are typically under 200 yards on hogs. A sixteen or shorter 6.5 Grendel will work in these circumstances. Id want to keep the weight down and would shy away from heavy profile barrels for a night time hunting rifle.
The topic of which upper or barrels to get is a frequent topic on this forum. By the time you spend $1-$2 per round for ammo plus gas and time to go to the range it is cheaper to buy the best barrel. A lot of rack grade barrels need seasoned before they start shooting good. Say you shoot 100-200 rounds of ammo and work up a load for your barrel. Add that cost to the price of the barrel. Quality barrels shoot good from the first round and you rarely hear of an issue. Say your rack grade barrel is a lemon and you have to send it back. Rack grade barrels is basically luck of the draw.
I have three Grendel Monster logo barrels, two manufactured by Faxon and one manufactured by Green Mountain to BFT specifications. I have no accuracy requirement and I enjoy shooting the 6.5 Grendel. If I need top accuracy I get my Shilen. If Im going hunting I grab either my 16 or 18 Monster barreled AR-15s.
I like assembling guns and have five AR-15s chambered in 6.5 Grendel plus a Cz 527. Im a retired guy that likes guns and enjoys shooting. For night hunting Id want reliability in a fast handling carbine with a good trigger.
Good luck on your quest tomt. Everybody is welcome to their opinion but basically it is your money.
For top quality uppers, Precision Firearms, Craddock Precision, Rock Creek, Compass Lake Engineering, White Oak Armory, JP, Wilson Combat, LaRue Tactical, get good reviews. Bartlein, Douglas, Criterion, Lilja JP, Wilson Combat, LaRue Tactical barrels and a few others get good reviews.
Alexander Arms, Odin, Faxon, Green Mountain, Ballistic Advantage, Satern/Liberty Palmetto State Armory, Bear Creek Arsenal, Radical Firearms are the commonly seen. I suggest you stay away from the cheapest 6.5 Grendel upper you can find. Once you step away from 5.56/223 in the AR-15 the knowledge base is not the same with different manufacturers.
The heart of any AR-15 is the barrel and a good trigger. Using night vision/thermal most shots are typically under 200 yards on hogs. A sixteen or shorter 6.5 Grendel will work in these circumstances. Id want to keep the weight down and would shy away from heavy profile barrels for a night time hunting rifle.
The topic of which upper or barrels to get is a frequent topic on this forum. By the time you spend $1-$2 per round for ammo plus gas and time to go to the range it is cheaper to buy the best barrel. A lot of rack grade barrels need seasoned before they start shooting good. Say you shoot 100-200 rounds of ammo and work up a load for your barrel. Add that cost to the price of the barrel. Quality barrels shoot good from the first round and you rarely hear of an issue. Say your rack grade barrel is a lemon and you have to send it back. Rack grade barrels is basically luck of the draw.
I have three Grendel Monster logo barrels, two manufactured by Faxon and one manufactured by Green Mountain to BFT specifications. I have no accuracy requirement and I enjoy shooting the 6.5 Grendel. If I need top accuracy I get my Shilen. If Im going hunting I grab either my 16 or 18 Monster barreled AR-15s.
I like assembling guns and have five AR-15s chambered in 6.5 Grendel plus a Cz 527. Im a retired guy that likes guns and enjoys shooting. For night hunting Id want reliability in a fast handling carbine with a good trigger.
Good luck on your quest tomt. Everybody is welcome to their opinion but basically it is your money.
For top quality uppers, Precision Firearms, Craddock Precision, Rock Creek, Compass Lake Engineering, White Oak Armory, JP, Wilson Combat, LaRue Tactical, get good reviews. Bartlein, Douglas, Criterion, Lilja JP, Wilson Combat, LaRue Tactical barrels and a few others get good reviews.
Alexander Arms, Odin, Faxon, Green Mountain, Ballistic Advantage, Satern/Liberty Palmetto State Armory, Bear Creek Arsenal, Radical Firearms are the commonly seen. I suggest you stay away from the cheapest 6.5 Grendel upper you can find. Once you step away from 5.56/223 in the AR-15 the knowledge base is not the same with different manufacturers.