Grendel AR Bolt.......Anyone.....?

[bwaites]

I disagree with the twins. I have 5 different manufactures of 6.5 bolts. The AA has a fish hook milling under the lugs, so does my AR Stoner. They are all close in appearance but that is the only difference. It isn't a structural difference but a "noticeable" difference. Also the lip on the bolt face is different. The LBC has less flat surface than any other manufacture. Again nothing with bolt face depth but appearance is different.[ATTACH=CONFIG]3657[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]3658[/ATTACH] Far left is AA and the used one on far right is AR-Stoner. Second from the end on the right and used is my LBC, I used that on my Beowulf and it works great. Notice how thin the flat surface is, the edge is angled more on the LBC leaving less flat surface rather than squared off like all the others.

Tedward,

That is a Hard Use AA bolt, is it not? I specifically stated he was not using that bolt. He has always used Grendel spec bolts, and the bolts that I compared were before there was a Hard Use bolt. I had one of the original Hard Use bolts, and have had Grendel bolts dating from the first generation through current generation. At one point I even managed to acquire one of the prototype first generation bolts. I've also had several different prototypes, including the proto Hard Use bolt.

I should have been more clear, in that Les Baer has always used Grendel spec bolts, and the two I examined were identical. However, I do not know if he uses the same current manufacturer as AA, or if he ever has. The two bolts I examined were certainly identical, both to the owner and to me.

I have also noticed similar discrepancies on 5.56 bolts, sometimes even from the same manufacturer, but produced at different times.