03-26-2014, 03:37 AM
Tedward Wrote:Do you know it hasn't been tested? This print of the Grendel II is dated 2008. Is it possible this reamer has been used for a while and finally came to be public is all.
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I do agree with everyone's opinion that it is a variant of the Grendel but as far as not being tested is an assumption.
Call it Grendel II or Satern 264 or LBC 264, that reamer has been around a lot longer than 2008. That drawing might be dated 2008, but the design has been around since the first Grendel. Arnie Brennan was essentially running a chamber like that with his original designs, even before Grendel brass was finalized. I think Arnes had a .295 neck, but other than that, very similar.
But I do find it interesting that Steve Satern, under contract at the time to AA to build Grendel barrels, was signing off on a drawing of a Grendel variant chamber, and was keeping the trademarked name of Grendel on it. There is an awful lot of strangeness there, since the Grendel wasn't yet SAAMI and was still trademarked.
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