03-26-2014, 04:45 AM
bwaites Wrote: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.
Ya think? Love to be a fly on the wall at either AA or Satern, when that is discussed.
In the final analysis, though, I agree with others, when they suggest that if you decide to release a "PC compatible" Grendel chamber, have the nerve to hang your own name on it, instead of riding the coattails of a successful brand, SAAMI, or not. The specious argument that this is "kosher" since there are multiple .308 variants falls apart, when you realize that there is only .308 Winchester, not .308 Winchester II, or a .308 Lapua Palma, but not a .308 Lapua Palma II. When someone sees .243 Ackley Improved, they are not at all confused that it might be .243 Win.