New 6.5 Grendel Magazines Now Here

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They did make 15 round CProducts Grendel mags (20 round normal 5.56 mag size), but they were very unreliable, so (IIRC) AA quit carrying them. I have some of them.

Nine or ten years ago, when I wrote my first 6.5 vs 6.8 article, AA was marketing a straight, 17-rd mag. It didn't have a rear reinforcing rib, and may not have had the middle rib, but I can't recall for sure. I guess maybe those didn't work well, and that's when AA switched to CProducts?

ETA: If Elander cold make them (and they were very reliable), they'd be quite popular, and I'd buy some. I like the straight ones, but I doubt they'll be made. I seem to recall Bill A. saying that the straight mags don't stack right for Grendel use. Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't think so.

I think you're right. Maybe due to different case taper than for 5.56mm? Doesn't seem like case diameter would matter, since there are straight, 20-rd and 25-rd mags for the M14 and FAL.