10-25-2014, 05:16 PM
stanc Wrote:1a) Irrelevant. Performance increase is not the intended purpose.
2a) Concur. If the existing Six8 P-Mag is not usable with 6.5 Grendel, the idea is not feasible.
3a) Not sure what you mean by "the Grendel." If you mean rifles, then eliminating the P-Mag option won't help get more gun makers onboard.
4a) Irrelevant. The installed AR customer base has gained no backwards compatibility with any other Grendel platform that has been introduced.
No, that opinion is not ridiculous. It is correct. The only advantage is the ability to use P-Mags.
Your opposition, however...
1b) if performance isn't the reason....then.....
3b) I mean rifles. If having Hornady building good target and hunting ammo, and Wolf delivering cheap plinking ammo doesn't get a major on board, there is no likelihood that someone will go to the expense of developing a specific mag.
4) My Grendel lowers work just fine with my .22, 5.56, and Beo uppers. That would not be tru with a Six5 upper. They also work just fine with every AR mag I've tried.
As for trying a Six8 mag, I think it's a great idea, what rifle are we going use to check feeding? It's a chicken/egg thing. They may go in fine, and not bulge the mag, but also not feed right because of the feed lip alignment or some other issue. But...I'm willing to give it a whirl, I just ordered a mag.
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