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First off, don't make fun of my mistakes. This is my first build and the idiot move finally came out.
I purchased the 6.5 bolt from the group buy thinking it was the entire BCG. Are there any BCG kits on the web, minus bolt, that one would recommend so I can finish the entire BCG.
Thanks in advance!
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Any carrier will work just fine. I have used a lot of 5.56 carriers in Grendel builds.
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Most of the time it's cheaper to find a complete bcg with 556 bolt and just change the bolt.
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I bought a complete 5.56 BCG on sale and used the carrier with the group buy bolt. I keep the 5.56 bolt in my kit as a spare for my pea shooter
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Redomen Wrote:I bought a complete 5.56 BCG on sale and used the carrier with the group buy bolt. I keep the 5.56 bolt in my kit as a spare for my pea shooter
^^^ this 5.56 is the easiest way to do it. Get one with a nice carrier if you can, NiB or nitrided are really smooooooooth.
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https://gun.deals/product/psa-freedom-ar...e-shipping
https://gun.deals/product/kg-ar15-bcg-55...obile=true
Those seem like decent offerings. You can probably sell a complete 223 bolt for $30 on eBay or somewhere.
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I went this route for a carrier to go with my group buy bolt.
https://davidsondefense.com/toolcraft-hi...ed-staked/ It matches up nicely. You still need a cam pin, firing pin, and firing pin retainer though.
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http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...ion-needed
Lots of good advice before it went off track.
Also:
http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...rendel-BCG
If it’s still available, and comes with another bolt
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if you get the toolcraft 6.5 one get a standard firing pin for the group buy bolt, or use it as it comes
toolcraft bolt is shorter as is the firing pin
group buy bolt and toolcraft pin could have issues
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mdram Wrote:if you get the toolcraft 6.5 one get a standard firing pin for the group buy bolt, or use it as it comes
toolcraft bolt is shorter as is the firing pin
group buy bolt and toolcraft pin could have issues
So the toolcraft 5.56 bcg will have the standard firing pin to use with the group buy bolt?
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yes their 556 will have a standard pin, so that one will work in your group buy 6.5 Gr bolt.
The 556 bcg should be a bit lower cost too.
Only thing for the toolcraft 6.5 Gr's is, if you get one, keep the bolt and firing pin together as a unit and they will work fine.
All the other BCG pieces/parts are interchangeable.
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02-27-2018, 09:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-27-2018, 10:01 PM by AZHTfreak.)
My goto nitrided Toolcraft 5.56 from a solid vendor at a good price. Firing pin is the correct length for the monster bolt...
https://www.geauxarmory.com/toolcraft-ni...p-544.html
https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_sear...obile=true
