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Just ordered all the parts on Sunday to build my 1st 6.5 Grendel upper. I'll list the parts below and I'll update this thread once it is built and I have some range results. I've gotten a lot of good information here and just want to thank everyone for sharing their knowledge.
Odin Works - 18" DMR profile barrel, BCG, Gas tube and adjustable gas block and 15.5" MLOK rail.
PA - Aero Precision upper and Manticore Arms Nightbrake Comp.
AA - 2 x 10 round magazine and 1 x 17 round magazine.
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Finished my upper tonight. Will be taking it to the range tomorrow to see how it shoots. Hopefully these links work.
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Good looking rifle, be sure to let us know how it shoots.
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Nice looking rifle. How do you like the feel of the Odin hand guard? does it feel heavy? They caught my eye the other day and look like an alternative to a carbon fiber one with out any holes. Thanks BANG BANG!!
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Slappy Wrote:Nice looking rifle. How do you like the feel of the Odin hand guard? does it feel heavy? They caught my eye the other day and look like an alternative to a carbon fiber one with out any holes. Thanks BANG BANG!!
The Odin Works hand guard feels very light and it also feels good in the hand. This will primarily be a hunting gun so I was a little concerned when I saw the DMR profile barrel. I haven't weighed the rifle yet but it feels very light and comfortable for prolonged carry.
Thanks for the compliments guys, I'll post range reports later today weather permitting.
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Looks very nice, well done
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Made it out to the range today for some zeroing. I got the adjustable gas block so it took several adjustments to get the bcg to lock back on an empty magazine. My AA magazines are back ordered so I used 2 20 round pmags. I only loaded 3 rounds at a time but they worked fine for that.
After getting on paper at 25 yards I then moved to 100. My loads used were 100gr fmj by Wolf and 123gr Hornady SST. Groups 1-5 were all Hornady SST. Group 6 was the wolf. As you can see my gun prefers the Hornady. I only have a total of 35 rounds down the pipe but I'm very happy with this build so far. Again thanks for the kind words.
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Looks good, that is about typical group for the Wolf 100 grain FMJ Steel cased ammo. Looks loke you got a good shooter.
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VASCAR2 Wrote:Looks good, that is about typical group for the Wolf 100 grain FMJ Steel cased ammo. Looks loke you got a good shooter.
Thanks. Hopefully it will shoot tighter after some more break in. I'll also shoot some different loads but I'll probably stick with the Hornady SST for hunting since I don't reload yet. I am happy with the .75 MOA its averaging. Above all it means more to me that I bought the parts and built it myself. This was my 1st build and now I already have the desire for more builds. I would like to save up for a better scope for this one though.
