Tell me about the 6.5 Grendel

[phylodog]

I've got it all put together, just waiting on mags and ammo which have been ordered. My scope is also tied up on another project so it'll be a little while before I get to see how she shoots. I went with an Odin Works 18" barrel w/intermediate length gas system & adjustable gas block. Fingers crossed.

 

[Ggreen]

Nice

 

[roscott]

Wow that turned out nice. What do you have in it so far, Cory?

 

[BoilerWes]

That’s sweet! Is this going to be your new yote whacker?

 

[phylodog]

Wow that turned out nice. What do you have in it so far, Cory?

I'm still under a grand but not by much (not counting bipod & suppressor)

 

[phylodog]

That’s sweet! Is this going to be your new yote whacker?

No Sir, my new coyote rifle is a White Oak Armory built, Krieger barreled upper on an LMT lower. The upper is currently in the hands of an expert who is developing a load that will shoot tiny little groups really far away yet carry a payload made for killin varmints.

 

[BoilerWes]

What caliber on the yote build?

 

[phylodog]

It's a .223. That said, I wouldn't want to be the coyote that shows himself if I've got this Grendel in my hands. I sure ain't opposed to using whatever I've got available on those critters.

 

[BoilerWes]

Yea. The Grendel has that reach out and touch you power Keep us posted on the .223 build.

 

[phylodog]

Will do

 

[King31]

Dang that turned out really well and you definitely didn't skimp on parts! Buy once, cry once. If you were wanting to function test, 5.56 mags will hold 5 round or so. I attempted to start loading for mine today and had a couple hiccups. Hope to make some complete ammo soon.

 

[phylodog]

I think I did pretty well as far as cost. The stripped upper/lower/rail was $220 and the barrel, BCG, gas block & gas tube was $415. I bought the stock used and had a 2 stage trigger and quite a few of the small parts laying around so overall cost was pretty cheap on this one. I've got more just in the upper for my coyote rifle but I expect more out of it as well.

 

[phylodog]

It's alive. Juts fired four rounds of 120gr American Eagle to test function. I'll get a scope on it this weekend and be ready to start checking accuracy next week.

 

[shadow6492]

Thoughts on the barrel so far? Looking into the grendel, just can't decide on barrel combo.

 

[phylodog]

I shot it Friday with pretty poor results. I wasn't going to post about it as I don't trust the scope or the scope mount I was using. The scope was maxed out on elevation to get it zeroed. It was shooting 2MOA with three different types of ammo, I'm confident it will do better once I get the proper scope and mount on it.

 

[shadow6492]

Thanks for the info

 

[dhamby]

I generally have good luck with Odin barrels but have had a few that just wouldn't shoot well no matter what I fed it, could never find a load/bullet combo that would result in a 1moa min group. For this I've pretty well switched to Ballistic Advantage for my gas gun barrel needs. I'll be interested to see if this gives the results you're looking for.

 

[phylodog]

This one is starting to improve. I got the scope and mount put on yesterday and shot it again this afternoon and its showing some promise. Still not holding MOA but it's certainly getting closer. I've had rifles that suffered from first and/or last round of the magazine flyers and this one is acting like it may be the same. I need to get a magazine that will hold more than 4 rounds to test for it.

Four round groups:

 

[King31]

Looking good Phylo! My Odin barrel took a little bit of a break-in and then started producing better groups. My best group was somewhere around the 60th rounds and it was .78" Have you ran any patches down it yet? Also what ammo are you shooting? It's hard to beat the Hornady Black line. For mags, I would take a look at C-Products. The 10 rounders are perfect IMO.

 

[phylodog]

It's had 20 rounds of American Eagle, 16 rounds of Hornady 123gr SST and 16 rounds of Hornady Black 123gr so far. The top group was the Black and the bottom was the SST so they both show some promise. I haven't cleaned it yet, I may give that a shot next week and try again. I have a suspicion the aluminum barrel nut that came with the rail is a weak point which may negatively affect the accuracy. It also has an adjustable gas block that needs tuned.