I’d like to build a 6.5 Grendel AR for fun. Intended use is shooting paper. Maybe if my hunting friends bring me along I’ll use it for southeastern deer (stalking and blind). I plan to have an OSS Helix on it basically all the time.
I have a few questions before I start buying anything:
Faxon makes a 16” gunner profile barrel with a SAAMI spec chamber. I like this length since I’m adding a 7” suppressor and would like to keep it relatively handy. Is this barrel good? Should I consider others? Am I off base on wanting 16” over 18” or 20”?
I’d like to try out an adjustable gas block to dial in for the can. After reading around I found the the SLR and Odin works have generally good reviews. The JP also has them but the adjustment screw is perpendicular to the barrel and can’t be adjusted from the front like the others. Any recommendations or others I should lookup?
JP, Odin and Faxon make type 2 Grendel bolts and both normal/low mass bolt carrier groups but some recommend against using their low mass bcg with 6.5 Grendel (Faxon). I’m undecided on which route to go. Is there a benefit to a low mass bcg with 6.5grendel like there is with 556?
Buffer weight and spring power. I have no idea yet which ones are best to use. AA says carbine buffer and spring are fine. Will this change with the Faxon barrel’s intermediate gas length?
Any other things I need to look out for or consider?
Yes these are stupid questions but I’m new to Grendel and figured I’d start at 0.
I have a few questions before I start buying anything:
Faxon makes a 16” gunner profile barrel with a SAAMI spec chamber. I like this length since I’m adding a 7” suppressor and would like to keep it relatively handy. Is this barrel good? Should I consider others? Am I off base on wanting 16” over 18” or 20”?
I’d like to try out an adjustable gas block to dial in for the can. After reading around I found the the SLR and Odin works have generally good reviews. The JP also has them but the adjustment screw is perpendicular to the barrel and can’t be adjusted from the front like the others. Any recommendations or others I should lookup?
JP, Odin and Faxon make type 2 Grendel bolts and both normal/low mass bolt carrier groups but some recommend against using their low mass bcg with 6.5 Grendel (Faxon). I’m undecided on which route to go. Is there a benefit to a low mass bcg with 6.5grendel like there is with 556?
Buffer weight and spring power. I have no idea yet which ones are best to use. AA says carbine buffer and spring are fine. Will this change with the Faxon barrel’s intermediate gas length?
Any other things I need to look out for or consider?
Yes these are stupid questions but I’m new to Grendel and figured I’d start at 0.