I went out to the range Sunday afternoon with my trusty Savage .270 and my Grendel. The purpose was to confirm the .270 was ready for deer season and try out some 6.5 Nosler ammo.

Things didn’t go as planned. I decided to switch to Hornady SST ammo in the .270 this season but in 14 rounds I had 2 light primer strikes. No bueno! Not sure if it’s the gun or ammo and we’re less than a week from opening day so no time to figure it out.

The Grendel, on the other hand, shot lights out with the Nosler. I’m so happy I had this as a backup because it’s time for it to shine. I’m excited to see how it performs if the deer will cooperate.

Sometimes life throws us lemons, and Grendel serves up some tasty lemonade.

Hello all! I’m taking my grendel pig hunting with me this weekend and was wondering where y’all usually aim to get the cleanest kill?

For reference I’m using my 18” build with 123 SSTs

Well now that components are starting to come back and I have loads worked up for all of my other guns I am getting back to my Grendel (Howa Mini). This was my main target gun until Nosler halted the 130gr RDF's during the rona and so it took the back seat once I ran out of them. I see that Nosler is back to producing them but I was thinking about trying something else as I am going to have to start load dev all over with that anyway because 8208 is still mostly unobtainable, So I am seeing what target bullets everyone else around here is using. I have never been able to get this gun to shoot 120/123gr pills very well, I have tried pretty much every match 123gr bullet Midway carries and can never get a 20 shot group under 1.5 MOA. I have shot a few 130gr and they have shot great, I had Sierra MK produce just over 1 MOA 20 shot groups and the RDF was just under 1MOA, the RDFs always did great at 1K yrds. I will probably go back to the RDFs or the Sierra but wanted to see if anyone was having any luck with anything else.

TLDR: Howa Mini doesnt like 123gr bullets but seems to really like 130gr. Looking for 130gr bullets that seem to be favored for target applications.

Hey everyone. I’m not new to ARs/.223, but I am new to 6.5 Grendel. I’d like to put together my first coyote rifle (will get a thermal scope too) and have been looking at JP, Atheris, and Alexander Arms and it has gotten a bit confusing. Any recommendations on who provides a great complete setup. I’m looking to spend $2K but could do more for the right quality. Thanks in advance for a newbie!

Working on my 6.5 after some unfortunate water damage, attempting to fully break down the bolt/BCG.

After removing my firing pin, I can’t quite get the cam to rotate and extract from the bolt.

The BCG is currently in solvent.

Any suggestions for safely removing the cam once it has finished its soak?

I’m looking for a compact tsa approved hard case for my sbr. Ideally it would be 24” long X 14” deep interior space. Plus or minus.

A hurricane flooded my gun case.

Cleaning my 6.5 bolt and it’s BCG.

Firing pin won’t extract after retaining pin removal.

BCG currently in solvent to bust potential rust.

Any suggestions for safely removing a stuck firing pin?

Is anybody using the kynshot buffer with a rifle length gas system? If so what spring are you using. I'm going with a 22inch barrel if that matters.

Hey gents,

I wanted to ask about Alexander Arms mainly since I have found some on sale, namely their accuracy I know their bolts are GTG. I am unsure about their barrels, I saw a trollygag post, maybe it is a Shilen unless I mis read.

Other than that I have found an Odin and a T box barrel for sale I have no clue on those two. Any other choices are welcome as well, I might just settle with a BA for cost reasons and have fun with more ammo.

Hi all,

I’m looking into getting into 6.5 Grendel as an intermediary distance cartridge (mostly just target shooting, perhaps one day I’ll hunt with it but unlikely since I already don’t hunt as is).

I don’t have a lot of super long ranges near me (my two normal ranges are 110m and 300m, but there’s a 600yd range about an hour away) but I’d like to have something that flies a bit better out to 600-1000yds. I’m considering gas gun vs bolt action but not sure which I want more so I wanted to hear opinions/experiences about both.

Part of my choice for the caliber was originally to have a Mk.12 type rifle with better ballistics than 5.56, and I can’t get AR10’s anymore in my state but I can however get a new caliber upper for my AR15’s.

Goals: 16/18” gas gun or 20” bolt gun, mid distance target shooting w/factory loads, reasonable overall price ($900ish), and consistent 1-1.5 moa performance (I don’t need it to be a tack driver, just consistent and decently accurate for a regular shooter).

I’m thinning the herd and going from a 12.5” to a 14.5” ish 6.5 Grendel with a Hux 762ti flush with a URX 3.1 handguard. I currently have a 12.5” lilja that shoots good but I want a little more velocity and to use the handguard. I will be out west hunting the first week of December, I’d like to have everything assembled by then. I don’t have many needs other than mid length gas, 14.5” or longer, capable of making hits on hogs/coyotes/javelina out to 300 yards.

I’m mainly looking at

Lilja in stock @ Six Sigma Arms

Sateen Liberty button rifled 16” in stock @satern

Expedite a custom barrel and get exactly what I want from X-Caliber.

Anyone have any recommendations? Is the lilja above the others and the obvious buy?

Feel free to tell me what you think of AAC's 6.5 Grendel loadings including suppressor grenading jokes.

I'm looking at some AAC 6.5 Grendel 123g FMJ (PSA's website because poormaxing) and I'm curious about AAC's track record with 6.5 as from what I read it's still relatively new in the market.

I'm honestly just curious if anyone makes cheaper 6.5 "range ammo" around the same price point (0.76¢ a round taxed). I know you don't mag dump into trash with 6.5 Grendel the same way you do with 5.56x45 but I'd like some on hand.

TLDR: Is AAC 6.5 Grendel reliable and is there anything else around the same price?

https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-slx6-1-6x24mm-sfp-rifle-scope-gen-3-illuminated-acss-5.56-5.45-308-reticle

I'm considering buying a PA SLX 1-6x ACSS to swap between both my 5.56 and 6.5 uppers, I see in the manual it has zeroing information about 6.5 Grendel. I'm still very new to LPVO's and magnified optics.

The manual gives 6.5 Grendel loads but no mention of zero adjusting, I'm curious if there are different holds built into the optic for 6.5 or if I'm going to have to figure that out at the range myself? (Obviously you should always validate bdc holds on an optic)

TLDR: does the 6.5 Grendel section in the manual mean anything in relation to the bdc reticle or do I get to figure out my own?

https://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-18-rifle-length-6-5-grendel-1-8-stainless-steel-15-hex-m-lok-gen2-strike-eagle-1-8-upper-with-bcg-ch.html

I'm in the market for a 6.5 upper and stumped across this, from everything I've read the Strike Eagle 1-8x AR-BDC3 reticle has holds for both 5.56 & 7.62 but not 6.5 Grendel. Am I missing some information and it does have holds for 6.5 or is this just some weird PSA package?

Can you use a Type 1 BCG in a Type 2 barrel?

Anybody experienced excessive mag wobble when locking and chambering? My elander and duramags seem to have a bit of play and it's causing feeding issues. I can reproduce them at home by pressing the mag back or forth while racking repeatedly. This also occurred with another lower.