Thread: Grendel

Originally Posted by mikee

its not a 6.5 but it is cool

Never seen that oxymoron before. Is this a case of "damn you autospell!" ?

Originally Posted by Norway

Never seen that oxymoron before. Is this a case of "damn you autospell!" ?

must be 30 cal then

@Norway , Could you get away with a .223 size suppressor and lighter weight barrell compared to say the .260 rem ?

Im thinking the main advantage of a grendel would potentially be a lighter rifle overall than for 308 based cases. This is for hunting, not steel. If you limit your range to 300m, the lesser kinetic energy and velocity/BC could be OK.

There doesn't seem to be a wide range of high quality donor actions with short stroke and big base. Just the cz and those old sakos that were made in 6mm PPC. Are there others ?

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I think all you need to do is build a new upper for it or swap the barrel out? new gas block? and gas tube?

Otherwise any rifle based on the 7.62 x 39mm ie AK47 round?

Zastava m85 with the 7.62 bolt face or just open the face up on a CZ or vixen

If the CZ is a 7.62x39 I dont think it needs altering? if it does my mate is in for some more expense

Originally Posted by scoped

Zastava m85 with the 7.62 bolt face or just open the face up on a CZ or vixen

I think it requires a bit more than just altering the bolt face. There would be a bit of tricky work to do on the mag well and the feeding, specially on the sako.
You are best to start with the right gun from the start I think.
The old BSA hunter in 222 could be a good candidate as well. I have converted one from 22 hornet to 7,62x39 and the feeding from the mag was really the difficult part.
Apparently the new mini howa is going to come with 7.62x39 barrels , that would be another candidate.

6.5tcu is basically the same, I am getting almost Identical speeds with my TCU to my mate with his AR in 6.5 Grendel. Actually slightly faster as i have 4 inch longer barrel

Originally Posted by Friwi

I think it requires a bit more than just altering the bolt face. There would be a bit of tricky work to do on the mag well and the feeding, specially on the sako.
You are best to start with the right gun from the start I think.
The old BSA hunter in 222 could be a good candidate as well. I have converted one from 22 hornet to 7,62x39 and the feeding from the mag was really the difficult part.
Apparently the new mini howa is going to come with 7.62x39 barrels , that would be another candidate.

Yeah the grendel would be a sweet round for that little action

Mine was a 7.62x39 CZ 527 its now a 14.5" Barrel 6.5 Grendel, 123r Amax at 2475 and been out this morning shooting at steel 600m no problems. shot a few Sika (12+) with it now and one big Red Stag ranges from 12m - 320m wouldn't have taken ten steps between them after the bullet hit. There a photo in another thread somewhere?

Howa to release their mini action in 6.5 gredel in 2016

Originally Posted by Bagheera

@Norway , Could you get away with a .223 size suppressor and lighter weight barrell compared to say the .260 rem ?

Im thinking the main advantage of a grendel would potentially be a lighter rifle overall than for 308 based cases. This is for hunting, not steel. If you limit your range to 300m, the lesser kinetic energy and velocity/BC could be OK.

There doesn't seem to be a wide range of high quality donor actions with short stroke and big base. Just the cz and those old sakos that were made in 6mm PPC. Are there others ?

Not sure. But for instance the silencer Atec TMM4 is 220 grams and I am sure there is similar options from other manufacturers.
I absolutely agree with you light rifle observation. That was my goal for this rifle, but I didn't check the component weight before building so ended up with an ordinary rifle.

At 300 meters the Grendel/123gr bullet hits with the same velocity as a 22-250/65 gr bullet but more than double the energy. If you're happy with that, it's fine. I've only shot three small deer with mine so cannot comment properly.

One deer fell on the spot.
One running deer stumbled and fell.
One deer ran for 10 seconds, but fortunately in a circle so it ended up where it was shot.