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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 2043528" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I also have an Oden Works 18" barrel in 6.5 Grendel that is a great shooter. I am sure that you know this but in case you don't yes the barrel has a great deal to do with AR accuracy but it also depends on how it is installed. Make sure the face of your upper receiver is square and depending on fit you may need to shim or bed the extension into the receiver. Make sure that your gas tube does not touch anything.</p><p>The 6.5 Grendel is a great little round. It all depends on what you want to do with it as to barrel length. 20" would also be my choice for a combo of a hunting and target rifle. I have a cheap 20" Bear Creek Arsenal upper that after sending it back for a barrel replacement because it was crap I did get it to shoot sub MOA with hand loads. You should be able to safely reach 2550 fps with 123 gr bullets with the 20" barrel. Don't try to hot rod the Grendel in an AR. By the time you start seeing "pressure signs" like on a bolt rifle you are already WAY over pressure in the AR. I as well as others have not been able to get the Hornady 123 SST bullets to shoot very well no matter what load was used. On the other hand others rifles will shoot bug holes with them. A really slick bullet that many are praising in the Grendel is the Nosler 129 gr Long Range Accubond. It shoots flat and at Grendel velocities it really does a great job on deer they say. I have been using 120 Speer Gold Dots and 120 Sierra Pro Hunters on deer and they work great on the deer I have shot which have been inside 125 yards. The Speer Gold Dot is AWESOME. IMR 8208 is the powder I use and CCI 450 primers. There is a web site forum 65grendel.com that is a good place to get some good tips and information. Have fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 2043528, member: 10178"] I also have an Oden Works 18" barrel in 6.5 Grendel that is a great shooter. I am sure that you know this but in case you don't yes the barrel has a great deal to do with AR accuracy but it also depends on how it is installed. Make sure the face of your upper receiver is square and depending on fit you may need to shim or bed the extension into the receiver. Make sure that your gas tube does not touch anything. The 6.5 Grendel is a great little round. It all depends on what you want to do with it as to barrel length. 20" would also be my choice for a combo of a hunting and target rifle. I have a cheap 20" Bear Creek Arsenal upper that after sending it back for a barrel replacement because it was crap I did get it to shoot sub MOA with hand loads. You should be able to safely reach 2550 fps with 123 gr bullets with the 20" barrel. Don't try to hot rod the Grendel in an AR. By the time you start seeing "pressure signs" like on a bolt rifle you are already WAY over pressure in the AR. I as well as others have not been able to get the Hornady 123 SST bullets to shoot very well no matter what load was used. On the other hand others rifles will shoot bug holes with them. A really slick bullet that many are praising in the Grendel is the Nosler 129 gr Long Range Accubond. It shoots flat and at Grendel velocities it really does a great job on deer they say. I have been using 120 Speer Gold Dots and 120 Sierra Pro Hunters on deer and they work great on the deer I have shot which have been inside 125 yards. The Speer Gold Dot is AWESOME. IMR 8208 is the powder I use and CCI 450 primers. There is a web site forum 65grendel.com that is a good place to get some good tips and information. Have fun. [/QUOTE]
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