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AR15/10 Rifles
New Grendel
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<blockquote data-quote="Lonehill" data-source="post: 1230154" data-attributes="member: 97423"><p>Nice looking rifle! I built a 6.5 Grendel awhile back. Really wanted a Satern barrel and had some money just burning a hole in my pocket. Called and placed my order with the owner's wife, very nice gal. I opted for a fluted, threaded and bead blasted one. Waited 6 months or so, called and was told that they do runs by barrel length and they were going to make mine in next batch. Okay...cool...wait a month call back, oh we didn't have enough orders that length, we'll do a run later. This happened 3 times. Finally I ask what length were they currently running and can I get one of those. She says they are running the shortest ones they make, didn't really want one of those. She finally "looks up my info" and proceeds to tell me that they do not have me in their system and can find no record of my original order. Oh by the way, they ran my length several months back. THEN, she says I will have to start the process all over again and could give no real time frame. It was well over a year at this point. Nice folks, but here I was sitting on a pile of very expensive parts, missed 2 big hunts, and had made a dozen or so calls and e-mails BEFORE they cared to tell me they "lost" me in their system. They simply did not care and didn't really try to help. I informed her they had just lost me as a customer. Life is too short for that crap. I hung up the phone and had a Shilen match on the way a few minutes later. It's a lot heavier profile, not fluted or threaded either and it's only a 20" . The complete rifle weighs around 11 lbs with side charging upper and 4.5-14×50 VX3 LR. I have shot deer off hand and it's a tack driver, but it's not that practical to hunt with. A lot of fun busting milk jugs at 600+. Not impressed with performance on game in the least. Killed two biggest bucks of my life two years in a row but first took 3 shots, second took 2. All were well placed. It is by no means enough gun for a mature large bodied whitetail buck in my experience. Killed several does, only one dropped in sight. For comparison, I have conservatively killed over 40 deer including bucks with a Model 70 Lightweight in .243 never lost a deer, can only remember one time a second shot was needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lonehill, post: 1230154, member: 97423"] Nice looking rifle! I built a 6.5 Grendel awhile back. Really wanted a Satern barrel and had some money just burning a hole in my pocket. Called and placed my order with the owner's wife, very nice gal. I opted for a fluted, threaded and bead blasted one. Waited 6 months or so, called and was told that they do runs by barrel length and they were going to make mine in next batch. Okay...cool...wait a month call back, oh we didn't have enough orders that length, we'll do a run later. This happened 3 times. Finally I ask what length were they currently running and can I get one of those. She says they are running the shortest ones they make, didn't really want one of those. She finally "looks up my info" and proceeds to tell me that they do not have me in their system and can find no record of my original order. Oh by the way, they ran my length several months back. THEN, she says I will have to start the process all over again and could give no real time frame. It was well over a year at this point. Nice folks, but here I was sitting on a pile of very expensive parts, missed 2 big hunts, and had made a dozen or so calls and e-mails BEFORE they cared to tell me they "lost" me in their system. They simply did not care and didn't really try to help. I informed her they had just lost me as a customer. Life is too short for that crap. I hung up the phone and had a Shilen match on the way a few minutes later. It's a lot heavier profile, not fluted or threaded either and it's only a 20" . The complete rifle weighs around 11 lbs with side charging upper and 4.5-14×50 VX3 LR. I have shot deer off hand and it's a tack driver, but it's not that practical to hunt with. A lot of fun busting milk jugs at 600+. Not impressed with performance on game in the least. Killed two biggest bucks of my life two years in a row but first took 3 shots, second took 2. All were well placed. It is by no means enough gun for a mature large bodied whitetail buck in my experience. Killed several does, only one dropped in sight. For comparison, I have conservatively killed over 40 deer including bucks with a Model 70 Lightweight in .243 never lost a deer, can only remember one time a second shot was needed. [/QUOTE]
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