@therex has an awesome new build with a 12.5" BA barrel, maybe he'll share some pics.

12.5 balistic advantage barrel and bolt.  6 lbs 2 oz.
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I did on the last page. 

Shows how good my memory is, I saw a pic in the BA barrel thread and thought it looked awesome. It's a great build, hope it shoots well for you.

Not sure if you overlooked it, but Mrplayer already posted this pic in this thread.

Optic mounted, assuming I can get these mags to work right, she's basically finished.


Hogan (POF style) lower
Cola SSA-E
Ballistic Advantage 6.5Grendel 12.5" Barrel
Mk8 9.5" rail
ADM QD Cola mount
Young's full chrome carrier
6.5 forum bolt
LWRCi UICW
Vortex Viper PST 2.5-10x
Knockoff bipod

(And also my spicy new CZ P-01 Omega)

the ugly stick... i might sprinkle a little more FDE on it... i blame therex for this rifle

still needs some tweaks but i think i'm going to love this thing.

Mega Side Charge
Young Side charge BCA
Lancer HG
BA 16 inch barrel
billet lower with goodies
LT buffer spring
ST2 buffer
Spikes enhanced parts kit/trigger
Vortex glass/ADM qd mount

18.5 or 19.5" shilen bbl aka the car axle

12" Faxon Grendel barrel came in today, it's replacing my 11.5" 5.56 barrel.

Looks great, now that you all have your 12" barrels maybe we can get the 20" barrels in!

More pics!

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Spike's ST-15 Lower
Geissele SSA-E
CMMG LPK
Spike's ST-T2 Buffer
Magpul STR
Hogue Pistol Grip

Aero Precision Upper
Faxon 12" Barrel
Seekins Adjustable Gas Block
Lehigh Defense 6.5G Bolt
PSA NiB Carrier
Midwest Industries Gen 3 10.5" M-Series Rail
BCM GF Mod 4 CH
Burris XTR II 1-8 FFP
MGM Switchview Lever
LaRue LT-104
Troy Sights
Inforce WML
Gear Sector GS-2P Sling

SiCo Omega

100% once I got the gas block tuned, 300 rounds of Wolf sofar. I really need to get into reloading so I can make some quality ammo for it

How is the accuracy with wolf?

Work in process

Cobalt Kinetics BAMF Edge
Proof 20" CF Barrel
JP Enhanced Bolt
Superlative Arms Bleed Off Block
Nightforce BEAST (Overkill, I know)
Spuhr mount (likely need to swap out for a cantilever for the eye relief)

FAXON 16" gunner from joe bob outfitters
brownells bolt/carrier
old VTAC rail
LARUE SPR-E / BURRIS 1-4x
JP trigger

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Larue Ultimate 6.5 Grendel upper,
Nightforce 4-14 and Vortex 1-6 Strike Eagle. Both optics on Larue mounts.

a little color added to the upper and barrel...

What side charging upper are you using?

Mega upper with a bear creek BCA... ups just dropped off the side charge handle

Got the scope mounted and the gas block installed. Just waiting on open machine time to throw up the rail and machine out some clearance for the taller block. Still trying to decide if the scope is mounted too far back due to the non-cantilever mount. The eye relief seems comfortable in a standing position but I'm not sure how it would be prone yet.

Nice barrel choice If you plan on reloading, mines been loving the 123gr Scenars

Here's mine:
Bushmaster Windham Lower, Magpul grip/stock, Larue MBT trigger, Harris bipod, Seekins SP3R, TBox 20" barrel, Spikes upper, Griffin Optimus, SWFA SS10X 

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Finished LaRue kit.

I also posted this over on the 6.5 forum. I've been working on this for a while. The upper fought me every step of the way, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. I got it to the range yesterday and managed to get 50 rounds of Hornady Black through it. I spent the first couple of hours getting the gas adjusted and cleaning the bore after each of the first 6 shots. There were some other guys at the range that wanted to come over and talk, so I didn't get as much shooting done as I would have liked. My groups were nothing impressive by most standards, but I don't think any of them (all 5 shot groups) were over 1.5". My eyes aren't very good anymore and I'm really struggling with my bifocals and the scope. I'm going to talk to my eye doc and see if he can do anything for me. I'm anxious to get my son and one of his buddies behind the scope and see what they can do with their younger eyes. The only issue I had with the rifle was that the bolt didn't want to strip the top round from the magazine and feed it when charging the chamber with the charging handle. If the bolt was closed via the bolt release, I never had an issue. The only mags I have right now are some C Products 5-rounders. Black is the only factory ammo I currently have, but I've got 250 new cases ready to load and several different kinds of powder and bullets to experiment with. This thing will primarily be used for punching paper and shooting steel informally at a friend's farm. We've got steel set up at 200 yds., 300 yds., 400 yds., and 525 yds. We can possibly get out to around 925-950 yards if we change directions and put targets on his brother's farm next door, but we haven't done that yet.


Lower:
Aero Betsy Ross Lower
Larue MBT trigger
Magpul UBR
Larue A-PEG
Spikes ST-2T buffer with Damage Industries enhanced spring
BAD-LW ambi-safety
BAD enhanced takedown and pivot pins

Upper:
Vltor MUR-1A receiver
Lilja 319 barrel (Cerakoted black)
Toolcraft BCG
Geissele Airborne Charging Handle
Geissele 15" Mk4 handguard
JP Low Profile adjustable gas block

The scope is a Leupold Mk6 3-18X44 w/TMR reticle in a Larue mount and the can is my Dead Air Sandman-S with a Burnproof Gear cover.

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Noveske Gen I lower with BCM LPK
Geissele SSA-E trigger
PRS stock with monopod
Elander mags
Noveske marked Vltor MUR upper
Noveske marked Geissele super charging handle
Sionics NP3 coated BC with monster bolt
16.7 Noveske NSR handguard
SLR sentry 7 adjustable gas block with black gas tube
Faxon 20" 6.5 Grendel barrel
VG6 Gamma 65 muzzle device
ADM 20 MOA QD scope mount
Atlas Bipod BT46-LW17 PSR
KAC ambi safety
KAC mini BUIS
KAC trigger guard
Gen II Vortex Viper PST
Vortex scope lever and level bubble
oogf by hd_rolling, on Flickr
IMG_9037 by hd_rolling, on Flickr
IMG_9044 by hd_rolling, on Flickr

No shit. *I want that*

Not great, but that's me not the rifle

Faxon 20" arrived
Need to mock it up with the adjustable gas block/tube
Saving for a PST

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Just built a lightweight hunting rig with a Faxon 20” fluted barrel. Plan on only shooting factory loads and have been very pleased with 123 ELDs so far. Have shot it out to 500 yards so far and it has been moa/sub moa. 

In in my haste to get it ready prior to shooting, I didn’t torque the rings properly and had the rear ring of the mount loosen during shooting, but it still performed very well despite having a loose rear ring (discovered after shooting). 

Upper:
Bootleg Lightweight upper
Midwest industries 12.5” Lightweight mlok rail
Faxon 20” Fluted Match 1/8 twist SAAMI barrel 
2a titanium Gas block
AIM Surplus Light weight bolt carrier
Precision Firearms bolt 

Lower:
Mag Tactical Lightweight lower 
Geissele SSA trigger
BAD Sabertube
Carbine buffer/spring

Optics:
Nightforce Ultralight 1.5” high Unimpunt
Bushnell Elite LRS 3-12x44 with BTR Mil reticle
Vortex Bubble level
Trijicon RMR RM01 on angles flashlight mount

Cycles perfectly despite not having adjustable gas. Weighs 7 lbs 9oz unloaded and just under 8lbs with a loaded mag. Group shown was at 300 yards taking about 3-4 seconds between shots with a sandbag front and a loose rear ring on the scope mount. 

I will Likely remove the RMR to shave off a few more (4-5ish) ounces. The reticle design is pretty quick at 3x. 

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Threw a Vortex HD AMG in a Geissele Super Precision mount on her for the time being.

Going out next weekend to sight in my 12" Faxon barreled 6.5 grendel.  I really like this mega upper and how tight the faxon barrel fit into it.  I had to heat the receiver up in order for barrel to fit.  Don't think I need to bed this one.

Picked up the Vortex 2x10 gen 2 for $690 so  even though it is not the lightest scope out there, happy with the price versus features.

Nice, I plan on the same scope for my 12" Grendel. Let us know how it goes.

My grendels. I need a scope for my 20 in faxon.
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Finally got my placeholder 4-14 X 44 R-Grid, mounted and plumbed on my 24" bench rifle. I was going to sight it in yesterday but it was opening day for bow here. Didn't want to take any chances when people may be out in their stands. Maybe this afternoon....

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That's a great rifle, what ammo are you planning on using?

It works well and was able to consistently hit around 1 moa at 100 yards with the faxon 12" and a sandman s.  I was averaging around 2320 fps at 1100 ft at 72 degrees and 66% humidity and 28.50 hg

This barrel is more accurate than what I can shoot. I had numerous clover leafs but mess up the of one shots to make it around an inch.. I just need more practice.

Black 123gr shoots an inch higher than the 123 sst with my barrel at 100 yards.

Here's mine. Great cartridge.

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Specs:
Seekins IRMT-3 V3 billet upper
Seekins SP3R Rail
AXTS nitride bolt carrier
Alexander Arms bolt
AXTS ambi charging handle
Atlas BT10-LW17 V8  bipod
Satern 20" SPR profile barrel
VLTOR low profile gas block
Nitride rifle length gas tube
VLTOR 6.5 mm flash hider
LaRue LT745 20 MOA mount
Steiner 3-12x50 Military Tactical scope
Flatline Ops Recon 34MM ACCU/LEVEL
Butler Creek flip up lens caps
Seekins SP223 Gen 2 billet lower
Norgon ambi mag release
Seekins Ambi safety selector
LaRue MBT-2S trigger (soon too be changed out)
MAGPUL MIAD grip
MAGPUL PRS stock
A2 receiver extension
AR 15 rifle buffer and spring
BT12-QK – Standard height PRM (Precision Rail Monopod) with QK01 Quick Knob
YHM 1/2" riser (monopod stock mount)
Various 18 & 25 round Grendel magazines

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12" Faxon Grendal
SLR 11" rail
Steiner p4xi
Sandman S

I put a new receiver on my 20" 6.5 Grendel because I thought it would look a little better with a shell deflector and F/A.  The CMT that was previously on it is going to be reserved for a different endeavor.

First time out zeroing my new scope.

Ready to party grendel style:
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Everyone here seems to rave about the 123G SST. Gonna start there.

Very nice. That's similar to what I want to do.

Which PST are you getting? I had the Gen1 2.5-10x32 and it was great out to 900m even without a 20moa mount. That was on a 16inch barrel!

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Lilja 20" and a B.A. 16".