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Posted: 4/12/2010 5:36:14 AM EDT
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having an idea of building a long range rifle, i was going to go with a 308 build, but after reading up on some 6.5 lit, i am leaning more towards the grendel some noob questions: 6.5 uses a standard 556 lower with a 6.5 upper/bolt/barrel and 6.5 magazines? is this correct? you can either buy wolf 6.5 and relaod the brass or there are resizing options from 308 to 6.5? thanks guys, i read both our FAQ and the grendel.com faqs and i didnt see any mention of either. |
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having an idea of building a long range rifle, i was going to go with a 308 build, but after reading up on some 6.5 lit, i am leaning more towards the grendel some noob questions: 6.5 uses a standard 556 lower with a 6.5 upper/bolt/barrel and 6.5 magazines? is this correct? Yes, and you can use a standard upper. you can either buy wolf 6.5 and relaod the brass or there are resizing options from 308 to 6.5? Yes you can reload wolf, and other brands of 6.5 but 308 can't be sized to 6.5 thanks guys, i read both our FAQ and the grendel.com faqs and i didnt see any mention of either. |
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having an idea of building a long range rifle, i was going to go with a 308 build, but after reading up on some 6.5 lit, i am leaning more towards the grendel some noob questions: 6.5 uses a standard 556 lower with a 6.5 upper/bolt/barrel and 6.5 magazines? is this correct? Standard lower, upper and bolt carrier. The bolt & barrel and mags are the only Grendel specific parts required you can either buy wolf 6.5 and relaod the brass or there are resizing options from 308 to 6.5? You can reload Wolf, AA, or the "coming soon" Hornady ammo. You can't resize .308 down but you can 7.62x39 (AK ammo). thanks guys, i read both our FAQ and the grendel.com faqs and i didnt see any mention of either. ETA: SOC beat me to it 
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having an idea of building a long range rifle, i was going to go with a 308 build, but after reading up on some 6.5 lit, i am leaning more towards the grendel some noob questions: 6.5 uses a standard 556 lower with a 6.5 upper/bolt/barrel and 6.5 magazines? is this correct? Standard lower, upper and bolt carrier. The bolt & barrel and mags are the only Grendel specific parts required you can either buy wolf 6.5 and relaod the brass or there are resizing options from 308 to 6.5? You can reload Wolf, AA, or the "coming soon" Hornady ammo. You can't resize .308 down but you can 7.62x39 (AK ammo). thanks guys, i read both our FAQ and the grendel.com faqs and i didnt see any mention of either. ETA: SOC beat me to it Resizing 7.62x39 is quite a process. 1. Find 7.62x39 reloadable brass case 2. Neck size it to 6.5 and reload it. 3. Shoot it to fire form it to 6.5. 4. Reload from now on as 6.5, but you may be limited to only 1 of 2 more reloadings if you are pushing pressure. |
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having an idea of building a long range rifle, i was going to go with a 308 build, but after reading up on some 6.5 lit, i am leaning more towards the grendel some noob questions: 6.5 uses a standard 556 lower with a 6.5 upper/bolt/barrel and 6.5 magazines? is this correct? you can either buy wolf 6.5 and relaod the brass or there are resizing options from 308 to 6.5? thanks guys, i read both our FAQ and the grendel.com faqs and i didnt see any mention of either. Good answers above! Also, check out the 6.5 grendel forum for a lot of info as well. Cheers, Sakic #19 
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4. Reload from now on as 6.5, but you may be limited to only 1 of 2 more reloadings if you are pushing pressure. You'd have to be doing something very wrong to only get 1 or 2 loadings from a fire-formed case. If its done correctly, you should get just as many loads as any other caliber. I've got fire-formed cases with 7 and 8 loadings. The primer pockets are still tight, no signs of abnormal stress. You can also hydro-form cases. |
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