I had to have one, so I put one together. I shot it and it shoots well. Now I want something else.
Up for sale is my AR-15 in 6.5 Grendel caliber. I purchased the upper already built from a seller on gunbroker.com. The upper is a Sun Devil with a smooth black finish as opposed to the andonized finish typical on Sun Devil uppers. The seller told me the barrel is a Lothar-Walther, as is the bolt. I was told round count was under 200; I added another 75 rounds. The barrel was originally threaded for a muzzle break, but he had the threads cut off and the barrel re-crowned by a gunsmith. Hence, the barrel has a slight swell at the muzzle. The handguard is carbon-fiber and beautifully done. I purchased a Y/M National Match chrome bolt carrier group and a DPMS charging handle to complete the upper. I built the lower using a new black andonized Sun Devil lower with their tensioning screw. The buttstock and buffer are DPMS. The trigger is a Timney 3 lb single stage solid held in place by KNS 2nd generation non-rotating stainless trigger pins. The bolt latch, magazine latch and detent pins are DPMS. The grip is a Stark with integral trigger guard (built for bigger hands). Included in the package are: three C-Products 6.5 Grendel clips (one 10 shot stainless and two 20 shot black); 200 pieces of Alexander Arms/Lapua brass (approx. 75 once-fired; remainder new); Forester Ultra two-die set (full-length sizing die and ultra-micrometer seating die); and bullets (140g Hornady A-Max, 129g Hornady SST, 108g Lapua Scenar and 123g Lapua Scenar � each box has at least 75 bullets).
The rifle shoots very well. My first test loads were 129g SSTs and 123g Scenars over Varget. Groups were 1-1.25�. When I was planning this rifle, I called a gentleman who had some Grendel things for sale. In talking, he told me he was involved in development of the 6.5 Grendel � foolishly, I did not write his name down, nor do I remember it. Anyway, he said the load which performed best in this caliber was 108g Scenars over Vihtavuori N133. I finished the build a few months ago and finally found some Vihtavuori N133 two weeks ago. The results of the first three shots from a cold barrel are shown in the target. I shot two more groups with three shots touching during the same session, although the shots were in a horizontal line as opposed to the �cloverleaf� shown.
My total investment in this rifle is right around $1900.00. I�d like to get $1600.00 shipped to your FFL. The scope in the picture is a 30mm Pentax Lightseeker 8-32X50 mounted in Burris Signature high rings. For $2,000.00 you can have everything.
If you have any questions, please PM me and I will give you my cell number to call � I prefer talking to typing, although you might not guess it from this post. I have numerous close-ups of this rifle and its various components I�d be happy to email to you.
Let's take this back to the top. I would be interested in trades -- I am looking for a 45-70 lever action rifle, a quality 12 or 20 ga SxS shotgun, or an M-1 Garand suitable for hi-power match shooting.
