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Wow, Jon...for some reason, both of those rifle really turn my crank!!

Specs on the builds? Approximate weights? What mount on the grendel?

Updated family photo

Anyone else?

GSE Match lower w/Chip McCormich twostage trigger. CMMG upper w/ss 24" bull. Nikon 4.5-14x40 Coyote Special in RRA cantilever mount.

Little Red Riding Hood tried the SR-25 in .308; it was too heavy and kicked too hard.

Then she tried the Lightweight Colt Carbine in 5.56; it was too light, and shot a wimpy little .22

But then she picked up the custom Recce 18" in 6.5 Grendel; it was JUST right

But papa bear was waiting on a distant hill and cleaned her clock with his Remington XCR Tactical in 308... grin.

Looks like that stock and fore end match almsot perfectly on the mid left rifle. Going with different manufactureres for their version of FDE always just bugged me a big since its just a touch different here and there, but it looks almost spot on...

This Stag 6L has gone down the road but I'll still throw up a picture. The 'ol girl was a bit too heavy and I had to send her down the road. Need to stick with the lighter, faster handling ladies....

"Looks like that stock and fore end match almsot perfectly on the mid left rifle. Going with different manufactureres for their version of FDE always just bugged me a big since its just a touch different here and there, but it looks almost spot on..."

That's why I like pic threads, you can get an idea of what different cinfigurations are like.

The LMT SOPMOD does match the Troy TRX battle rail. The Magpul and Tango Down stuff is lighter. One reason to paint but I'll never paint another scope. I decided to put the MK4 on the SPR instead of the RECCE and had to strip it off the VX3. Took a can of Chemtool and lots of rubbing but it did come off.

I hear ya on the scope painting. I painted a VX-III 6.5-20x50 scope for a guy and it was kinda nerve wracking. Scopes are easily swapped and I'd hate to spend an evening much like you did

Thanks!

The carbine:

RRA lower
JP Trigger
DD upper
BCM Bolt, etc
PRI Big Latch
JP Modular Handguard
JP Gasblock
Troy folding battlesights
16" Lilja drop in barrel (223 Wylde)
Levang linear compensator
MIAD grip
UBR Stock
SS 3-9 in a 20 MOA AADMOUNT

The Grendel:

RRA lower
JP Trigger
ASA Side Charger Upper
Troy Extreme battle rail
24" LW heavy varmint contour barrel (6.5 CSS)
MIAD grip
PRS Stock
Premier 3-15 in a 20 MOA AADMOUNT

That's an old pic though it's currently wearing a 3.5-18 IOR in an AADMOUNT.

Without optics or the bipods the carbine weighs 8 lbs 5 oz. It "feels" lighter though being short and handy and the barrel balances well with the stock.

The Grendel is 10 lbs 6 oz bare as it isn't meant to be carried much, especially with 3 lbs of optics + bipod! But it's great for cheap, accurate practice 500-1100+ yds. I did thump a meat doe with it at 420 yds a while back, so it'll get the job done on non-steel targets as well.

Please excuse the thread drift but:

JonA, what loads have worked well in your Grendel?.............DJ

DPMS lowpro OD green duracoat upper and Stag lower.

I've had great luck with both the 140 A-Max and 140 Berger VLD on top of 26.5-27.5 TAC. You can get another ~50 fps or so with 27.5-28.5 AA2520 but TAC seems to burn cleaner, give slightly better accuracy, they say it's more temp insensitive (haven't tested myself) and I've got a ton of it and love how it meters (no weighing charges) so that's what I use. Around 27 grains is a nice mild load with either and extremely accurate.

I did mess around with 123 SMK's on 29 grais of TAC and they did OK but the accuracy wasn't quite as good. I didn't try too hard as the 140's did so well it wasn't worth the effort. If I was going to do more hunting with it, I'd probably try 123 A-Max's or 130 Sciroccos for a bit "flatter" close range trajectory. But for what I do the 140's work great.

New Frontier upper w/BHW 5r rifling, 20" SS bbl, RRA lower w/3lb timney trigger, 6x45 cal. Nikon BM 6-18x44 SF mildot scope.
My R15 to my right that I loan to my pals when they go calling w/me.

CMMG 6.8

Here's pics of my goodies..Hoping to add a ARP 6.8 upper to the list soon!

Top: Doublestar lower with RRA A4 6.8spc upper
2nd: Mega Upper/Lower with Bushmaster Predator Barrel Kit
3rd: Stag Lower with Bushmaster varmint special upper(trigger out awaiting a bill springfield trigger job
4th: RRA Predator Pursuit

Armalite with a 4.5 x 14 VX111 and a bean bandit.

My first AR DTI Car 15. Only changes so far are new scope from Sun Optics in Cleburne TX.

How about some M4A1s, M203s, SR25s and a few M24s thrown in for kicks. These were from my "office" not too long ago.:



My personally owned favorites:

The lightweight hunter:





The precision rig: