45r wrote:Have you had to modify your extractor and ejecter like some do to get reliable function.I think the Grendel is better for long range and wind deflection but the bolt issues make me wonder if the 6.8 would be better for longevity do to less bolt thrust.Have heard the G breaks bolt lugs sometimes.
No, the matching bolt that came with my barrel has functioned flawlessly. Be careful of 1 in 1000 people who breaks a lug and spreads it like wildfire, while the 999 never post about how great theirs is doing. They have better things to do. The only issue I ever heard of was when some manufacturers came out with some .264
xyz variants of the Grendel with a slightly different chamber so as to not license the Grendel name from Alexander Arms. At one time there were at least four different .264
xyz names out there. All they had to agree with Alexander in order to use the Grendel name, was not to vary any dimension in the chamber differently from the original design. Guess some folks didn't like being told what to do. Anyway, as long as you get a 6.5 Grendel and this is very important,
a matching bolt, you will not break lugs, suffer from excess bolt thrust, etc. You will however get addicted in short order. It is the most accurate out of the box, stock, AR15 platform caliber I've ever seen.
Perhaps the 6.8 is the same way. I can't speak to that. I'm sure someone here has one and can.
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