New rifle

[Gorilla0178]

So I have a few empty 6.5 cases and a 30 round magpul magazine. It will hold 5 with no prob, the 6th you can feel the mag start to bulge, but I will still fit in the magwell. The 7th and 8th make it bulge to the point that it will not fit. And 10 you can visually see its fatter than it should be.

[CDave]

Im not sure if followers will swap from steel mag to plastic. Internal dimensions are prob different. The fake bullet I
On the follower is a diff shape I think. People take off material to modify a 5.56 follower to a 6.5 but not sure.

I was going to put the Grendel follower in the metal mags that came with the DPMS 5.56 AR I bought. I converted the DPMS to 6.5 Grendel.

[Jay Smith]

I have several very successful AR 15’s and AR 10 builds all from Palmetto State Armory they furnish the customer very top quality uppers as well as thier lowers theses builds are pretty straight forward I replace all the stock mill spec triggers as I hate the heavy pull numbers as well as the long take up and gritty feeling . I get on optic planet site and buy their 3 lb single stage AIM triggers for $109.00 simple drop in application and buy a magazine that’s proven for the caliber, if your upper has a non adjustable gas block ( which all PSA does ) I own a Bear Creek Armory upper that doesn’t and it the infamous 6.5 Grendel caliber that a lot people are having issues with and after a ton of reading and help I’ve whipped this build’s ass I found the heavier buffer and correct magazine is the key for this build to be successful !!

Im not one to get whipped by anything , now that I own 2 full functioning 6.5 Grendel’s I’m ready to move on to the next venue , I’m going to give one to my son in law for Christmas , he and my grandson are my hog hunting buddy’s

Peace and good shooting !
Jay

[1954bmw]

Ok, I'll bite, I've got a 22lr. model, but that don't count, a 7.62x39, 6.5 Grendel, 300 Blackout, and 5.56 with a pencil barrel, 18 barrel, M-4 barrel in black and FDE furniture, what is the next venue, I'm always looking for a different caliber to build and screw around with????

[Gorilla0178]

Ok, I'll bite, I've got a 22lr. model, but that don't count, a 7.62x39, 6.5 Grendel, 300 Blackout, and 5.56 with a pencil barrel, 18 barrel, M-4 barrel in black and FDE furniture, what is the next venue, I'm always looking for a different caliber to build and screw around with????

9MM pistol, glock mag compatible lower.

[AZMIDLYF]

[Gorilla0178]

Yup that's it...





.50 Beowulf One of mine. Old pic. Next to 9mm

[Forkin' Crazy]

My last build... TacSol, Kidd, Gemtech, Zeiss, Hogue.



Dual springs/guides.



And it is very light. After I found the right subsonic bullets, nearly silent. The action is louder.

[Jay Smith]

I think I’m done with building the AR platform weapons, it was something I was interested in but after I kill hogs with all of the black guns I’ve built it’s time to move on I’m getting where they’re even stacked in a corner in my assembly room , I do admit 99% of the time when I head to the stand it’s mostly at night I use my “death stick” so my son in law calls its a Ruger American Preditor in 6.5 Creedmoor caliber with high end Swarovski lit reticle atop it stays on the back seat of my truck 24-7 I’ve got so many pictures of killed hogs on my phone and all have a bullet hole behind their ear , this bolt gun although not stock ( barrel cryogenic treated , barrel full floated , timney trigger ) it is ridiculously accurate and is my go to no frills weapon , if a person wants or has need for a potential 1000 yard accurate rifle it’s a hell of a bargain at less than $400.00 ...

Good shooting !
Jay

[Jay Smith]

Well “death stick” smokes another pig tonight not to big about 200 lb lone boar ran my deer away they had all the lites turned on eating I was texting looked up and all dark knew a Preditor near saw his big black shadow cross the lane and he turned on the protein feeder lights and the rest is but a memory, 6.5 Creedmoor right behind the ear , dropped like a sack of doo doo .Boy he stunk !!!

Happy shooting ,
Jayb

[1954bmw]

Then what did you do with it, the hog that is????

[Jay Smith]

Boars I drag down the pipeline right away 36 hours later nothing left between the buzzards and coyotes, Sows I have people I call and either they take and bucher them sometimes I give them to the poor I have phone numbers ... Most everything that’s eatable is history ...

Jay

[Jay Smith]

Smoked 3 pigs today 1 this AM 6.5 bolt gun Swarovski optics and 2 this evening 224 Valkyrie PSA AR 15 with Vortex 3-24x 50 mm optics

Jay

[Gorilla0178]

Does the 224 drop them good? Or is shot placement important?

[Jay Smith]

Well 99 % of my hog shots are behind the ear SOO I can’t say about a shot to the lung or other areas with the 224 I do know that the 6.5 Creedmoor will drop them with the behind the ear shot to but leaves little to no blood , the 224 will leave a pool of blood the size of a car hood maybe speed of bullet ? You’d think the smaller 224 round would not leave a blood pool and the much more powerful 6.5 Creedmoor would , ????

Gorilla , educate me !!
Jay