Rifle length +2" gas tube

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  • Policeman
    Unwashed
    • Sep 2016
    • 5

    Rifle length +2" gas tube

    On white oak varmint length barrels (26") they use a longer gas tube. Would or could a grendel barrel also benefit from a longer gas tube on a longer barrel? Goal to be higher velocity out of an AR platform.

    Thanks
  • VASCAR2
    Chieftain
    • Mar 2011
    • 6219

    #2
    This topic came up a few months ago. I think this is a thread that might help answer your question. General consensus is there is no real advantage over rifle length gas system on 26" 6.5 Grendel if my memory is correct.


    I've been searching for definitive information regarding the effect of gas tube length in 20 to 24 inch barrels. All I've been able to find is general information. It seems to me that gas tube lengths designed for 223 would be pretty random choices for a 6.5 Grendel, and it's further evidenced by the +2 gas tube. It implies

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    • The Profit Joseph Sith
      Warrior
      • Nov 2016
      • 596

      #3
      Idk if anyone makes one for rifle length setup but if you want more room for gas to expand to delay system you might try and find one of those "pigtail" gas tubes. I know anderson makes one for pistol length systems. I'd think that would add a weird twangy feel every time it fires though 'cause its basically a spring. That and you hardly ever see them so that makes me question their effectiveness as well.

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      • LRRPF52
        Super Moderator
        • Sep 2014
        • 8569

        #4
        ELGS is needed for .260 Rem and 6.5 Creedmoor in the larger guns, not 6.5 Grendel.

        Reason is case capacity and slower burning powders, with more elongated pressure curve going down the barrel, hitting RLGS ports with a lot more pressure than 5.56 NATO or 6.5 Grendel.
        NRA Basic, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, RSO

        CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor

        6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:

        www.AR15buildbox.com

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