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I decided to take advantage of the Black Friday sales to purchase the rest of the parts to assemble my 16" Faxon QpQ 6.5 Grendel. My goal for this build is a light weight inexpensive carbine. The carbine empty weight is 6.4 pounds with two Keymod rails attached with no optic or magazine. Total cost is right at $880.00 and here is a list of the Parts I used.
Anderson stripped lower
Geissele G2S trigger group
CMC lower parts kit
DS Arms 6 position A-2 stock carbine buffer and spring
A-2 pistol grip
Anderson stripped upper
Brownell's forward assist and port cover.
Rousch Sports ULS1 V2M2 Keymod Free Float HandGuard Forend 10 Inch
Faxon 16" QpQ 6.5 Grendel barrel.
Precision Firearms bolt and carrier group.
Black Rain Ordinance gas block.
Mid length gas tube
A-2 Flash Hider.
I finished assembling the upper yesterday evening and shot 25 rounds through it today. A Friend used his lapping tool to face the front of the upper receiver. The barrel fit into the receiver without effort and was bedded with Permatex blue medium strength thread locker. The hand guard required all three supplied shims to properly align the hand guard.
The rifle functioned 100% with 20 rounds of Factory Hornady 123 grain A-Max and five rounds of Wolf 120 grain MPT. The barrel's accuracy seemed to improve the more I shot it. The wind was gusting from 10-18 MPH and it was approximately 40 degrees. Ejection was at 3 to 4 O'clock and very consistent. I used an old Tasco 2.5-10X44 scope in a RRA one piece mount to test the rifle. The rifle required no windage adjustment and very little elevation adjustment from where it was sighted in on my Tavor.
I'll eventually purchase a new scope and mount for the Faxon 6.5 Grendel. I'm still undecided on which scope to use but I'm considering either a 2.5-10 or 4-16 Vortex.
Here are a couple of pictures of my 16" Faxon build, I know I'm old school, I still like black.
This picture is of one of my first targets. There are two three shot groups. The first group had a flier that went low. The three circled bullet holes was a three shot group.
This five shot group had a flier on the second shot and was the furthest bullet hole to the right. The first shot was the furthest bullet hole to the left. My next shot was next to the far left shot. The last two were right next to each other. The wind was gusting from four O'Clock but I had a couple of definite fliers today which I attribute to be a new unseasoned barrel.
Anderson stripped lower
Geissele G2S trigger group
CMC lower parts kit
DS Arms 6 position A-2 stock carbine buffer and spring
A-2 pistol grip
Anderson stripped upper
Brownell's forward assist and port cover.
Rousch Sports ULS1 V2M2 Keymod Free Float HandGuard Forend 10 Inch
Faxon 16" QpQ 6.5 Grendel barrel.
Precision Firearms bolt and carrier group.
Black Rain Ordinance gas block.
Mid length gas tube
A-2 Flash Hider.
I finished assembling the upper yesterday evening and shot 25 rounds through it today. A Friend used his lapping tool to face the front of the upper receiver. The barrel fit into the receiver without effort and was bedded with Permatex blue medium strength thread locker. The hand guard required all three supplied shims to properly align the hand guard.
The rifle functioned 100% with 20 rounds of Factory Hornady 123 grain A-Max and five rounds of Wolf 120 grain MPT. The barrel's accuracy seemed to improve the more I shot it. The wind was gusting from 10-18 MPH and it was approximately 40 degrees. Ejection was at 3 to 4 O'clock and very consistent. I used an old Tasco 2.5-10X44 scope in a RRA one piece mount to test the rifle. The rifle required no windage adjustment and very little elevation adjustment from where it was sighted in on my Tavor.
I'll eventually purchase a new scope and mount for the Faxon 6.5 Grendel. I'm still undecided on which scope to use but I'm considering either a 2.5-10 or 4-16 Vortex.
Here are a couple of pictures of my 16" Faxon build, I know I'm old school, I still like black.
This picture is of one of my first targets. There are two three shot groups. The first group had a flier that went low. The three circled bullet holes was a three shot group.
This five shot group had a flier on the second shot and was the furthest bullet hole to the right. The first shot was the furthest bullet hole to the left. My next shot was next to the far left shot. The last two were right next to each other. The wind was gusting from four O'Clock but I had a couple of definite fliers today which I attribute to be a new unseasoned barrel.
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