I recently received an upper from GrendelHunter. 18" fluted barrel. The intent is to have something a bit more capable than the usual .223/5.56, but stick to the AR platform. Therefore - 6.5 G.
I was trying to bore sight a scope to the upper today, using a small in-muzzle laser to make the initial alignment and couldn't figure how in the world I don't have enough vertical adjustment in the scope. Then I realized that the laser was set up for .223 and the weight of the laser head caused just enough of an angular shift inside the .264 bore to drop the laser spot out of the range of the scope turret. <shakes head>. Of course, I've managed to lose all of the other (larger) end pieces for the laser. Fortunately, there is a Cabela's only a couple of miles from the house....... Life's an adventure, so they say.
Regarding ammunition, I bought a variety of rounds in 123gr to see what commercial brand(s) it likes best. I reload, but this will be my first attempt at rifle cartridges. On that subject, I've hit a number of web sites looking for hints on this particular round. I'll check over on the reloading sub-forum on that topic.
Thanks to the forum admins for their work.
Phrimgronk
I was trying to bore sight a scope to the upper today, using a small in-muzzle laser to make the initial alignment and couldn't figure how in the world I don't have enough vertical adjustment in the scope. Then I realized that the laser was set up for .223 and the weight of the laser head caused just enough of an angular shift inside the .264 bore to drop the laser spot out of the range of the scope turret. <shakes head>. Of course, I've managed to lose all of the other (larger) end pieces for the laser. Fortunately, there is a Cabela's only a couple of miles from the house....... Life's an adventure, so they say.
Regarding ammunition, I bought a variety of rounds in 123gr to see what commercial brand(s) it likes best. I reload, but this will be my first attempt at rifle cartridges. On that subject, I've hit a number of web sites looking for hints on this particular round. I'll check over on the reloading sub-forum on that topic.
Thanks to the forum admins for their work.
Phrimgronk
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