Ruger American in 6.5 Grendel

[Sixoeight]

Did Ruger use a block in the mag for the Grendel?

Steve.......

I may be misunderstanding the question but the one I held had a c-products grendel mag sold with it.

[Silverfox124]

Anyone get their hands on a magpul American hunter stock yet? I like my predator but the stock is nothing special.

[se3388]

Sixoeight


I guess I didn't look at the pic's of it close enough, I guess they took a short action and filled in the hole where the rotary mag usually lives so they could use an AR type mag(which doesn't use any kind of block of course). I guess I was having a Senior moment and was thinking they just used the short action rotary mag. I'll catch up sooner or later.

Steve............

[Hardbawl]

that is why I am curious if it needs AR10 mags or AR15 mags

It uses Ruger Magazine #16003 @ $14.95 ea. From Shopruger.com

[Hardbawl]

This has my attention. I have a Ruger American Predator in .308 and there is one thing I really don't like about it... the rotary magazines. They are cheaply built, are unreliable and expensive to replace. If you have one that works count yourself lucky. They get stuck and don't advance the next round at some point or another. You end up giving the side of your gun a smack to make the next bullet pop up. My last mag actually broke in half. The rear plate came off. It was about $30 to get it replaced. I'm glad to see that they are rectifying the issue and am really curious what mags they are compatible with.

. The AR mag for the Grendel works well.

[Hardbawl]

If this is true it just blew my hope of a ranch rifle in the grendel. Another thing seems odd is they did not use the mags from the mini 30 like in the ranch rifle for the 7.62x39. Maybe Ruger can make theirs work better than my howa. At least if it is an AR mag you can get a 5 shot mag that will fit more flush with the bottom of the gun. Maybe I`ll just get one of these and have the barrel shortened.

[Hardbawl]

This has my attention. I have a Ruger American Predator in .308 and there is one thing I really don't like about it... the rotary magazines. They are cheaply built, are unreliable and expensive to replace. If you have one that works count yourself lucky. They get stuck and don't advance the next round at some point or another. You end up giving the side of your gun a smack to make the next bullet pop up. My last mag actually broke in half. The rear plate came off. It was about $30 to get it replaced. I'm glad to see that they are rectifying the issue and am really curious what mags they are compatible with.

[Old Soldat]

I purchased one, but was disappointed with how light it is. I prefer heavier rifles. This one feels like a toy. No complaint about its accuracy.

[A5BLASTER]

Ruger offers the 10 shot AR-15 style mag for $15 @ shopruger.com. Rugged, feeds well, handles 2.35” reloads. Nuff said

2.35? Really? That would be like the biggest 6.5 grendel mag to ever to hit the market.

[LtDan]

Here is my RAP in 6.5 Grendel
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[Nodak]

Nice. Really nice.

[Usafa71]

[Harpoon1]

[dpete]

For the nose heavy situation I found an easy remedy.
1. Remove the buttplate to access the hollow factory stock
2. Cut sections of garden hose to proper length to fit inside the stock. Reinforced hose with the black rubber lining works best.
3. Buy rubber stoppers at a hardware store to plug the ends of the hose sections.
4. Use rubber cement to glue 1 stopper into the hose section.
5. Fill hose section with lead shotgun shot.
6. Glue rubber stopper into open end of hose.
7. Cut and fill hose sections as necessary to balance rifle.

Granted, this method adds weight to the rifle but its as far back as you can get it and the extra weight mitigates a little bit of recoil. I have a RARR in 300 BLK that I use with a can and added 3 sections of hose into the stock to offset the 18oz of can hanging on the muzzle. With the can attached and the extra weight in the stock its a heavy little beast but it has about zero recoil. The pivot point of the rifle while carried is immediately in front of the magazine.

I agree with the 6.5 Grendel model being a soft shooter. Accurate as well. I'm liking the one I have a lot.

[Rosecrans1]

Yup! What dpete says above. If you are going to hunt with it, just be sure it's stand hunting or a stationary groundhog perch! The RAP is already heavy so adding even more weight creates less joy hauling it through laurel uphill! Ask me about it!