11-26-2019, 07:26 PM
LR1955 Wrote:FM:
I thought you were comparing it to your .308 for PRS.
<snip>
The AR-31 (.308) was never meant for PRS. In fact, I didn't even know what "PRS" was at that time, I bought it on a whim because I thought it would be cool to have a "sniper" rifle for the Zombie-pocalypse. LOL
This AR started off as just a hobby project with no dedicated purpose. I had the upper and lower sitting in their factory boxes for quite a while, not sure what form the rifle was going to take. The original idea was to do another 5.56 "on the cheap" simply to have the build experience. After vacillating back and fourth between SBR, carbine or a retro-style A1 platforms a friend suggested I make a long-range target AR. Since the only "long-range" rifle I had was a bolt gun I thought a PRS AR would be a great addition to the stable and avoid redundancy with my other ARs. I had heard that Creedmoor was the darling caliber for PRS, but since I didn't want to have to buy a new lower to accommodate the larger cartridge (the whole point was to use what I already had) I asked for suggestions. Valkyrie and Grendel were consistently mentioned, and my FFL-guy said Grendel was the better choice. When I asked what kind of distances I could expect he told me that, with a 24" barrel, it would consistently be able to hit 1000 yards.
I came here for more advice on the Grendel cartridge and quickly discovered the quality of barrel will be the most important part in accuracy. After dropping $500 on a precision Lilja I decided not to scrimp on the rest of the parts for the rifle, and my "on the cheap" project turned into a $4000 build (granted, half of that was the optic...so actually only $2K). I really like how it turned out, but I am disappointed about getting bad advice regarding the effective range of Grendel. If I had known it was not going to consistently get me out to 1000 yards (as I was told), I most likely would have gone with a cheaper/smaller optic.
Oh well, it is what it is. Still should be a nice shooter...despite its limitations.