09-06-2014, 07:53 PM
Variable Wrote:To run 6.5 Grendel in a beltfed there are currently two hurtles, both of which are link related.A position that I still consider prudent. But -- thinking back on those (and other) discussions -- I see now that I was often more than a little obnoxious.*
1.) You need to use Russki non-disintegrating links ala RPD style, and use an appropriate belt feed mechanism to handle them.
or
2.) Someone would have to actually manufacture disintegrating links for the 6.5 Grendel cartridge.
The number 2 option has never been actually explored to my knowledge. The standard M27 link won't play well with the Grendel cartridge in it's current geometry. Remember I said above that Stan sometimes takes positions we get irritated with? I just poked that monkey with this post.LOL :p
Stan is somewhat pessimistic about the chance of a functional disintegrating link being possible, while the rest of us are more optimistic. Regardless, Stan takes the Missouri ("show me") position...
You folks deserved better. So, rather belatedly, I offer my sincere apologies to all of you whom I needlessly irritated.
*Clearly, there was good reason why I was one of only two people ever to attain the rank of "Board Curmudgeon" on the old forum. :eek:
