6.5 grendel bolt gun?

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So I have this idea to make a 6.5 grendel bolt gun but no idea where to start. It would be a reason to get into reloading and just something different. What would be a good donor rifle and how would I go about it? Do you swap the bolt face or do they sell whole aftermarket bolts? Would it be better to start with a donor rifle or just an action? I'm pretty much clueless, but I have an idea and id like to run with it. I'm well aware that better calibers exist, just find this one neat. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Thanks again.
 
So what will that get you that any number of 6.5mm chamberings that are not designed around the limitations of the M16 magazine max OAL won't?

If you want to really do something "different" just for that reason alone, make a 6 pound 16" carbine in .338 LM
 
Its just a round with light recoil (which I could get from atleast 30 other rounds, from my limited knowledge) but I just find it interesting. Sure i could get a 260rem or a 6.5creedmoor, or a 270, or a 257roberts. But "cause I wanna". I mean why have a 25-06 or a 35 whelen? Because why not. I just feel that it'd be a reasonably light recoiling round to work my way out to 500, and also it seems like it'd be a fun round to reload.
 
I know a guy who had his CZ 527 7.62x39 rebarreled to 6.5 Grendel. Nothing else has to be changed but the barrel. Great action (mini Mauser), excellent fully adjustable set trigger (Both the standard and set pulls can be adjusted). It's a great light weight carbine with detachable box mags and very accurate as well...

If it were me, I would buy the 527, shoot a bunch of brass cased 7.62x39 out of it (save the brass) which is easier to find and generally cheaper than 6.5 Grendel, then have it rebarreled to 6.5 Grendel, form the brass and top with bullet of your choice.

I have a 527 in x39, but I love it so much, it shoots so well, and makes an awesome woods gun for deer/hogs, I'm not changing it. But I may do as I suggested above with another 527 down the road...
 
CZ, Savage, Zastava (Remington 799, Mark X, & Charles Daly), and Ruger all make or have made rifles in 7.62X39. All you have to do is change the barrel on any of these and you have a 6.5 Grendel. Should be a pretty easy job the hard part is finding a reasonably priced donor rifle.
 
Its just a round with light recoil (which I could get from atleast 30 other rounds, from my limited knowledge) but I just find it interesting. Sure i could get a 260rem or a 6.5creedmoor, or a 270, or a 257roberts. But "cause I wanna". I mean why have a 25-06 or a 35 whelen? Because why not. I just feel that it'd be a reasonably light recoiling round to work my way out to 500, and also it seems like it'd be a fun round to reload.
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Yeah, I suppose, but you can get that from the .260 and the 6.5 Creedmoor by loading down, and at the same time would not be limited to that.

What you are describing is the equivalent of wanting a Corvette with a naturally aspirated four cylinder engine, and spending quite a bit more money than you would for the off the showroom floor V8 to do so.

6.5 Grendel is a decent solution to a specific problem, good medium range performance from the AR-15 platform. If you don't have that problem, all you are doing is spending more money that you would for a off the shelf rifle that beats the Grendel in every way.

Hell, the 6.5 Swede stomps the Grendel into the ground and it was designed in 1891.
 
I have a couple of cz mini mausers and definitely understand the attraction. Right now Howa has begun to produce another small bolt action that rumor has it will eventually be introducing many smaller new calibers. I heard 6.5 Grendel will be one of them. Right now it's only in 204 and 223.
 
"So what will that get you that any number of 6.5mm chamberings that are not designed around the limitations of the M16 magazine max OAL won't?"

Excellent point here. Why limit your cartridge to such restrictions when you can have more with most any bolt action (260 or 6.5/06).
 
"So what will that get you that any number of 6.5mm chamberings that are not designed around the limitations of the M16 magazine max OAL won't?"

Excellent point here. Why limit your cartridge to such restrictions when you can have more with most any bolt action (260 or 6.5/06).
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By this logic, no one should own a .22 hornet or 7.62x39 bolt gun either, but the people who own them tend to really enjoy them, and the OP stated several times that it's just something he's interested in shooting and reloading for. Isn't that justification enough?
 
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