great pic
jfruser......what a great pic of your daughter, the deer and the rifle!!!!
I've kicked around the idea of a 6.5 Grendel as a lightweight, rough and tumble GP carbine myself for some time, but have never followed through.....like a lot of my ideas!!!
In the end, I reasoned that I had several middleweight class whitetail carbines, sighted and ready to go, that were filling the same role.....though perhaps not hard use capable as an AR, I just couldn't justify the build. My concept was:
-18" barrel as compromise between velocity and convenience
-lightweight barrel, pencil or hybrid, capped, flash hider not necessary
-flat top upper w/no forward assist
-3/4 length , lightweight free float tube type handguard, no slots or rails
-Ace fixed stock
-1" tube, 1-4x or 1.5-5x scope
Oh well.........