AR-15 BS Thread

https://www.bearcreekarsenal.com/ne...ar-15-complete-upper-assembly-ua6-5rhb2018-mf

Any reason i should not order this upper right now?

 

Don't know anything about the manufacturer, but that barrel length is what I'd use if I was grabbing a Grendel.

 

Yes regular AR lower. Need Grendel barrel, bolt, & mags.
If building I'd suggest a quality BCG like the JP which will cost you more.
Read up on the 6.5 grendel forum on bear creek for user reviews, but it's probably a decent decent upper.
I went with a complete JP upper which was 4X more than that bear creek. I had such good performance from their .223 rifle I figured their grendel was as good.
Grendel is the kick of a .223 with the hitting power close to a .308 but an with amazing ballistic coefficient comapred to .308.
Read some of user 'LRRPPF52's post on the grenedel and you will be a believer.

 

I don't want to spend that much on an upper. I know that i have to be willing to spend $$$ to really get quality but i just want to ring steel out to 600 or so yards. Even a mid range rifle is goikg to out shoot me now, i need practice as a shooter more than anything.

I'll sink $ into nicer equipment once I'm done with college and have a higher paying job.

On that not what would you recommend in the $500 to $600 range for a full upper?

I am going to need a new trigger group eventually but I'll get that later.

 

Honestly what I have learned since i started shooting is that 1MOA doesnt mean jack crap anymore. It used to be 1 MOA meant $$$ and that you knew how to shoot and reloaded. Now-a-days with CNC machining and all hitting 1 moa doesnt quite have the same meaning.

What I am getting at is to just look for reviews on your said upper (bear creek) and see what sort of results people are getting. My $300 ish PSA upper (before they had freedom/premium.ect..it was just a PSA upper) shoots 1 MOA just fine for instance.

 

AR-10 or AR-15 Lower, new to this, just brought my first AR home this week. I like the sound of Grendel.

 

An old friend of the family messaged me on FB tonight, pretty cool to see a lady in her 50’s get into the gun world.
When I knew her in San Diego she was very hippie, wasn’t anti-gun but she made it clear that she didn’t feel like she needed one personally and didn’t think that would change.


Edit: whoops, moonshine led me to believe this was the firearms BS thread.... oh well.

 

I have no experience with other grendel uppers so you're going to have to read
The Geissele National Match trigger is very nice. You can adjust the 1st and 2nd stage pulls to your liking. Bill Geissele has a 30 minute video of how to install and adjust it.
I have 2 and have them set pretty low for a precision type rifle.

AR-15 lower.

 

And speaking or prices, quality grendel ammo is about a buck a round. I've never shot the Wolf steel case stuff. I use the Hornady Black 130's as well as am trying to develop a load of my own.

 

Oh gawd the low hanging fruit just begging for it...



Hi! 30 going on 13.

 

Hmmm... Maybe I won't be building a Grendel...

 

Unloading is much MUCH more fun and less time consuming. I'm still too young and dumb for reloading.

 

Oh REALLY?

 

Well atleast give us a hint what to look for...

 

Yeah it's not going to be a rifle that gets tons of rounds fired through it. I want to get into reloading at some point but not for a little while.

So Im torn between 18 and 20" barrel lengths. Going to go with a 1:8 twist. Going to be either o ff of these Bear creek uppers:

https://www.bearcreekarsenal.com/new-6-5-grendel-complete-upper-assemblies

Or this Sanders:

https://sandersarmoryusa.com/product/20-6-5-grendel-parkerized-hbar-upper-assembly-with-bcg/

Still need to do more reading. Mostly about barrel and bcg materials and coatings

 

Yah i dont want to buy garbage but i can't find much in the $500 to$600 range

 

Maybe i should just order a can cannon

 

Not trying to be a downer but any quality rifle ammo starts around $1 per round unless it’s .223/5.56 then you can get it a little cheaper. Long gone are the days of quality $10 per box good ammo or even $10 bricks of .22

 

Huh?

 

Trying to develop your own load, they make little blue pills to help with that.