I thought this would be a fun one to post up, a 6.5 Grendel built off of a Cabela's 12FV. I got the bolt head from Sharp Shooter Supply and the barrel is a 26" X-Caliber 1:8 heavy palma. I managed to chase up a savage 4.4" AICS stock for it and I'm really happy with how it came out; it's a lot of fun to shoot. Right now I'm just using a MagPul AICS magazine, and it won't feed if I have more than 5 rounds in the magazine-it starts to bulge on the sides. It works "okay" for 5 founds though. Sometime I'd love to get my hands on a correct 6mm PPC magazine and see if that works better.


I'm pleased with how it groups. I've heard 6.5 Grendel can be finicky to load for, but I think most people are loading it in an AR platform gun. I've found it to be basically okay in this bolt action. Pretty standard load, 27.5 Gr 8208XBR with a 123 ELD-M.