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Re: 6.5 Grendel OAL Issue AR-15 Phat Finger error, .020 is correct. 2.220 OAL with the 100 BT Noslers manually ejected well today with no serious marks on the bullets. Thanks for your comments country888, that is exactly what happened to me, and thanks to all for your interest.

Re: 6.5 Grendel OAL Issue AR-15 Thanks longrange30. I took a look at the 6.5 Grendel Compound Throat articles and it is all to familiar with what I am experiencing with the Noslers. My barrel BTW, is 18 inch, .264 LBC 1:8 from AR Stoner/ER Shaw. Therefore, I should not be having this...

Re: 6.5 Grendel OAL Issue AR-15

Re: 6.5 Grendel OAL Issue AR-15 Thanks for all your responses. All good comments. I will expand a little. I understand measuring the ogive with the comparator, with each bullet in each gun/chamber, etc. The significance of mentioning OAL is simply to honor the 2.260-2.265 OAL restriction...

I built my Grendel around an AR Stoner 18" LBC 264 barrel. Using a Hornady OAL Guage measuring Nosler 100, 120, and Hornady 123 AMAX bullets I come up with a maximum OAL of about 2.20 for the first two and 2.239 for the 123 AMAX. The factory Horndady 123 AMAX are about 2.245 OAL. Their test...