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Posted: 8/6/2007 5:11:40 AM EDT
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I want to build a 6.5 Grendel upper. I need to know if a standard receiver can be used to build one. I plan on using a Stag lefty receiver. I've been told I need a left handed barrel for a left handed receiver. Can a barrel be modified for this? I thought you just needed a left handed barrel extension. But, I don't know and that's why I'm asking! Also, which bolt can be used/modified. I'm sure I can use a 5.56 bolt carrier from Stag, and I know there isn't a 6.5 lefty bolt so I'll have to modify either a 5.56 or a 6.8 bolt from Stag. I'm sure custom stuff is available, but I was hoping on keeping the upper relatively low cost. |
| I have never heard of a left-handed barrel before. I think Stag used regular barrels, just reversed the upper and bolt. Also, I don't think a 5.56 bolt would work for modification, since the extractor and ejector would not be where it needs to be. The 6.8 bolt might work, though. |
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Use a 7.62x39 bolt from any supplier. 6.5 grendel uses the same parent case as 7.62x39. I got mine from Del-ton. AR15barrels.com has them as well. A standard 5.56/.223 lower will work just fine. Sorry, I cannot help with the left hand issue. Those nuns never let us use our left hands for anything. They made everyone right handed by force. |
| Go to www.65grendel.com/forum/ and ask your question there. I do know bad thing have happened when people modify 762x39 bolts. |
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A few years back, the biggest problem for me was getting just a barrel, never mind the left handed bolt. Nobody at the time would sell me just a 6.5 barrel. The only way to get one was to buy a complete upper. Things may have changed some since then, but I haven't had the urge to look into it since then. |
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