Best price on a 6.5 Grendel upper?

Xfire68 · December 14, 2012, 12:23 AM

I am thinking about getting a 6.5 Grendel upper. I have looked a bit and found that they are pretty pricey. The cheapest I have seen was $750. Anyone know where they can be had any cheaper or is this about right?

allaroundhunter · December 14, 2012, 08:53 PM

That is about as good as you are going to get for a 6.5

tobnpr · December 15, 2012, 09:14 PM

Build it...

gizmo688 · December 17, 2012, 01:31 AM

Thats about right. I had my upper planned out and it was $700. Five months after ordering, it still hadn't arrived from AA so I canceled the order to pay for unexpected medical bills.

Xfire68 · December 17, 2012, 01:38 AM

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Build it..

Where would you ordered the parts from?

Mobuck · December 17, 2012, 06:58 AM

Darned near everything AR related is sold out and the big 0 speech last night will finish clearing the shelves come Monday. I may have enough parts on hand to finish 3-4 more rifles and then I'm done until whatever is coming has blown over.

raimius · December 19, 2012, 12:41 AM

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Darned near everything AR related is sold out and the big 0 speech last night will finish clearing the shelves come Monday. I may have enough parts on hand to finish 3-4 more rifles and then I'm done until whatever is coming has blown over.

Yep, except I was going parts shopping.
Bad timing.

doofus47 · December 19, 2012, 03:26 PM

you looked under other names besides "Grendel"?
Have you tried ar15performance?

Just axin...

hodaka · December 19, 2012, 05:38 PM

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Xfire68 · December 19, 2012, 05:54 PM

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Have you tried ar15performance

They don't seem to make a 6.5 Grendel?

They make a 6.8 but, I am not interested in that caliber.

Xfire68 · December 19, 2012, 05:56 PM

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Thanks! That is a big help! Do you have any of their gear?

hodaka · December 19, 2012, 06:27 PM

I have built several of their kits, most recently a 6.8 carbine but that was before AR's became in such demand. I tried to order a 6.8 upper from them last year but I got impatient on the wait and cancelled. With the current craziness you should probably call them. Be prepared to wait. Their kits are good quality though.

tobnpr · December 20, 2012, 08:08 PM

The ONLY thing different about a 6.5 Grendel upper and a .223 is the barrel and bolt, and mags from AA.

Supply is tight, but sources are available. Shilen, Blackhole Weaponry, J&T and others...

http://jtdistributing.net/store/page144.html

http://www.blackholeweaponry.com/cat...90aa3322ff1bea

doofus47 · December 22, 2012, 05:37 PM

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They don't seem to make a 6.5 Grendel?

6.5 Grendel also resides under the name 6.5css and 264lbc and a small host of others. It's a long, silly story. Point being, there are other rifles that can fire the 6.5Grendel cartridge.

December 14, 2012, 12:23 AM	#1
Xfire68 Senior Member Join Date: March 31, 2010 Location: Communist State of IL. Posts: 1,562	Best price on a 6.5 Grendel upper? I am thinking about getting a 6.5 Grendel upper. I have looked a bit and found that they are pretty pricey. The cheapest I have seen was $750. Anyone know where they can be had any cheaper or is this about right? __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF Member

December 19, 2012, 03:26 PM	#8
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	you looked under other names besides "Grendel"? Have you tried ar15performance? Just axin... __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.

December 14, 2012, 08:53 PM	#2
allaroundhunter Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2012 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 1,670	That is about as good as you are going to get for a 6.5

December 15, 2012, 09:14 PM	#3
tobnpr Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 4,556	Build it...

December 17, 2012, 01:31 AM	#4
gizmo688 Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2011 Posts: 116	Thats about right. I had my upper planned out and it was $700. Five months after ordering, it still hadn't arrived from AA so I canceled the order to pay for unexpected medical bills.

December 17, 2012, 06:58 AM	#6
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	Darned near everything AR related is sold out and the big 0 speech last night will finish clearing the shelves come Monday. I may have enough parts on hand to finish 3-4 more rifles and then I'm done until whatever is coming has blown over.

December 19, 2012, 05:38 PM	#9
hodaka Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,010	JT Distributing

December 19, 2012, 06:27 PM	#12
hodaka Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,010	I have built several of their kits, most recently a 6.8 carbine but that was before AR's became in such demand. I tried to order a 6.8 upper from them last year but I got impatient on the wait and cancelled. With the current craziness you should probably call them. Be prepared to wait. Their kits are good quality though.

December 20, 2012, 08:08 PM	#13
tobnpr Senior Member Join Date: August 1, 2010 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 4,556	The ONLY thing different about a 6.5 Grendel upper and a .223 is the barrel and bolt, and mags from AA. Supply is tight, but sources are available. Shilen, Blackhole Weaponry, J&T and others... http://jtdistributing.net/store/page144.html http://www.blackholeweaponry.com/cat...90aa3322ff1bea