{"id":114,"date":"2014-05-04T09:36:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T16:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/?p=114"},"modified":"2014-05-04T09:39:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T16:39:28","slug":"grendel-ar-pistol-slap-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Grendel AR Pistol slap together"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like 6.5 Grendel. \u00a0It seems like a great replacement for the anemic 5.56 while still fitting in the standard AR. \u00a0I already have a 6.5\u00a0AR with an 18″ barrel but I was thinking another. \u00a0I never shoot long range so was thinking a short range toy with a harder hitting bullet than the old 5.55.<\/p>\n

I decided to make the craziest all out cool AR pistol based on a Liberty 7.5″ Grendel barrel I got from Satern<\/a>. \u00a0I spent a few weeks collecting parts from all over to make my ultimate pistol. \u00a0Caveat:\u00a0I went for cheap ultimate here, bought a lot of Chinese stuff like UTG rails and mounts and Primary Arms red dot and 3x Magnifier, but then added some high-end bits like a JP Silent Captured Spring and slipped in a 2 stage trigger form Rock River. \u00a0For the tail end\u00a0I picked up the very controversial SB15 from SigArms known as an arm brace. \u00a0Sure it looks like a stock, but I assure you it is a pistol arm brace and therefore can be legally placed on a pistol. \u00a0Top it off I picked up a Krinkov style flashhider to kill the fire-breathing dragon effect that short barrels ARs get. \u00a0To make it easy\u00a0I started off with an assembled Spikes tactical Pistol lower in 5.56. \u00a0I admit I hate trying to do the mag release pin in a bare lower so this time I didn’t have to.<\/p>\n

\"Thrash_GrendelPistolParts\"<\/a>
All the parts ready for assembly of my new 6.5 Grendel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dropped it all on my dining room table and began to slap it together. \u00a0The over-sized milled upper I got on gunbroker caused a few issues with parts not fitting well, but after a few scratches here got it all together before dinner.<\/p>\n

\"Thrash_GrendelPistol\"<\/a>
6.5 Grendel Pistol All together about an hour and a half later<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh and I like it! \u00a0May need to fine tune the buffer springs at the range, but I am blown away with how cool this completely legal pistol is. \u00a0Its a bit heavy but very handy and feels great to hold. \u00a0 It is very short! \u00a0Hard to see here but I even got a 6.5 Grendel marked Ejection Port\u00a0Cover off of Ebay. \u00a0I really like the MOE Plus grip. \u00a0The UTG Quad rail was a pain but seems to work. \u00a0I had to juggle the assembly a bit and the flashhider barrel fits somewhat poorly inside it. \u00a0I may grind a bit off it and add a few extra holes to allow getting to the gas block easier. \u00a0So other than the rail this thing was a super easy assembly. \u00a0Even with that minor headache the new pistol just makes me giddy like a schoolboy on his first date.<\/p>\n

Over all a very satisfying Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

-Rob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like 6.5 Grendel. \u00a0It seems like a great replacement for the anemic 5.56 while still fitting in the standard AR. \u00a0I already have a 6.5\u00a0AR with an 18″ barrel but I was thinking another. \u00a0I never shoot long range so was thinking a short range toy with a harder hitting bullet than the old 5.55. I decided to make the craziest all out cool AR pistol based on a Liberty 7.5″ Grendel barrel I got from Satern. \u00a0I spent a few weeks collecting parts from all over to make my ultimate pistol. \u00a0Caveat:\u00a0I went for cheap ultimate here, bought a lot of Chinese stuff like UTG rails and mounts and Primary Arms red dot and 3x Magnifier, but then added some high-end bits like a JP Silent Captured Spring and slipped in a 2 stage trigger form Rock River. \u00a0For the tail end\u00a0I picked up the very controversial SB15 from SigArms known as an arm brace. \u00a0Sure it looks like a stock, but I assure you it is a pistol arm brace and therefore can be legally placed on a pistol. \u00a0Top it off I picked up a Krinkov style flashhider to kill the fire-breathing dragon effect that short […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,6,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katzbalgerarms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}