That is cool Gary and must have required a LOT of patience. He's gonna love it.

That was my interpretation too

I let mine pull the handle on the press to size brass and seat bullets. He also takes the complete bullets out of the press and into the box. Smiles like you wouldn't believe. Is that a Christmas morning picture? I bet the neighbors were jumpy lol

I briefly skimmed over the 4 pages and didnt see much of an elaboration on 6.8SPC vs SPCII chambers. If youre going to size 6.8SPC up against 6.5 Grendel there is a much greater benefit to the SPCII chambering. Problem is that spec2 is not SAAMI. SPCII barrels are readily available, but youre going to have to roll you own for SPCII ammo pressures....but by god, it's worth it. Off-the-shelf SAAMI 6.8 ammo is very anemic.

Ive got 2 of ARP's barrels. One in 4150CMV 12.5" 1:11.25 twist hybrid 5R.... and another 416R SS in 16" 1:10 twist hybrid 3R.

I hotrod them both with with 120gr SSTs and some Accurate 2200. My chrony see's 2450+/- FPS in the 12.5" barrel, and my 16" see about 2525 FPS. They are both absolute hammers on hog and whitetail. Grendel is too from what ive seen and heard.

Go with either. Youre going to be way happier then with traditional .224 cal chamberings.

But I will say that if youre not willing to put in the work to run a 6.8 in the SPCII configuration, Grendel has a clear advantage

Mine has also been a Rock Chucker lever operator for a while but will soon be carefully watched as he rolls his own. No, not Christmas morning, last Saturday. Yes, neighbors across the street had a good eye on him as they drove away. I'm kinda surprised my wife didn't tell me the neighborhood app was ablaze with chatter about it. People whine about everything on there, she says.