opinions on Faxon barrels

TauPhi111

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Does anyone have any experience with Faxon firearms out of Cincinnati Ohio? I am thinking of putting together a lightweight AR pistol in 6.5 Grendel for a super compact deer gun and am thinking of putting a 12" Faxon barrel in it. Should make for a super light and compact AR platform that i could take into the mountains or anywhere really for deer sized game
 
I’ve been really happy with my 18” “gunner profile”. Lightweight and shoots nearly everything I’ve tried acceptably. It seems to really like 130gr. Swift scirocco’s and 123gr. Eldm. I shot sub moa 5 shot groups with both loads last week.
 
I’ve been really happy with my 18” “gunner profile”. Lightweight and shoots nearly everything I’ve tried acceptably. It seems to really like 130gr. Swift scirocco’s and 123gr. Eldm. I shot sub moa 5 shot groups with both loads last week.

That's good to hear. I am looking at the 12" gunner for my pistol build. I am looking to the lighter monos for projectiles as I always shoot copper at big game. Thinking about the 110 Hammer and Barnes just came out with a 115 TTSX for the Grendel.
 
That's good to hear. I am looking at the 12" gunner for my pistol build. I am looking to the lighter monos for projectiles as I always shoot copper at big game. Thinking about the 110 Hammer and Barnes just came out with a 115 TTSX for the Grendel.
I shoot mine suppressed mostly. With the stock fully extended and suppressor screwed on, the rifle is ~3” shorter than my 24” barreled m70 There’s about a 1 1/2” zero change when I put the 16oz can on it but I expected that. The group size doesn’t really change that I can tell. I’m really happy with the level of accuracy I get out of this ar. 12” would be a really handy rifle.
I’ve always assumed that the Grendel wasn’t fast enough for monos. I’d be interested to hear how they work for you. My son will be shooting eldm’s this year.
 
I didn’t have luck with my 6.5 grendel faxon- chamber was super rough to the point of causing FTE. Upon inspection, found some polish in the chamber along with tool marks. Returned to Brownells and went a different direction.


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I shoot mine suppressed mostly. With the stock fully extended and suppressor screwed on, the rifle is ~3” shorter than my 24” barreled m70 There’s about a 1 1/2” zero change when I put the 16oz can on it but I expected that. The group size doesn’t really change that I can tell. I’m really happy with the level of accuracy I get out of this ar. 12” would be a really handy rifle.
I’ve always assumed that the Grendel wasn’t fast enough for monos. I’d be interested to hear how they work for you. My son will be shooting eldm’s this year.


Monos have come a long way recently. Most people don't know that Barnes actually designs their bullets to expand at different velocities depending on what cartridges they are designed for. I'd imagine that the purpose built 115 expands at a lower velocity than their 120-130 grainers. The hammer's are all supposed to expand down to 1800 FPS at least, and the Grendel will have that out to a few hundred yards I imagine. I don't think I'd be trying to set any distance records either with that gun. Most shots would likely be 250 and under.

I plan on suppressing mine as well. Waiting for the Q Jumbo Shrimp to come out. Supposed to be less than 6" and under 10 oz, which will make a very light, handy, quiet rifle
 
I went with a Ballistics Advantage for my grendel pistol. Shoots most everything pretty well. Game changers were stunningly accurate but expansion velocity was too high for the little pistol at distance. 129gr Nosler ABLRs were the perfect antelope medicine for me. Accurate as heck with CFE 223 and expand down to 1300fps. Would be a stunner on deer as well i am sure.

Best of luck and keep us posted on your results.
 
I went with a Ballistics Advantage for my grendel pistol. Shoots most everything pretty well. Game changers were stunningly accurate but expansion velocity was too high for the little pistol at distance. 129gr Nosler ABLRs were the perfect antelope medicine for me. Accurate as heck with CFE 223 and expand down to 1300fps. Would be a stunner on deer as well i am sure.

Best of luck and keep us posted on your results.
what kind of effective range do you get with that combo?
 
Got one they made for a group buy. Quite a few developed rust spots including the one I have. It does fine with factory ammo. So, decent barrel just don't trust their finish to have been done right.
 
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