Rebarrel a m85 mini mauser to 6.5 grendel?

[mwells72774]

I had a grendel AR and loved the round, hated the rifle. Found a m85 new for cheap so I got it.

Anyone done this before? A 6.5 grendel bolt gun would make an amazing Arkansas whitetail rifle.

 

[4V50 Gary]

So long as the extractor fits and the magazine works for it

I don't see why it can be done.

 

[mwells72774]

Well the m85 is a 7.62x39 at the moment, so its basically the same case.

 

[Scorch]

No reason why not, as long as you can cut metric threads.