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That's when it's time to buy another gun.

Here is some brass out of the 40 carbine. Starting to show a little flow. 155gr XTP 5.8gr Titegroup, just about max.

While waiting for a few parts to show up took a look at the used brass. A few of them showed bad signs of separation. Primers don't look bad Especially compared to my 1911 10mm primers.

I’m on the R^2 maintenance plan. They get cleaned when they stop working.

Smart move.

Dun da dun dun.........

Cleaned the 3 pistols I shot Friday and then yesterday changed out the damp rid buckets in the basement. For a few dollars those things are worth their weight in gold.

I'm not that ambitious. But it did serve as a reminder to recharge my Remington dehumidifier thingies in the upstairs and downstairs safes. Damn sticky in the SE this time of year.

I read AL's 1st post, and thought that, was coming here to say that. This process would take me weeks. I'm not kidding.

FUk. FBI figured it out. There IS a problem. 320s have issues. Check it:

Good point. Thanks for a useful excuse.

If you got it done in one day... you don't have enough guns... 😛

Good "therapy" if nothing else! (LOL) Lately, I have gotten into a 3-month routine, just for s&g's.

Stellar. When I shot the Rocks stage, I lost alot of brass, and the stuff ain't cheap. It was told to me that it's ejecting at 2 o'clock - and my brass was flying into the crevices between rocks. Gone. Gun cycles fine, locks back empty, etc. So, I put on one of the new Faxon Adj gas blocks, and I'm tuning it in this weekend. No more lost brass, and it's gonna get tuned to lock back empty mag, and put brass in a tight pile at 4:30. 45 possible targets, I hit 39. It was a windy day, so it was perfect for the longer distance stages, 4 and 5. Where it got me was on a KYL stage - hit the next to last target, and it spun that thing all the way over upside down, and the thing kept swinging. I missed the final target, the tiny bastard, and had to go back to the last target I hit - and it was still swinging - for over 20 seconds of my 90 seconds. When it finally calmed down, I shot it again, and the 90-sec buzzer went off... Couldn't send one for the tiny target. Time's up, you're done... The caliber put me in the Heavy Metal category, and I was 3rd out of 6 that day. With a 39 out of 45... In the MIL/LE category, I was 5th out of 12, and the top-ranked Heavy Metal dude in MIL/LE. I'll take that all day, every day

Today was the day, took every gun apart and cleaned it if it needed it or not. Good practice so I don’t forget disassembly/assembly idiosyncrasies of individual firearms. Now I will smell like Hoppes No. 9 and gun oil for a few days.

Don't overstate what I can do. It was only 200 yards.

How did it do in the match? Where was it? (I'd like to spectate the next one)

Also, you didn't say what you were hunting or the ranges you're shooting. I have a heavy fluted aero 22"CM build that I'd use hunting. It's 13#. I could easily walk/stalk with it in the Midwest with cross-body sling setup, but I won't take it to 8000' where I elk hunt. Personal preference.

I did 2 builds with the 18" WC tactical hunter barrels in 308. But unless they changed their manufacturing, the Wilson Combat "rifle length" gas port is between the AR-15 and Armalite rifle length. I use the longer one, but it's best to get a custom tube made. Also, I've had a heck of a time finding a bullet this 11.25 twist will shoot accurately (settled on 125gn) combined with a powder that will completely burn in 18" barrel. I recommend using a barrel as long as you're comfortable carrying if you reload at all. I wouldn't go shorter that 20". All these rifles are "heavy" in most hunting circles, so it doesn't matter much. If I build another, I'll get a custom barrel from x-caliber. Possibly 7mm-08.

great video I guess I will settle for MLR Medium long range cause I think I can get 3000 maybe a bit more and I do not have the dow ray me for bigger gear at my age I have to save bucks for my Geritol.........

I'm not buying in to the "per caliber" thing, brother - no matter how many 22 Silouhette guys blasting 400 yards complain. Shiit, @Armed Eye Doc can do that offhand with an iron-sighted 30-30 at night. ELR is exactly that - Extreme Long Range. Way the Fuq Out There. A long way's off... Whatever distance someone shoots with a small caliber, doesn't really matter. Shooting a couple miles, that takes alot more gear, equipment, time, training, ammo, land, understanding and practice/training, and way bigger, more efficient calibers. This is ELR.

I completely forgot that you are machining all this stuff at home...

I went way bigger than I thought I needed and still ran out of room fast. Between long guns, ammo, mags, and random gear, that extra space filled up quicker than expected.

Good idea on the rifle length extension. I have everything I need to make a stainless rifle buffer in my shop, and a pile of tungsten weights. Probably have a rifle tube as well. full blow 10mm in a carbine is a FUN MFer...

Alright. So you get bolt lockback - you have the room, without coil bind on the Sprinco Red. Let's go the other way, before you order parts. Go Rifle Receiver Extension, and a custom buffer from @Slash at HeavyBuffers.com. Use the same Sprinco Red spring. Get a Rifle receiver extension, have Slash whip up a Rifle buffer that will work, with the head dimensions that you running on the no-coil-bind buffer head right now, that custom monster... and it's gonna be WAY heavier than the 14.6oz that you have right now. Throw massive weight at it, and it'll solve this problem - if it cycles. Have him load that thing FULL of tungsten weights... If it doesn't cycle - start looking at why, and you can always start swapping out tungsten weights for steels, and keep the base body mass of the RIfle stainless buffer - with the huge head on it... 10mm PCCs are a MFer...