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Thanks. I'm going to mark and grind a flat on the top. Gotta love flying sparks.... John

I'm replacing the factory barrel and the factory FF handguard. The new handguard uses a proprietary barrel nut similar to the one pictured (not exactly, the one pictured is an AR-15 nut downloaded from the internet, but they look about the same). There is no keyway of any kind for the gas tube, it's not a timing issue, and the barrel nut is large enough in diameter to slightly block the cloverleaf in the upper receiver so that they gas tub won't fit through. Am I missing something? Thanks, John

http://shop.tac2.com/product.sc?productId=15 I like mine. A lot. John

Just a couple of thoughts. M1 Garand, 9.5 to 10.2 lbs depending on stock wood density. 1918 BAR, 16 to 24 lbs depending on the configuration (and the standard ammo belt had 6 double mag pouches for 12 20-round mags of 30/06). Thompson submachine gun, 10.6 to 10.8 lbs empty. 1903A1 Springfield, about 9 lbs depending on the wood. The M-14 is 9.8 lbs empty. The 20" Panther is 11 lbs. My 16" 308T is 8.5 lbs. The 16" collapsible stock Sportical is 8.3 lbs. Cowboy up. Grandpa carried a BAR all over Europe and Korea. I'm 4" taller and 35lbs heavier than he was. John

I have a LR-308T. 7.62 and .308 both function 100%. Accuracy with both Malaysian and South African surplus in unimpressive. 150gr Federal soft points from WallyWorld print into right at 1" at 100 yrds. FGMM is even better. I'd really like to find a few boxes of LC, DAG, RADWAY, and maybe some Portugese and see if any of them shoot better than the MAL or SA. John

Pretty much what I've heard since this happened. Loooong history of being an a$$hat, couldn't happen to a nicer guy type comments. Honestly, other than hearing the name in context of the .22 adaptors for the AR and various pistols, I'd never heard anything about him one way or the other. John

I've owned an M1A and a FN-FAL. I love the punch of the .308. It's a good hunting cartridge and at need answers the call for a combat round in a way that 5.56 and 7.62x39 don't, ie good range capabilities, sufficient oomph at longer distances, and the ability to turn what is "cover" against lesser rounds back into "concealment". I have two AR-15s and I like the AR-10 platform commonality of controls and ergonomics. The M1A met my requirements for accuracy and reliability, but not for commonality and optics mounting. The FN-FAL met my needs as far as reliability, ergonomics and optics mounting, but came up short on accuracy and commonality of controls. The LR-308 is nearly as accurate as my Remington 700 SPS with match ammo, as reliable as the FAL, and matches my AR-15s in 5.56 and my dedicated 22lr practice upper. With the DPMS using SR-25 type mags I can get brand new mags from Magpul that are 100% every time and are less than $20. The FAL, it's getting hard to find good mags. The surplus is drying up and they're all 40-50 year old mags. Nobody yet is producing a 100% aftermarket mag for the platform. You can go through a dozen surplus mags to get 6-8 that work. You tinker with the rest, but can you absolutely rely on any of them? M1A mags are either expensive or iffy. Absolute reliability of optics mounting on the M1A requires an after-market stock, which is expensive and heavy as hell though it does make for one superb weapon. The AR-10 platform was MADE for mounting anything you care to with thousands of options. Wish list: At some point I hope we're going to see the development of the AR-10 market that we've seen in the AR-15. Particularly, I'd like to be able to put a dedicated 22lr upper on my .308. I'd also like to see the platform developed, as the AR-15 has been, for uppers in other calibers up to .308 length. I'd love a short-barrel, heavy caliber CQB upper in a .45 to .50 diameter, maybe based on the 45/70, designed like the .458 SOCOM to single-stack in a standard mag and hit like a concrete block out a 10-story window. John

Yeah, some days I'm more "challenged" than others. It's a LR-308 with a loose nut on the trigger... John

Cool.. The kit is just springs. Thanks! John

Can we have another lecture on how we need "Shared Sacrifice", from the President?

Does the LAR-308 trigger use the same parts as the AR-15? I have an extra "Trigger-Job in a Bag" kit. The stock trigger needs help. Not creepy or gritty, but so heavy I felt like I should be just hitting it with a brick. John

... close enough. Thanks! John

I've looked for 5 round mags, required in Florida for hunting, and those I've found are either hugely expensive, out of stock, or both. First thing I did when I bought the rifle was to stock up on the Magpul 20 round mags, but Magpul doesn't make a 5. I have the 2 original facory 19 round magazines. Question. Has anyone modified either the factory mag or the Magpul to limit the capacity to 5 rounds? I know that shotguns can be blocked to limit magazine capacity and be legal for hunting where a 3 round maximum is mandated, would a modified 20 meet the requirement? My preference would be to modify one of the factory mags, possibly by inserting a block attached to the floorplate or the follower. Thoughts? Thanks, John

For what it's worth I have a LEE Classic, the O-press, and I like it very much. I also have an old iron 6-hole turret press. Both presses were bought used, neither cost me more than about $30. The turret press originally took proprietary shell holders, but the previous owner machined a ram for it that took standard holders. The turret is not removable, but it with take 2 die rifle sets plus the factory crimp dies for .223 and .308 which is what I load in rifle calibers. The other calibers I load are 9mm and a limited amount of 38 special. I've done 30/06 for a co-worker as well (specialty loads for him). The LEE handles the 30/06 fine and does most of my prep work in all of the calibers. I have a friend with a Dillon that we use for large volume loading and it's a great piece of equipment, but I really only use it for the practice loads in 9mm and the bulk ball in .223. With my .308 and my good loads in all calibers I use exclusively the simpler presses and do not find them at all limited. My loading goes like this, for all calibers: LEE universal decapper in the LEE press. Clean the brass in the tumbler. Clean the primer pockets and uniform the flash hole. Decrimp military brass using the RCBS swage tool if necessary. This is a great time to carefully inspect every case and discard anything questionable. Full-length resize cases. Trim cases to length, deburr and chamfer. Reprime using a LEE Auto-prime II. Cases at this point get sorted and stored on the shelf in tightly sealed 1 gallon jars. From here all I do is measure my powder charge, seat the bullet, and crimp. This set of steps is about as easily done on a single stage press as a progressive. Easier actually, as you can't do the trim and primer pocket work in a progressive cycle. John

Remember that: 1) the Senate has to ratify treaties before they take effect. 2) the Supreme Court has not ruled in the past that treaties supersede the Constitution, and the liberals still only have 4 pet justices to change that. John