blue109

well..minor progress. left the rifle with a friend who has built several very nice AR15s. he did a little work with a needle file and has it closing/locking but its very tight and hard to crack it back open. think im just going to spend some time actuating the bolt to break it in a bit more and then spend a day running some cheap ammo through it. im sure my wife will be so fed up with hearing CLICK-CLACK...CLICK-CLACK.....that she will beg me to spend a day out in the desert :P

luckily, 98Z5V lives relativity close to me and offered to help. i think well have her running soon.

thx guys. been putting in alot of hours lately so havnt even cracked the gun open since it went to the shop. just a little worried since the carrier they pulled out of the the new rifle dropped right in. hope to play with it some more tomorrow.

down in tucson. any help would be awesome. i dont know anyone else with a 308 and the shops want an arm and a leg just to take a look most of the time.

hope this hasnt been answered 100 times. ive been doing searches for days with no answers. (how i found this forum) i have a DPMS classic upper with 24" bull. bought it lightly used from a local who went to a shorter/lighter setup. i bought a phosphate coated BCG from JSE. when i drop it in, the lugs dont line up. if i pull the cam pin, allowing the bolt to rotate a tiny bit more, it drops in fine. i had a few people eyeball the upper and they said it looked fine, so i sent the BCG back to JSE (who have been great btw) they tested it in two custom uppers they had in house and said it worked fine, so sent it back. brought the BCG and the rifle to a local shop to see if they could figure it out. they pulled the BCG from a factory new LR-308 on the wall, and it dropped right in my upper. the JSE BCG didnt fit in the factory rifle they had. any ideas here?? im dying to get this rifle out to the desert.

Arizonian here. slapping my first 308 (DPMS/Fulton) together and having some issues. found this place while searching for help. good to see there's a place for us :) ill post up in the appropriate section. suppose i should specify: DPMS classic 24" bull. Fulton lower w/ PRS. guts from JSEsurplus. waiting to get the basics working together before spending money on the accessories.