pepperbelly

Sold pending funds.

I have a DPMS LRT SASS, or LR308 SASS- I never understood the difference in designation. It is a factory rifle, not a build. It has the 18" fluted heavy barrel. It has several upgrades, some factory, some aftermarket. Upgraded chrome BCG Timney AR-10 trigger Magpul ACS stock (I don't still have the original PRS buttstock) PRI carbon fiber freefloat tube (wrench included) FSC-30 muzzle brake KNS anti-walk pins Buffertech short AR Restor hydraulic buffer YHM bipod mount 4 Magpul 20 round P-Mags $2250.00 plus shipping. For $2700.00 I will include a Larue LT-104 mount, Vortex Viper 6.5-20x44 PS scope and a Harris 6"-9" swivel bipod with notched legs. I will not sell the scope or mount separately unless the rifle sells first. I prefer FTF in the DFW area but will ship to your FFL when the check or money order clears completely. I will not ship before my bank ensures the payment is legit due to the number of scams around recently. FTF in DFW needs to be cash. The pics show a suppressor that is not included. Only what is listed above comes with the rifle. IM or email with any questions. Email is best. pepperbelly@sbcglobal.net Jim

I used the oily patch to reach into the lugs on the barrel. I use them to wipe areas I can't reach any other way. I put oil on the bolt and smeared it with my finger. It is wet as is the carrier. Can someone show a pic of how wet it should be?

It isn't new. When I lubed it I just wiped an oily patch on the lugs using Break Free. It isn't the best lube, but it is a heavy oil and I have some on hand. My wife is a surgical nurse so I have a lot of hemostats. I use them to clean and lube- fold a patch, get it wet and I can wipe in hard to reach spots.

Thanks. My weekend is looking up. It's clean, well lubed and should run now. Another related question. If the screws were slowly backing out and losing pressure could it cause the bolt to short stroke and not strip a round from the mag? That happened sometimes a short time before it decided to turn into a bolt action.

I will pick up some Loctite this week. I will do them one at a time, but since all 3 were backed out it might now make any difference. When I saw them I grabbed the gas block and tried twisting it to see if it was loose. It didn't move so I may be OK. I will shoot it Saturday and check. There was powder soot on the barrel by the gas block so I was losing some gas pressure. I am thinking it was enough, but I am not that familiar with it to know. Even though it wouldn't twist and didn't feel loose, with the screws backed out would it lose enough gas that the bolt wouldn't cycle?

OK, I just took it apart and cleaned it. It wasn't too dirty, but why not? It was apart. While I was cleaning I thought something looked wrong. All 3 allen screws on the bottom of the gas block were loose. The gas block seems to be aligned, and it wasn't loose itself. Would those screws being backed out allow enough gas to escape to mess with the cycling? Jim

I am shooting handloads- a 175gr SMK, Federal FC brass and either RL-15 or Varget. I have been trying to work up a load. Until it stopped running it seems to like 41.6gr of RL-15 but I stopped before trying my Varget loads. I wasn't sure if I had a bigger problem and didn't want to keep shooting and damage the rifle.

My rifle isn;t new. I got it used, and I think the previous owner had a few hundred rounds through it when I got it. I have maybe 100 through it myself. I keep hearing about using Mobil 1. I will be getting some tomorrow.

I have some grease that I use on my Garand. Up until now I have just been using Break Free on the bolt and carrier, but I didn't really soak it down. I am supposed to grease or oil the lugs? That seems completely different from every other gun I have ever owned.

No, not that wet. I am seeing that I don't have it wet enough. Would that cause it to not cycle? Jim

I am Jim and live in Fort Worth. I have a DPMS LR308 SASS that I traded for and love this rifle. I rarely shoot my AR15 but this rifle is fun. The guy who owned it before me made some good upgrades to it.

I have had a problem off and on for a week with my LR308 not cycling, and today it became worse. At first it didn't want to strip a round from the P-Mag especially when I used the bolt release. Today it did fine for about 15-20 rounds, but then sometimes the bolt did not recoil and extract the next round. If I pulled the charging handle it extracted the case and fed the next round, but it was basically a single shot by then. I also had a few times where it chambered a round but the bolt didn't fully close. If I pulled the charge handle back I could look and see the round in the chamber. When I released the bolt after removing the mag it would lock up and fire. I tried a new P-Mag and it did the same thing. It ran fine yesterday- no cycling issues at all. Does this sound like maybe it's just dirty, dry, or do I have something else to look for? It has only had about 50 rounds since I last cleaned it, but I may not have lubed it enough after cleaning.