shibiwan

I remember when we used our bayonets to pry at the delta ring......

Happy birthday!!

Got an email from one of my distros. The DPMS 308's are coming back in stock next week. Going to check to see if they get a 3G1

But how heavy can you go without messing up the cycling. I've found what wen I made my heavy buffer that 12oz was just enough to make it unreliable. Dropped it to 11.2 oz and everything worked nicely. Send me one of those inserts and let me see what I can come up with.

The whole point of a 300 blk is not needing to reconfigure the gas system when switching between supers and subs. What's your build like Magwa? Perhaps something is not right with it.

heh,,,,maybe I should be making them and selling cheap for 308ar members. It'll at least keep my lathe busy. :)

New buffer, spings, etc won't solve the problem if the BCG is too far forward to push the buffer off the retaining pin. You're just going to be throwing good money after bad and ruining a new buffer in the process. Double check the BCG length and see. I think I may have an idea that I could make on the CNC that could potentially solve this type of issue...

Give me a shout. I can get ammo from my distributors at pretty decent prices. Anything specific? The Federal XM80C is pretty cheap these days.

....going by the pic that Tom posted in the first reply....perhaps they are in the process of changing to the GII.

3rd possibility is the hole for the retaining pin is off by a hair too close to the rear so the buffer face doesn't "stick out" enough.

It looks like the BC is too short, or it could be that it's seated too deep in the receivers. The latter could be because of tolerance stacking between the upper and lower. Was the upper/lower a matched set? From the "ring" of marks on your buffer, it looks like it's being stopped by the retainer and not being stopped by the BCG when the BCG is fully forward.

The lowers look like they are the GII variety so I'm assuming they are built on the GII platform. Look at the section behind the pistol grip and how it extends straight back - that's a GII. I checked with my distros and even the GII models are out of stock.

Looks like an issue with the BC assembly. When fully assembled, the BC should push the buffer back by a tiny bit so it doesn't rest on the buffer retaining pin. Could also be upper receiver related too (probably a result tolerance stacking between the lower and the upper) that is causing the BC to be too far forward during firing. Bottom line; with the bolt carrier group fully forward, it should still contact the buffer. Those circumferential marks on the face-edge of the buffer indicate it's slamming into the buffer retaining pin when it's cycling and with proper BC/buffer contact those marks should never be seen.

....anyway, anyone looking for ammo give me a holler. Getting pretty decent prices from my wholesale supplier. :D

Got this in the mail today.....

Maybe I should bid on it. FAI DORRA! LOL

Cerakote can be layered somewhat (but keep it thin). The instructions say to flash dry one color for 15 mins in the oven (250 F) before putting the next color on it, then bake it as normal after you're done painting it. I haven't tried it as yet, but it's on one of the things to learn/try.

Oh, I thought you were referring to Cerakote. You can adjust the mix of the Cerakote hardener to get different levels of finish, from matte to a soft satin.

You sure you got the mix right?

In terms of durability (best to worst): Cerakote H series > Cerakote C series > Durakote > Krylon. :D No oven? Use the one in the kitchen and tell the wife to stick it and make you a sammich instead.

I use the Lee dieset and it comes with its own separate crimping die.

More greetings from sunny AZ!

Welcome from AZ!

amen to that! Don't want to piss off your sammich supplier.

Meh, brute force loading versus ninja excavator skillz.