beachmaster

Any personal reviews on this rifle? If it shoots 1.5 moa for the first 100 rounds I would think the barrel would settle to just under moa. I am bummed to see so little info on here! But I guess that is because people simply buy the Sr762, customization is limited and you really cant build one... Any info on parts compatibility and manufacturing origins of the ruger parts?

Well, I figured this would happen. Last night my ffl said they were in stock and had 73 rifles, and this morning said they were sold out. So the wait begins.

Next week sometime :-) the wait is killing me... I already cant sleep. I find it odd that dpms uses such a heavy profile barrel on their recon. How does the standard recon perform?

Yeah, I sold my rifle and ordered one today. I should get it next week!

Yall have been incredibly helpful. I got my parts in today, tightened the castle nut, took my parts out of there oil bath, put the badger ordnance extended lever on the charging handle (I highly recommend it), and decided to put it on armslist to see if there was any interest in it. I sold it an hour later and ordered a gii :-) The Lord knew the desires of my heart and made it happen. It was amazing.

My ffl just quoted me 1414 otd for the gii recon... and my wife said if I had the cash I could buy it and sell my Ar later... Im in a conundrum.

America needs a clean slate of politicians, and very near a clean slate on laws.

I know 3d printing is very possible, but the one of the definitions of a ghost gun would be one that was undetectable by xray. No matter how much technology is involved, metal will always be required somewhere. At least for springs and ammo. This politician is reffering specifically to %80 builds... which is precisely why I need to do one. Because of people like him. Criminals dont build their firearms from an %80 receiver. If they even care, they simply scratch serial numbers out. How can politicians be so stupid!?

Well that sounds like a sweet deal and some good service! Glad they are working out for you! I think I bought my old ones for 15 a pop and sold them to a private for 5 a pop lol

High heat + high friction = ... plastic springs? I dont think dollar store suction cup guns would work with plastic springs... Furthermore... how many people have been shot with plastic bullets... and reload using plastic cases? It is all a way to gain power over the ignorant. And hey, ignorance is bliss, so the ignorant in America are actually working their very hardest to stay ignorant... and to not work, cant forget that part.

I purchased tango mags when they first came out. I was in Afghanistan, and they were overly thick, and could not be disassembled for cleaning. I had hoped they would fix my m4 jamming problems, but they did not. Maybe nothing could... They didn't fit into my mag pouches. I sold them for a song. I guess you know all this by now since you bought them, but that was my experience, I hope yours is better!

Thanks wash!

That is good to hear! I bought another one from Amazon that said "made in the USA" and although I haven't gotten it, I tried to find out who made it, and the trail ended at a few shipping companies named things like "tiger trading" etc. Def not made in the USA. Even if this doesn't work quite as well, it is lighter, and made here, so it is probably what I will end up using :-)

In reality, it is supposed to be either a firearm that has no sn, or a firearm that is undetectable to an x ray. But the term seems to be gaining popularity with any firearm that is scarey.

In my search for the perfect Ar308, I believe I have finally found where my search ends. I need a "ghost gun". I am sure it will be costly buying so many magazine clips... the hc3r below about cost an arm and a leg, and its 22! I would post a YouTube link to show you the ghost gun, but it wont let me. So you will have to search (anti gun democrats have no idea how guns work)

Wow... im going to buy one just for comparison sake. It looks very lightweight also.

So, I checked it out... there are no burrs, or problems of any sort with the hole... except that is it too shallow. I just stuck the spring in, and measured the length with it vs the retaining pin, and the hole is simply too shallow. So I took a silver sharpie and made a sharpie width line around the bottom of the retaining pin, and dremmeled it off. At this point, I realise what I am doing is unacceptable. In my defense, its better than what the original owner did. Anyways, it just BARELY fit now, and I cant see how it will have any affect on the function of the rifle (compared to one with a proper depth hole and retaining pin) I dont like brand snobbery... especially when I read peoples opinions on firearms they have never owned or held. That being said, I more clearly understand a few peoples negative sentiment towards cmmg, and i now share that sentiment. Now I will wait for the wrench to come into properly torque this castle nut down, and i will install my wolff extra power hammer spring. Until then, all my moving parts minus extractor and firing pin await in an oil bath. Cant wait to update yall on how things go. Correct me where needed.

Good call. I dont know how much $ im going to throw at this before i decide to sell it and get the new gii:/

You know wash, I haven't checked that, and it is the first thing I will check when I get home! I believe without the spring it will still be too high.

I depressed it ALL the way when trying to get it to rotate one more turn, and the pin still sticks up too far to be able to rotate it. I saw the problem originally when I found a random buffer tube retaining pin laying in the gun. It was bent. The original owner forced the tube to rotate, even though the pin was too high, gauging the buffer tube, and bending the retaining pin. Then he replaced the pin. The damage was obvious. Since I am having the same issue, I tried instead to grind down the pin. I decided I didn't want to bubba it, so I didn't go the one turn further. Instead of grinding the top of the receiver retaining pin, maybe I should grind down the bottom of the retaining pin, so it can depress further. What do you think?

At this point, I should probably move my questions to a different section of the forum, but you already know where this thread is, and what issues I am working with, so until told otherwise, ill continue using this thread. My problems have not been resolved. I tried to screw my buffer tube into the receiver one more turn, but it is not possible with the buffer retaining pin. This is I believe what caused the other dude issues. I bubba'd my extra buffer retaining pin by grinding it down with my dremmel (better than just forcing it like im thinking the last guy did), but I decided to go back to the original position. Only problem, I didn't have a castle nut wrench. (One is now on the way) well my problem is back. I guess I should say it never went away. The guy who build the rifle before me didn't have the little washer between the castle nut and the receiver that keeps the assembly straight up and down. To take the old buffer tube assembly off, I simply pushed the retainer pin down, and twisted it off. Now that I have the washer in, and a wrench on the way from brownells, do you think I could cure this problem by simply properly tightening the castle nut? Could the damage be caused by the buffer tube moving slightly right and left, causing it to be mis aligned to the bcg? Or do I need to turn it one more time? And how would I get it to make that last turn if I do? It looks to me like cmmg doesn't drill the hole for the buffer retaining pin deep enough, so that the pin will not compress deep enough to allow the final turn of the tube. If i keep having issues... I think ill just get a rifle buffer assembly and an ace stock.

I added a wolf extra power hammer spring from brownells... it was like $2. What do you think my chances of this helping?

Do you by any chance know the weight of that handguard?

Everything has been well cleaned, and well oiled. I am thinking I am going to give all my parts an oil bath. All rounds that fired ejected about at the 3 o clock, and had what looked to me to be good primer strikes. Recoil was very light. I dont know how many rounds have been fired through the rifle. I dont think the original builder put many through. I have put 20 rnds. The ammo I am using is Turkish zq1 from walmart. $17 a box. The two rounds that failed to fire had light primer strikes. This is all I know. I hope it helps!

Its a buffer retaining spring. I was just incorrectly calling the buffer retaining pin a detent.