dpete

Google search Smokestang.

Now your talking.

Welcome to the 308 AR world of no milspec. Where you can begin a build with all the major parts from the same manufacturer thinking your good to go, only to find said manufacturer fukced up one of the parts.

All I've used are the 20 round P-Mags for 308. They all held 20 rounds and every round fed and went boom.

Wow! 4 posts and you have this place completely figured out! Amazing! Sorry to inform you but the elders of this forum ARE the authority of this platform. They have probably fixed and got functioning more 308 sized ARs than most manufacturers. Especially since the manufacturers prove time and time again that they often have no clue how to get these things to work all the time every time. These guys fix rifles over the internet using techniques they've learned spending their own time and money, over the course of years, and they do it for free! All that is asked is that the person asking for help LISTENS to the advice, and doesn't insist they know better. THEY DON'T! The guys that listen, heed the advice and put it into practice get their malfunctioning rifles working and they end up being happy, and hopefully they learned something along the way. Then a lot of them decide to stick around because this place is way more than a gun forum, its a community.

LMAO!!

^^^ @Magwa Now that is an excellent way to put it! Can I steal it and use it as a signature on forum posts?

Once again I have many calibers for sale at $2.50/pound, and by the piece. Buyer pays shipping charges for appropriately sized USPS regional flat rate box. Emails are always welcome. Nickel cases have been removed and separated unless noted. AGAIN I am again offering a wet tumbling service on orders of 10 lbs or more of a single caliber. The cases come out completely clean inside and out and are ready to run. They will NOT have primers removed, with the exception of .223 rifle cases. This service will add 50 cents per pound to the cost of the brass. I answer all emails promptly. If you do not receive a reply within a day or two please check your spam box. Updated 8/31/22 Rifle Calibers @ $2.50/ lb Caliber lbs .223 28.5 Pistol Calibers @ $2.50/ lb Caliber lbs 45 ACP (large primer) 5 1/4 45 ACP (small primer) 5 3/8 Rifle Calibers @ $ .35 each Caliber # of pieces 224 Valkyrie 2 25-35 Win 7 300 WSM 50 300 WSM (nickel) 26 300 Win Mag 4 300 Wthrby Mag 18 300 Savage 5 308 Win Match (Hornady) 4 spoken for 308 Win (LC headstamp) 89 spoken for 45-70 2 spoken for 450 Bushmaster 46 450 Marlin 4 458 Socom 1 6.5 Creedmoor 10 6.5X55 7 6.5 PRC 4 6.5 Grendel (FC hs) 23 6.8 SPC 18 7-30 Waters 27 7mm-08 5 7mm Mauser 11 7.62X54R 30 7.7 Jap 13 Rifle Calibers @ $ .15 each Caliber # of pieces ------ Pistol Calibers @ $ .15 each Caliber # of pieces 10 mm (Large Primer) 825 10 mm (small primer) 232 357 Sig 57 38 Super 120 38 super (nickel) 32 44 Mag (nickel) 21 44 S&W Special 8 45 Colt 3 50 AE 6

@98Z5VHe had this in his initial post.

....and now back to the OP's original questions and getting the problem solved.

LOL. OMFG! Its getting deep in here. I'll add my too.

They should call that thing the "castrator"

Those two were already in the system and in transit when this whole schit show started. You got lucky it seems.

One more reason I am soooo, glad I left. Being semi-retired suits me just fine.

When did you hear this? When I left Fed Ex Express back in April of this year we were still delivering gun parts AND bullets.

I can spoil it for you if you want. Save you the trouble of watching it.

Thumbs up to this guy for ingenuity. https://gatdaily.com/in-unsurprising-news-gun-buyback-is-huge-waste-of-money-yet-again/?utm_source=GATdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8_17

I think I found my own answer. From the 1911 forum: warp2diesel said: Check is see if your disconnector is stuck down, it needs to be up all the way for the hammer to drop. A rough finish on the center leaf of the sear spring where it pushes up the disconnector can make the disconnector hang up too. Sear springs I have gotten from Klonimus or Wilson Combat are nice and smooth and don't have the issue. Some no name cheapies off eBay have required some stoning to clean up. This seems to have been the problem. The sear spring had enough of a burr on the edge facing the disconnector that I could feel it with a fingernail. A few gentle file strokes got rid of the burr and all is working as it should now. The trigger falls with the safety off, it doesn't fall with the safety on and nothing is binding anywhere. This was my first foray into a disassembly beyond a field strip and I want to say thanks for the suggestion!

My last range trip I had an issue resurface that I don't like. In the middle of firing through a magazine the hammer refused to drop. After clearing the weapon and re-racking the slide I watched very closely as I slowly pulled the trigger. I could see the hammer twitch but it does not fall. Its basically locked in a cocked position. This situation happened once before and the gunsmith that looked into it gave the pistol a thorough cleaning and the hammer locking went away for about 200 rounds. Now its back! The pistol is a Taurus PT 1911 (I know, I know) but I would at least like it to be reliable if possible. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated to remedy this.

All of what I list are mixed headstamps unless specified. The 32 Win Specials are sold pending funds, sorry.

All 2 of them, you got 'em. I may not see another one for a couple years, lol.

I use the reamer method too, except I chuck mine into a small table top drill press and then lay the press down on my bench. Left hand picks up a case from the bucket, gets it facing the right way, passes it to glove wearing (for better grip) right hand that pushes the primer pocket into the constantly spinning reamer. A case might take 10 seconds to do but its still a royal pain in the azz and I'm glad it only has to be done once.

I have to get up there sometime yet this summer or fall with my son. I can run planer boards out of my boat right now and have a small manual downrigger coming this week that I'm going to use for Lakers in Trout Lake and deep Muskies. Would love to get into some trout and salmon.

Thanks Al. Those were part of my personal stash that I liquidated. Since Covid hit almost everything I can get my hands on goes to a buddy of mine with a manufacturing license. Although some does manage to go to AZ to a simian we all know.