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Knees aren't any fun either when every step hurts. I'll be looking for a replacement when I hit 65 in January.

I can recommend a 5" barrel 300 BLK.

Just wait until I post a picture of that little beast in two pieces sleeping in its case. You'll be wanting one too!

Ordered one of these just now.... To go on this... If I use a standard length pistol tube it won't even add any length to LOP. I will be able to leave the upper attached to the lower and taking off the tube/brace it will fit inside a 17" laptop case with room for mags.

the 29 pieces-----yes

A Lee factory crimp die is your friend. It is the last stage of the press for every load I do. Set it so it leaves a very slight ring around the mouth of the case. Just that you can barely see it.

Then there is Billy!

That looks like here! I'm not even snowblowing the driveway. Came home this afternoon and packed it down with the truck backing in and out. Nature delivered it....nature can remove it.

I went with a .375 Socom. .458 Socom necked down to .375. Its a bit flatter shooting than the .458 but still a thumper, and in an AR15 sized package. Brass and bullets are a bit tough to find but my stockpile got put up before all the Covid craziness set in. Its codenamed "the Cannon".

@Hooch In the bullet dept. I have an unused but opened box of 55 grain Barnes Varmint-aTor bullets for .243. This is a box of 100 projectiles, not loaded bullets. If they interest you send me a PM and we can figure something out.

Whats not to goggle? Looking doesn't get you in trouble like touching and

Yeah thats it! Just asking for directions officer. Really I was.

Rene sandwich! Tastes great! More filling!

and her sister, Mint?

@NF1EIs it camera angle, scope ring height, optical illusion, or my eyes? Your scope looks higher at the eye than it is at the front. Are the rings 2 different makes?

There aren't a whole lot of finishes that will stick to Ti.

I have 3 words for anyone using a hand primer. Lee Bench Prime Seriously! The handle pushes straight down toward the bench in the priming motion and you get the same "in the hand" feel of whether or not the primer pocket is tight. No sore hands after a session of 500 primed cases.

Back in high school (70s) I had a round slide rule.

I'm sure someone with the skill and knowledge to make suggestions will chime in eventually. But the general motto for a large frame AR is "Don't complicate shiit with complicated shiit."

This isn't an answer to any of your questions or a suggestion of any kind. Just an observation. You have by your own admission a LOT of lightweight parts going into that rifle, especially into the rear end. What is the contour of the barrel? A .936 gas journal might suggest the barrel is heading toward a heavy bull barrel. A bull barrel out front, especially at 22" long, and all those lightweight parts in the rear, could make for one very nose heavy rifle. You mentioned a suppressor. That will add even more nose weight.

Welcome from WI, and I assume you have questions?

In my experience they will feed, but the soft points get gashed going up the feed ramps. My handloads using them were still 1 to 1 1/2 MOA at 100 yards which was fine with me for deer in the woods up here. YMMV

House wiring compared to 12 volt is messed up. I always tell people who know nothing about wiring that 12 volt DC runs in a circle and has positive and negative(red/black, black is a negative color). In vehicles negative is connected to ground/the frame. AC house wiring doesn't run in a circle, it sloshes back and forth(basically) through the black and white wires. I'de much rather deal with 12 volt stuff. What was really fun was the wiring I put into my little camper that @Sisco has seen. All the outlets are duplex. AC to the top plug, 12 volt to the bottom. DO NOT plug a 12 volt light into the AC plug! Child cafety caps installed in whatever plug is not being used.

This might be of some help.

Yeah, that would be BAD. Boom and shrapnel three feet in front of your face.