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Good, then we can both go to march, seeing as this goldfish is poisonous.

🐡 I'd go, but I just won this goldfish and need to take care of him.

Best response I've found so far, and he is a class act compared to others that posted in this particular thread, not from 308ar. "Caused by tolerance stacking. Factors involved include barrel alignment pin notch, gas key/charging handle channel width (where the cam pin rides in the upper) and of course cam pin width. If the barrel truly looks centered (which it is not based on the pics), not likely your alignment pin notch, but don't dismiss this entirely. If the cam pin running area in the upper allows too much play of the cam pin, only real option is replacing the upper if you really don't want these marks. If the cam pin is too narrow on it's own, that's an easy replacement. If it's a stacked factor of all three, then a minor change in any one of them can alleviate this issue. Easiest to do is to find a cam pin with a wider head followed by disassembling the upper and re-torqueing on the barrel. How you do this will dictate the direction the barrel wants to "rest" when done. Use a reaction rod system and the barrel will naturally cant to the right (OPV). Use receiver clamshell and the receiver will naturally cant to the left. If re attaching the barrel clears the issue up but the feed ramps don't appear aligned, no worries. Not a big deal. There's always a chance the feed ramps were machined slightly offset as well, and if the builder used the feed ramps as their alignment "gauge", then the whole thing would be off. Personally, i'd re-torque the barrel to clear this issue up. I wouldn't allow this kind of work out of my shops over seas and I certainly don't allow it when I work on guns for people here at home either."

Terrific posts gentlemen, I'm interested in the answer. I did have to wait for my mind to appreciate the photos, much like your camera focusing on the targets earlier in the thread. Once I did focus enough I realized the barrel extension lugs were beat up badly. Just conjecture on my part but there seem to be chips taken out of the steel. If the two parts were slamming into each other I would expect to see roll over edges, not chips. Roll over, like what happens to a chisel head after a while. Could it be a combination of new chamber shards and crumpled brass causing this? Or the roll over steel on the lugs breaking off and then tearing into the right hand or clockwise portion of the lugs? It was a new rifle correct? Keep in mind I'm new at this and find this thread educational. Thank you.

Go Texas!!

Thanks Sisco.

@Rquared, might I ask where the inspiration came from for this admirable, and fine example of extreme tidiness? @Cunuckgaucho, that's funny and drill instructoresque.

Misery, er, Companionship loves company !

^^^ That's funny if I say so myself. I need to begin a waist reducing regimen, for me and for the pup. Walk it off has never rang truer.

My new 44" waist CCW,

I intended the money toward any fellow that might need a boost to join you. I'm keeping my test. for me, whatever is left of course.

Bless me Father for I have messed up. The two brownish bags on the 3x3 table are small Colt SAA screws and parts.

Very cool Z. Here is my current system, not including one metal cabinet or the two hanging cabinets.

I wish you the best of Luck. At 19 it would have been cake for me. At 66 it would certainly be my death march. I'll kick in a $50 gift card towards anyone joining you. In respect toward that generation, most of who are now gone, including my Dad, I solemnly salute your efforts. Well done, Sir.

I hadn't thought of that, @survivalshop. The extension with the flex and smaller barrel. Thank you. @98Z5V I'll keep your generous offer in mind. I started out using a Milwaukee sawzall many years ago. I am among the best in the world using that saw. No joke, just fact. Cutting 4" pipe up in drop ceilings with only a trouble light, laying upside down, in hundred degree heat. Cutting straight enough to attach the repair clamps, and trueing it, for repair, is quite a feat. I had a friend ' Helicopter ___, die early one morning and it's how I got the saw. Short version, I kept that sawzall for the next 25 years, changed the brushes, several boots, guide arms and grease twice. If this Milwaukee rotary tool is even half the value of that saw, I'll leave it to you in my will. I've read a lot of this site, not as much as others perhaps, but quite a bit. I know your word is good. The value of the Foredom model, the electric bench one that sits on the counter top and sells for 5 hundred, is it's lack of vibration. It is the gold standard of rotary tools. I haven't, in the least, have had the experience with my hands to appreciate that kind of value. The lack of a cable drive, which is the troublesome part, is dismissed altogether. A much smoother drive, combined with experienced hands, can be raised to an art form. I thought of you cutting brass down to size is the same as cutting 4" pipe, the tool simply supplants your hands. You gotta have the 'touch'. I am sadly lacking 'hand smarts' with small pipe ( 7.62 brass ) at this point. Thanks for the info guys.

First let me get this out, Canuckgaucho says "There are only so many trips to the store I was going to make to buy something I knew I have but can't find well at least until I got back from shopping." That is some serious truth there podna'. I had to laugh it's so true. The next thing is some of those displays are so neat it's scary. Actually good job, well done. I forgot about those tray boxes. I see some serious effort involved, thank you sir. I started to build the 6.5cm and sent some small pins flying. That forced me to start digging around the PILE, which did not help the foul mood the flying pin caused. 95 degrees in the garage and yada yada I'm ready to get serious, as serious as you were and are. Off to the store.

God Bless the little pigmy people in NZ.

The above sounds like I don't joke around. I mess around all the time, day in day out. I don't sleep well and believe it or not just woke up again, cranky. Not that anyone gives a particular hoot, but thought I'd get it out there.

I fell apart sorta after a recent health scare, not that I ever had a problem eating a whole package of cookies anyhow, but I regained a bunch of weight. Appendicks carry just plain hurts with a 44" waist, unless standing at attention, parade rest, or at ease. None of which I have paid the least of mind to in 50 years. The four or five o'clock position rests upon a solidly built love handle and bulges unless I wear a modified moo moo a la grandma. I ordered a smart looking rig that I'll wear under a Hawaiian type shirt for now, eat more rabbit food and reduce reduce reduce. AIWB holsters are made for and should be considered a disciplined carry. No effin' jokesters or silly sallies. Carry is a serious business and should be done by serious people. I forget that myself at times, but this thread helped me remember. There are plenty of real reasons to carry today, even in the best of places.

Very appropriate shooterrex, thank you.

I'd like to organize my rapidly growing supply of parts in an orderly fashion. The cardboard box indexing is a horror show. The single magnetic pan is overflowing and... Anyone here have a neat system? Pics would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

@survivalshop "Not sure why you think the Dremel Tool is delicate" Just my opinion, I have had a few and given them away. I'm not disparaging them in the least. If you like them go for it. I received the Milwaukee yesterday and I'll judge it when I get a chance. Cordless is the way to go, and I fought that idea for years. I'll need to get another battery for mine. It's got some heft to it, I just hope the bits have some durability, might have to visit my dentist. For fine work I may want a smaller barrel, I smell a Foredom electric in my future. Right now my needs of a rotary tool are small for gunsmithing, but large for home repairs.

357 sig cases in the trash.

3/32" x 1/2" solid pins really know how to fly and avoid detection. Sumnabitsh.

Thank you 308kiwi, I've made a contribution. Thank you for an opportunity to help us protect ourselves. I don't want some rat basterds offering to protect me from themselves. That was the old street protection racket where you pay insurance so your windows don't get broken. I am a law abiding man. I am fighting to keep my rights by helping you keep yours. I realize this is a world wide struggle, always has been.