ChaseFan9

Probably not, but stranger things have happened. I wouldn't be surprised if I missed a little of that black machine oil BHW uses, though, that schit was coated. It took over an hour and several hundred patches, as well as many perfectly good toothbrushes, to clean what I thought was all of it out, I'll have to take another look in the morning. BTW, I found you some 0w-50, Robo, but you're probably not gonna like the price.... http://www.cvproducts.com/Products.aspx?Search=M1-0W50

Rob, that's probably a big part of my problem. I figured I'd have a tight chamber, I just didn't realize how tight. I don't know how I missed that thread.... Mr. Raley, I'm using a set of Forster .308 gauges, 1.630 Go, 1.634 No Go, and a buddy of mine's field gauge if necessary until I can order one. My BHW barrel is chambered in .308, and I shot a single factory loaded Federal Gold Medal Match .308 168 gr Sierra Match King BTHP. The casing had two light scratches from the feed ramps and the edge of the rim had a very small flat spot, but no damage or anything. Good to see you back, brother :D

'sol goode, brother <laughs>

Don't worry, Tom, I'm not THAT stupid :P

I've got a couple dirt track buddies down the road, I'll see what they can spare tomorrow.

I like how you put that, Matt, sounds like another ancient chinese proverb. Good point <thumbsup> So what would you recommend for lube during break-in, Mobil1 20W50 full synthetic?

I know you gotta beat on 'em sometimes, I just worry about messing something up CONSTANTLY, as this is the first .308 AR I've built, and the first time I've ever spent as much $ on a gun as this one. Plus I've seen catastrophic failures up close before, and I try to do everything in my power to avoid them. I think, subconsciously, "be gentle" got tied into that somehow. Especially since the last CF I saw, a buddy of mine forced a round (I later found out was a freakin' .30-30) into a 7mm Mauser, and I got hit with wood shrapnel from 30 yards away when the dumbasss pulled the trigger. He was lucky all he got was a bloody forehead, 3 pieces of a Mauser, and a pissed off dad.

I know, I just hate beating on schit when it ain't necessary. That being said, I tapped the hell outta the BCG and got it closed, then got my brother to hold the barrel while I forced that BCG back. He of course went flying back into the wall, knocking down every picture on it, but I got it out :D Thanks y'all, I guess I've just gotta show no mercy and let that phucker fly from now on. And my truck needs an oil change, anyways, I'll just grab an extra quart from Advance tomorrow. What kind of Mobil1 should I run, since y'all are so adamant about it's use :P

I just got what you meant, blue, the bolt's completely locked up. Edit: Just checked, and the brass is definitely still in the chamber. It seems like the bolt rotated like halfway and caught the barrel extension, so it didn't even fully unlock. I'll see if I can get the bcg forward enough to rotate the bolt, I'm just heartbroken that this is what I get after literally 1 round.

I soaked the BCG down with like half a can of Remoil, it just doesn't show up good in the pics. I know that stuff's thin, but it's the best I've got here at the house. I could probably hammer the bolt, but I'm afraid I'm going to phuck up the feed ramps, locking lugs, etc. I don't think mortaring would do anything but shear off the lugs, gas key, or the charging handle, as the back face of the bolt lugs are right up against the ones on the barrel extension. The carrier was dripping wet like 5 minutes before I shot the rifle. I Headspaced the bolt and barrel with a set of gauges from Forster before I even thought about loading it up. The rifle hand cycled fine, but this was the first live round I fed and fired.

So I finally got my Matrix Aerospace .308 finished up and I took her out to put the first few rounds through. Here's what I'm working with; Matrix Aero matching upper/lower Armalite LPK (from Chris) 12.3" M1913 FF Handguard w/ Matrix Barrel Nut Black Hole Weaponry 20" rifle length 1:11 twist .936 Heavy Barrel in .308 Win JP Large Profile Comp Ares Armor NiB BCG Ares Armor Charging Handle Custom Adjustable Gas Block by Toolndie, with PRI straight gas tube Luth-AR MBA-2 Stock on A2 Buffer Tube, Rifle buffer and 1095 spring Geissele SSA-E trigger DPMS forward assist Strike Industries Ultimate Dust Cover I loaded up one round of FGMM 168gr SMK into a 20 rd gen III PMag, chambered it, and squeezed off one round. I looked to the side of the rifle, as I didn't think I felt the bolt lock, and it didn't, so I tried to pull back on the charging handle, and the bolt didn't move. I looked at the ejection port and the bcg was slightly back, so I took the rifle inside and removed the upper. The BCG was slightly in the receiver extension, so I had to slide the upper forward a little to separate it from the lower. Once I had the upper off, I saw the bolt was like halfway unlocked and won't rotate either way to unlock. I couldn't find the brass, and it looks like it's still in the chamber. I need to know how to unlock my bolt and remove it and the carrier from the rifle. Then I can try and figure out what went wrong. I'll post pictures in a second. Sorry if all that's confusing, I've been cleaning up my range all day and I am wore out.

You touched many peoples lives, and will be greatly missed. We'll all throw some lead together again one day

Try this one out, it'll make anyone standing next to it schit themselves: http://aresarmor.com/store/Item/aresbreath308300

Don't listen to him, Mike, keep it up! I'll take every firearms-related .pdf you've got <thumbsup>

Both ar-10 and lr-308 bcg's and barrels will work with these, and other, receivers as long as your bolt and barrel extension match i.e. both are ar-10 or both are lr-308. These receiver sets are an awesome deal for a great set. I still can't find the blemishes on mine ...

Oh yeah, you're a great guy to deal with, Chris, and have some damn good prices. That idiot didn't know what was coming, and he almost avoided the wrath of Tom but just couldn't quit. I hope you stick around a little while, you'll love it here.

Oh man, there are almost as many caliber options as there are for AR-15's. For example, Black Hole Weaponry, the guys who made my 20" .308 barrel, also make barrels for this platform in .22-250, .220 Swift, .243, .260, 6.5 Creedmoor, 7mm-08, and .338 Federal. The great part is you don't have to build a whole new rifle, you can just build an upper and use it on your existing Matrix lower.

Same deal with the bolt catch for all of these Matrix Aero lowers popping up. Make sure you've got the right one

Yeah, it's definitely not as cheap as that extra high schit.

Dude, you had me at lake boat, I was definitely born in the wrong decade. If I had half the money y'all had....

Oh schit, you're right. Thanks for the correction, 98, I was thinking of this one: http://aresarmor.com/store/Item/ar10_upper_DPMS_LR308

The only one I had that was small enough was just skinny enough to slide in with zero play. That being said, I second going up through the grip, that way you'll have proper tension on the detent spring.

He should be here shortly... I've never had problems with Chris, though I think all my emails started to annoy him after awhile. You DO know he's a member here, right?