HankBoman

Ya know, I don't wish cancer on anybody. I really don't wish for bad things to happen to anyone. On the other hand, I am completely in favor of karma happening and people that have done evil poop their entire lives having it catch up to them. I don't consider McCain a hero of any sort and especially not a war hero.

Only took a quick glance. I'm a Beach Boys fan from waaaaay back. Well, maybe only waaay back. They formed in '61 and I wasn't born til '64. Still, I was listening to them and singing along by the time I was like 4 or 5.

I know more than a few people who would have swept the muzzle away, snatched the firearm, and buttstroked him in the forehead with it.

I'm new to this forum and just got around to checking this thread. You've peaked my interest too. Can you give me more info please?

M60 flash hider

Please pm me if/when you find some more 35 Rem brass.

Check out New Frontier Armory for their Glock mag lowers. They also have uppers with a LRBO feature if that is important to you. If not, you can use any upper you choose. The BCGs they sell are very good and will work with a standard AR15 hammer and also already have the necessary machining to work in their Glock mag lower. If you are so inclined, they also offer the lower in an 80% version and the jig is included.

Very nice build! The ballistics of the 25-45 are impressive.

The photo showing the other 160gr appears to be a 160gr FTX bullet from Hornady. Those are also meant to be used for 30-30 in tubular magazines, hence the flexible rubber tip. I don't suppose there is any harm in using it in a .308 Win, but if you are seating them all the way down to where the cannelure is in .308 cases, you're taking up case space that could be occupied by powder and you could be unknowingly compressing the load.

Nice. I've got a '74 Sportster too that is something of a long term project. I rode it daily for several years then bought a new bike. First new Harley was a '95 Dyna, next was an '08 Street Bob. Finally decided to get the Road Glide 2 years ago because my better half really likes to ride too and wanted a little more comfort. Yes, I realize I mistyped in the last post....I guess I was reminiscing on my Street Bob....

Good to see another biker here. What ya ridin? I ride a '15 Street Glide.

Hello to everyone. As the title suggests, I live in Houston. I'm an Army veteran and active LEO. I've been interested and involved in shooting since I got my first Daisy Red Ryder when I was 8. I started reloading about 26 years ago. I got bit by the AR bug when I was in the Army and unlike most of the guys I served with, loved all the time I got to spend shooting for free. A day at the range was a like a day off from work for me and I spent as much time doing it as I could get away with and went to every small arms related class I could. These days, I spend a lot of my free time either reloading for my next range trip or generally tinkering around in my reloading room. I've built several AR15s and variants and recently decided to take the plunge into the big bore AR pond. I built a .308 on an Aero Precision platform with mostly Aero Precision parts. I look forward to being a part of this forum.

Thank you sir. How deep off in the swamp are ya?

New here and to the .308 AR platform but not the AR platform in general. I've actually built more AR15s and variants than I can remember and finally decided it was time to jump into this pool. Still wondering what I was thinking when I did that. So, my build is actually basically complete minus a few little tweaks here and there. This is actually one of the most streamlined builds I've ever done. Streamlined in the sense that I don't have any leftover/unused parts. I went with an all Aero Precision parts list with the exception of some furniture items and the trigger. I haven't taken it to the range yet which brings me to the point of this post topic. As I mentioned, I've built several AR variants....223/5.56, .300BLK, 9mm, .40 S&W, 6.8 SPC, .458 SOCOM.... and a number of them required some tweaking and tuning here and there on and after the first range trip. I'm trying to keep that to a minimum with this one. My build has a .308 Win 16" barrel and it is built in a rifle configuration with an M16A2 RE and stock that I've had in a parts box for over two decades. I know that the specification for the buffer is 5.4 oz but that just really seems light to me. Alot of the opinions I've read here (not here literally) and there suggest that the buffer should indeed be heavier, though some suggestions seem excessive. I've seen recomendations of as heavy as 10 oz! My .40 S&W buffer isn't even that heavy. I reload quite a bit so don't tend to shoot much factory ammo. Nearly all of my reloads are in the moderate range as far as published data goes. So here's my question. What is the consensus here for an ideal buffer weight in the configuration that I describe? Most of the ammo I shoot will be in the 147gr - 168gr range at the slightly higher end of moderate velocities (2400fps - 2600fps). I'll occasionally be shooting some heavier bullets when shooting feral hogs and will probably do some plinking with lighter bullets and possibly cast bullets also. I've got literally a couple pounds of buffers in my parts bins so I can cannibalize one for the tungsten weights if need be or just find the heaviest of the steel weights and put them all together in one buffer. Aero's published buffer weight is 5.6 oz but mine come's in at 5.375 oz so I need to make some adjustments anyway.