CoalCracker

Up until yesterday I had 2 540rnd cans of Mal M80 and half a dozen P-Mags en route. All are now resting peacefully.

Thanks! I'll keep an eye out as I read more than I post.

Bigfoot--I can't give a definitive answer as to the Armalite spring cause I never tried the stock spring. 98 said that it would be a good thing to install along with an H3 buffer so I went with experienced advice. bfoosh--I hear ya. Already picked up 8 lbs of BLC-2, 2000 once fired cases and 1200 Hornady 150gr fmj's. Scopes next. And thanks again for getting me in here ? mley--Thanks for the heads up on the Malay ammo. Was unsure if I should try it or go with maybe Privi. Will give SGAmmo an order.

One thing I took notice in this rifle was the extractor. I've read and seen on youtube about the double spring and rubber doughnut. Mine came with only one spring and doughnut. Never failed to extract.

Yeah gonna give it a shot lol. Was just looking at Bigfoots post again and his looks very similar but he used what the factory supplied as for spring and buffer.

98 if I hadn't listened to you and just shot it with the lighter buff and PSA spring me thinks it might have been worse. Thanks man ?

Lol like I said I hunt n peck to slow. Yeah I stuck one in ?

Ok, I type ( hunt n peck to slow. Anyway top pic at 8 is my mark. Spot at 4 is just oil sheen. Second pic shows how much extension is in lower. Bottom is how much difference-.058" I stuck a quarter in extension then.

One thing I have learned rather quickly is that a 308 AR is NOT a nose to charging handle weapons platform? Only took one round ?

Yes. Very light nick but it's there. Will get a pic tomorrow. <whispers> I'm at work right now ?. Didn't get any worse and not nearly as bad as the Bigfoot thread.

100 rounds of reloads and 40 factory Federals. That's only 50 yards but sure looks farther. Impromptu shooting bench lol

After over a month and a half I was finally able to pull the trigger on my PA10 Gen II rifle. Overtime out the wazoo, a funeral, wedding and just life in general all got in the way. So, during that time I read, a lot, on this Forum. I buffed the internals as per bfoosh, and added an H3 buffer and Armalite recoil spring as per 98. Today I deflowered her. Going by an article on barrel break-in, I fired 1, cleaned and did that 9 more times. Then it was 5 sets of 3, clean between sets. Then 3 sets of 5-same thing. What chore but I did notice groups tightening up as I went. I have a very slight BCG mark at 8 o'clock otherwise no other issues. I used a 10rd P-Mag for break-in and had no issues-every round fed and ejected. Break-in ammo was Fed 180gr softpoints-only 308 my funshop had. Sights, for now, were Factory FSB and a Magpul MBUS rear. Scope coming as funds allow. Blasting ammo was reloads. Only Issues I encountered were mag related. I picked up a few cheap C-Products which needed major filing just to fit in the mag well but the SOB's all functioned great.Next up were ASC's I picked up from Primary Arms. 1 out of 5 worked ok. The other 4 had feed lips so close together it wouldn't allow the bolt to travel freely-they will be worked on. My 2 20 round P-mags worked just fine. Rifle is a PSA Enhanced lower, upper is an 18" SS barrel with FSB. Ran it soaking wet with Mobile 1. Other then mag issues she ran great with recoil not being as bad, TO ME, as anticipated. BIG SMILES today ? ? ?

Super! Thank You. Off to do some shoppin'

Extension depth is 7 11/16" OEM buffer is 3.25" long and weighs @ 3.8oz. Parts are identical to the ones on the left of bfoosh's pic.