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You bet. Thanks.

Cabelas has them for $114 *** the Sigs***

If I'm going too throw money away might as well try something new. https://goaxil.com/products/sig-sauer-gs-extreme?variant=39741145612347&srsltid=AfmBOoraXeHIKLDntsnCxO-MUs4IIFhCYmXj65pcoVs7jIKTmb9Je8dE0gU&com_cvv=8fb3d522dc163aeadb66e08cd7450cbbdddc64c6cf2e8891f6d48747c6d56d2c I've got some other sig electronic stuff, BDX rangefinder binos, scope, CS is great.

I was really surprised they just dismissed me out of hand. No trouble shooting advice, no "send them in we'll take a look", nothing except "Buy another pair if you want, they're on sale now". Not use to that kind of response in the shooting industry. I have 4 of their products, 2 Pro Ear Gold, bought the second set as a backup because the first set was squealing a little bit when volume turned up after a few years, 3rd set of Gold "Pink" for the woman, fine so far, and these. So 2 out of 4 have issues. Not going for 5, life's too short. Finding another brand.

Just received a "Tough luck, but we are running a sale right now if you want to buy a new one...." email. That'll be the day.

Well, quit working after last charge. Won't turn on. Let sit around for a month, re-charged, ditto. Sent email to Altus, we'll see if they stand behind their product.

Ran out of AR comp, had to order some more, almost 60$/lb!

Everything back in action after the flood, just finished up 1500 44 mag and half way through case prep on 1000 308, sized, trimmed, now getting after the chamfering.

Had a pipe break over the reloading room Thursday so spent the last 3 days breaking down a bunch of tool heads, wiping/ oiling dies, breaking down 3 presses, wiping/ oiling, reassembling, tossed over 1000 primers, and have been drying several hundred rounds of wet brass. Fortunately only the "on hand" primers got wet, the ones in the storage cabinets were in another room not in the direct flow. A few of the die parts and pieces rusted instantly, the powder funnels in the Dillon powder dies and RCBS dies went fast for some reason, Hornady, Lyman, Redding, and Lee not so bad. Hornady "American" 308 dies seemed unaffected by a bath. Go figure. Always count on your 308 if all else fails. Box of stuff heading out to the shop see if I can clean them up, maybe chuck in the lathe and use some wet dry on the insides, media blast on the outside knurling and threads. I Yi Yi... Oh, did I mention I had an acute Sciatica attack at the same time. Waiting for #3.

Talking to a SAF Senior Editor at a shoot the other day, said they had the biggest membership jump ever after the court ruling. My question to all these pistol brace sporting "this ain't fair" non members is why you think we members should carry the load? This stuff costs money! Join or die!

The Ken Onion is good for keeping sharp knives sharp, but takes some doing to make a dull knife sharp again. Better on the thin profile ss knives then the heavy profile hollow ground knives.

I go for 1:1 myself.

Got both, fortunately under control. 2 very painful afflictions. Fix for me is wearing Asolo 520 hiking boots, with Cadence insoles and gel heel cups. Old guy I worked with turned me onto these. Not cheap, probably 4 bills with the cups and insoles, but I have to be on my feet several hrs every day so happy feet are worth any price. Get a new pair every year just before hunting season and seem to last a year. On my 6th or 7th pair. Don't even remember which foot anymore. And a daily Alopurinol for the gout.

I was just on Armalite's site, not seeing a lot of the parts including the kit referenced above. Was looking for the link for someone. Checked a few other things I purchased in the past, handguard, sight, nada. Went to Strategic Arms. Just sends me back to Armalite site. Seems like SAC was where I shopped before. Curious.

Agree on the Lee die My opinion neck tension from properly sized fresh brass is 99% of the equation and crimp is the final 1%. Crimping can and will reduce neck tension, replacing it with, in my opinion, a less desirable and weaker hold. Any crimp that pushes down on the edge to create a roll falls into this category. Lee uses a collet that does not move in relation to the case when crimping, so huge improvement but don't want to overdo it. Any more then absolutely necessary, even with the Lee, is not your friend. One thing that factors into this is bullet is not as springy as brass, so bullet squishes, (Technical term) brass springs back bullet doesn't. Just my $0.02, taken apart a lot of loads over the years.

xcept for the graphite black, all I get is 4 ouncers. Cerakote goes a long long way.

Not sure if I showed this off or not. So many guns, so many threads to keep track of... "Evil Deadfoot" Faxon integrated brake pencil, deadfoot 2.5 recoil Holosun circe dot and sig 3x, Cerakote Midnight Bronze Klaatu, Barada, Nikto!

Lancers are good. I like C-Products steel mags. Run them in 3/ 308s and a 6.5 CM never an issue.

I reread the whole thing, maybe I missed it but were different magazines tried? Also, possible leak at gas block?

Welcome!

Welcome @dozerhand . The boys will get you running sweet. May give you a beating along the way, just part of the fun here.

After using the numbered drill, measure it with a caliper, sometimes the shafts (And cutters) do not match the decimal chart (Harbor freight...)

About your 3rd photo the BCG is slammed tight against the "ears" there should be some clearance. May need a couple quarters for spacing behind the spring. You will need to remove gas tube to get a good measurement, before that measure how short it is from hitting center of cam cutout so you will know how much longer to order the new one. Reading on a smartphone so if this was already covered ignore!

I lap with 2 piece setups on hunting rifles, If I shot long distance competition I sure would also. The cantilevered AR mounts not too worried about. I have a 1/4" (thinking tecton?) torque wrench but if I ever got a new one I would get the Snap On or at least that style. The wrench style has a lot of rotating mass in the handle have to be careful with.

Torque Wrenches and life jackets are two of the many items I wouldn't buy at HF! When torqueing small parts consider that adding any liquid thread locker throws the numbers out the window, lubrication properties can easy cause it to stretch/ strip small screws. I reduce the numbers 25-50% and then re-torque next day with stuff like locktight blue. Haven't seen issues when screws come pre-coated with that red or brown stuff.