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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.

I'm just going to throw this out there, save every pin and part you remove, and don't file/ sand/ grind any of the original parts, frame, slide, etc to make the new barrel fit. I cringe at taking an old timer like that and "Renewing" but if you feel you must then you must.

Nice. Especially like the commander Nice front and back strap treatments

Faxon 300BLK 16" Carbine gas .750 .120 Faxon 5.56 16" pencil w/ intregal 3 port comp mid gas .625 .079 Don't ask me how I know...

Maybe they have different variations, site down right now, but for sure my 308 Tubbs spring will not work in a 7" tube/ 2.5" buffer. (Well, almost sure memory ain't what it use to be) Anyway, a solution looking for a problem as some would say.

I ran a Tubs in one of my 308's w/ 7-5/8 tube, worked fine but a pain to get the whole thing stuffed into the extension. won't work with a 2-1/2" buffer, almost 3-1/4" fully compressed. Sprinco red or EA1095 as stated above is the gold standard.

Most of us have started the next build with less!

They were selling for cheap a while back. Correct, no rail matches. Think it is a Remington. Be hard to match that up without machining a riser block. But on the good side you have a shooter. I'd go with an illuminated 1-8x30 or something like that, leave the rest alone, and count it as a win!

It's happened. And been saved. Probably more then once.

It is a procedure for sure. I like the caliber interesting choice. One thing 98Z was pointing out was your bolt catch. They vary a lot. Small frame catches fit in large frames but with mixed results. If it drops in it is probably small. If it needs fitting it is probably large frame. Beefier the better. We should add to Waterboarding thread. My go to is the Armalite, think off hand 10B Maybe someone will correct me.

When it locks back, something to look at does it locks fully on the bolt face or does it lock on the edge of the carrier.

Ha! If you google it it comes up with the part of the receiver the trigger guard roll pins to. But what we call ears is what the BCG slams into if the buffer is too short or the extension too deep.

I like to screw the tube into the receiver, line up the retaining pin slot, then measure from inside bottom of tube to face of ears. Welcome to the forum!

You should be able to bake it to the same temp it would experience in a car on a hot day. Difference is Vortex would stand behind the hot car, maybe not so much if it had evidence of a baked on coating.

Pretty cool. No buffer mass though and less carrier mass. My Deadfoot 2.5 runs good without the mass in 5.56 so maybe not an issue. (Unless you need heavier buffer).

I have several Vortex scopes among others, Vortex has several levels of quality and several countries building them. Brother has a Crossfire 2, bottom end Vortex, I have mostly Viper HST's and PST's which are mid level + and can tell the difference between those and the Crossfire. Have a couple Lupolds, couple Burris, All good warranties and good scopes. Everyone will probably tell you something different but 700-1000 for a scope you can get into pretty clear optics up to about 24X and see a fly on a 200 yard target. If you want more magnification, either you will pay more or loose image quality. According to one of the Cerakote Ninjas I trade posts with, the Vortex will not take the heat that a Lupold will, if that makes a difference.