Sparkylr308

@98Z5V I am running an 18” currently. I don’t mind it but wanna bump up to 20” just for a slight velocity increase. I had a 20” BA H Bar for a little bit and I was not a fan. Just the quality was not there. Had issues. I t will be expensive for sure but I am kinda thinking but once cry once. I am running a sprinco orange and a kak heavy 2.5 buffer.

@98Z5V This is slightly off topic but I was wondering if anyone has insight on this. I know a heavy spring and lighter buffer can perform very well. Is there any sort of benefit to a heavy spring and heavy buffer? Would it allow the bolt to stay closed longer? Or would it just make it harder to tune in the long run?

@98Z5V The longest range I have access to is 450 yds. I like to punch paper with this rifle. My purpose in building this was to have a rifle tht wasn’t crazy heavy so I could lug it around. The weather by me Varys a decent amount. I am by no mean an amazing shot. I have a Remington 700 that I get around .75 with semi regularity. I lapped the face of my Noreen upper. I have tried a variety of ammo. Variety of federal and Hornady. I load my own ammo as well and that has been where I found the best accuracy for this rifle. That’s how i have gotten 1” groups. CMC single stage trigger.

@Matt.CrossI am familiar with it. I did it with my faxon. I was unhappy with my BA regardless. I agree. I have worked up several loads for this and best I can get is 1”

@Matt.CrossI had tried a 20” H-bar by BA and it was horrible. I opened up the gas port and still no luck. No mater what I did it would not run well.

@Matt.Cross I am open to other options as well. @98Z5V I realize this will never be a f class type rifle. I just would like more consistency and a bit better accuracy. I have a faxon right now and can pull out 1” groups at best. It’s just not a consistent barrel. I would like something better. I would like a rifle that shoots .5”-.75” consistently and I realize I have to step up my game as well.

@Matt.Cross I guess cause of durability? Honestly not sure. It’s what I saw on their site for 308 in my price range. They also offer it in nitride.

I am looking to re-barrel my LR-308 in 308 win. Want to stick with 308 win. I am currently looking at either a Compass Lake Engineering LR-308 Douglas barrel or a criterion hybrid chrome lined barrel. I am looking to get a 20in and rifle length gas system. Just looking for any suggestions you guys might have. Thank you.

@98Z5V @shooterrex I changed out the ejectors a bit ago to the enhanced ones by JP. When I had my 18” Faxon barrel on it. I did not have these issues. I had issues at first but got them sorted out and it was running well.

@shooterrexinam hoping to find time to go to the range again soon. But I got it to lock back when only 1 in the mag but as soon as there was two, that’s when the issues arose.

@98Z5Vok I will try that. I gave it a good cleaning the other day after I kept getting failures. Figured that might help? And pulled the bolt apart and cleaned the extractor and ejectors well. Made sure nothing was stuck in the ports for the ejectors and springs.

@shooterrexyes I will post when I get a chance. @98Z5V it is a set screw. So I am not exactly sure what the range would be. But it’s a decent amount of adjustments. The screw is around 1/8 to 3/16in length if I had to guess. tried that today when I was at the range. I started with it basically out without removing. I then for the heck of it turned the screw in about 6-7ish turns and tried that and same deal. It was failing to eject but in a strange way. It is trying to pick up another round. It even successfully put a round into the chamber before stovepiping. The extractor is from JP. I swapped it a while back. I had tried working up from no gas to little gas at initially during my first tests with the new barrel. It was strange. It would cycle several rounds and then fail to eject the round successfully trapping it in upper.

Update: tried factory ammo today. Federal 308 Winchester 180 gr power shock. Gas screw all the way out without removing from gas block body. Still had failures. Pretty much the same failures. Failure to eject. And a stovepipe. But what was interesting with the stovepipe was it had already loaded a round into the chamber. But still had stovepiped in the process.

@98Z5V How much of an effect does that have on it?

@shooterrexyes that makes sense. With my faxon barrel my reloads ran fine. I noticed with this barrel though that it showed some severe pressure signs early on in load development.