Matt.Cross

Title says it all!!! Wanna try one of these out and see how it does. Anybody got one on the cheap?

Jgun, I just bought a new lower with the Jard in it, and at this price the trigger can't be beat. No matter where you end up getting one, you will not regret it. It is an excellent trigger!

I'd be in, gonna need one, possibly more for next build and spares.

I'm gonna take advantage of my time off to get in some badly needed range time.

Welcome to the point of no return, LOL. Glad to have you!

I see your point, it's REALLY friggin close, LOL. I'd recommend backing off the nut and taking it back and forth, you make can get it to give you enough slack to take it all the way to alignment. In any case, let us know how it works out.

Right on man... I think history could teach our military a few lessons about the impact those two rounds have had on our winning streak with regard to wars fought. I'd like to see how the 7.62/308 stacks up against the 5.56/223 in rounds expended to enemies killed. I think it would be interesting to see how the 7.62 round fared against the 5.56 in say, Vietnam, where the 5.56 has a nice 50,000 rounds per enemy killed, according to U.S. Defense statistics. Same for the .45, I'd encourage anyone to talk to some LEO's or Paramedics about the differences in lethality between the .45 and a 9mm for instance. In this case I'm thinking of a 1911-style weapon that the military used to issue vs. the more modern M9's, Glocks, and S&W's that are issued to personnel. Basically the whole point of this rant is that I'd love to see our boys in uniform carrying stuff that's a little more likely to land OPFOR in a dirt-nap than what they're currently carrying, although, I gotta say they're doing an inimitable job with what they've got.

Very nice, I like the diversity of parts and your one-of-a-kind barrel. Nicely done!

Welcome to our den of ill repute... <laughs> <lmao> Seriously though, great group of guys here, very knowledgeable. Hang around and post up pics whenever you get a chance. Nothing we like better than someone else to help feed our addiction, <thumbsup>.

I kinda had to smile at your gunsmithing buddies telling you that. I'd be very curious to know what qualifies their statements with regard to the AR (in .308) being an inferior platform to the FAL and M-14. Given that our military could easily keep the M-14 as an issue weapon, and FALs are not in short supply, it's strange that they would go ahead and give KAC the contract for the M110 anyways, being that it is an inferior platform and all. <dontknow> For the record, I don't have anything against those platforms, nor do I regard them as being better or worse. I simply know the reputation that all three weapons hold with men much more experienced and knowledgeable than myself and it doesn't follow what your friends are telling you. If I were making my bread and butter as a gunsmith however, I might have a little different perspective on the issue. Either way, you will soon be in a position to decide for yourself which is the better, but please do it without letting their opinions skew your objectivity.

My factory DPMS barrel is very satisfactory and excellent with regard to performance. I'm going to buy an aftermarket barrel for my next .308 build, simply because I'd like to try some of the offerings out there for the sake of comparison, and knowing what I'll want when it's time to replace my DPMS barrel on my current rifle. So far I have no idea of where to begin, because I'm not hearing anything bad about anybody's aftermarket barrel.... Hopefully this thread can shed a little light on the subject.

Makes perfect sense brother, I feel ya. <thumbsup>

You should go whatever direction makes you feel best about it. I was simply making a recommendation based off of what I feel would be less difficult, I didn't understand that you wanted it to be like a monolithic rail. TBH, the only difference between joined rails and a monolithic rail that I can discern, is that the monolithic rail rests atop the receiver and forearm rails (or extends from the forearm to atop the receiver) and doesn't have any breaks in it. Besides cosmetics, I don't think a small gap would create any problems for you with regard to mounts that bridge the gap, unless you the tensioning device for the mount were directly over the gap.

I've got the smooth-sided DPMS receiver and have never needed a forward assist. If the bolt doesn't want to close for ANY reason, the last thing I want to do is somehow coerce or force it. I would much rather remove the mag, try to determine the cause of the problem, and remedy it before resuming fire. I understand that this is not something you want to undertake in a tactical situation, but I'd also rather not force the bolt in the same circumstance, only to have the weapon blow up in my face. This is just my .02, but in short I'm pretty convinced that I'll never truly need the forward assist, though I don't object to having one. As a matter of fact, I'm awaiting delivery of a new lower with A3 upper w/ forward assist.

DPMS also sells a 1" receiver extension thats sets the LOP back a full inch. I did this for my standard A2 stock and it works wonderfully. Just something to bear in mind :) ....

If the nut is sufficiently difficult to turn, you could always back it off again until the gas tube hole re-aligns. I did NOT turn the handguard nut all the way back against the receiver, there should be a small gap there. Remember that if you're not using the loctite, use a small pin or something to align the handguard nut to receiver (and hold it in place) so things aren't shifting around when you torque the barrel nut.

E-mail and payment sent!!! 8)

I got 'em, will send you an e-mail with details when I send payment.

I e-mailed you. Is this lower for sale anywhere else ie. Gunbroker? Oh, and I'd appreciate the pics when you return my e-mail. Thanks!

Yes indeedy!! Looking very good!

I'm interested in this, give me a wee bit o' time before you do anything drastic.

Ditto, forever and ever, amen.

Call them up and offer a little reminder. I'm sure their competitive side would urge them to send you a barrel rather than a refund.

You're definitely gonna like it. There's a how-to of sorts over in the DPMS Technical section of the forums, in case you are baffled by the manual.

I dunno, maybe people are going outside... FOOLS! >:( j/k guys, seriously though.. it's a great time to be outdoors! ;D