Matt.Cross

All the strippers I know have giant beavers...

Random topic thread? I'm not at all sure we can make this work....

Carrier, lots of lube on the bolt carrier. I'm pretty sure that's what he meant ^^^

Looks great!

Welcome to the forum! Will be nice to have you around, I'm a Machinist Tool & Die Maker so it sounds like we'll have plenty to jaw about.

Ho-lee Cowabunga Batman! Talk about acceleration.... I wanna try it!

I was a little surprised, certainly didn't expect it to come unstrapped.... 😘

I wasn't trying to be rude, I was just getting a headache from squinting...

I'm seeing it, put it back in your pants mister.

The ArmaLite recoil system works very well with DPMS. The distinction is that ArmaLite did it first, and very well, which is well demonstrated by the fact that their recoil system will work well in a DPMS.

You're in the right place. Go ahead and put your welding gloves on so your hands aren't burnt when your money goes scorching out of them.

Why you always gotta drag up some old crap? This is why we can't have nice things....

I knew you'd like that.

What would you like your username changed to?

You know the difference between a green bean and a chickpea? I've never had a green bean on my face....

Yes, the new head of the modern-day bull moose party....

That's what she it said....

You have an adjustable gas block, drill the gas port up just once to the appropriate diameter and use the adjustable gas block to regulate it to whatever extent you wish. You're defeating the usefulness of the gas block by trying to upsize the gas port incrementally. Technically you could go as high as .125" in a gas port and still regulate it as needed, but you don't need to be that drastic. I'd drill it up to a 3/32" (.094") and use the gas block as it was intended.

Dang right! That's the spirit!

1:10 will stabilize anything, but after 300-400 yards lighter stuff will fall apart accuracy wise. The slower twist will keep the lighter stuff together out to about 500 yards and after that it'll be iffy.

Simply put, the reason is that those two twists suffice to stabilize a broad range of bullet weights without compromising anything. I prefer the 1:10 twist for stabilizing the heavier bullets at long ranges. The faster twist makes lighter bullets act more erratic sooner, but I don't shoot lighter bullets so it's not an issue.

That's fair enough IMHO.

Woo woo! Sexy!

Sig Sauer Kilo 3000BDX binoculars and a Kestrel 5700 weather meter.

When hand drilling the wood shaving indicate that you've gone far enough, basically preventing drilling a divot in the bottom of the bore. It is certain that a burr will be left at the bottom of the hole, but the first shot afterwards will expedite it's removal.