Matt.Cross

Here's to you Gunny, we sure enjoyed having you around. You will be missed.

That's probably the natural result of trying to dumb down the explanation so people can understand. Throw "perpendicularity" (or more correctly "orthagonal") into the explanation and the average person's eyes just glaze over.

I'll lock this pending notification of any changes....

I'm about 4-5 deep in 308 AR ownership, and I've not done a break-in. It's a waste of time as far as I'm concerned.

Wuss. Real men buy it 500 rounds at a time...

Usually folks just call it a Bridgeport, whether or not it actually is....

I recommend finding someone who has a knee mill and enlisting their advice and assistance.

Good call, and welcome to the forums by the way.

I've heard that you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Throw it away and start over.

This is what cost you your receiver. The plate is there to save you from yourself.

Throw 'er in the scrap bin. What happened?

May he rest well.

Any contribution is most welcome, something new is always being added to the market for this platform, so there's always something to learn.

Once you go black, you don't go back.

I wouldn't want to be unprepared when the Fall Shoot rolls around....

Also, 2 Magpul MS4s and an Aero Precision M4E1 assembled upper.

It's not just a sweet reticle, it's overall good kit from an extremely reputable company, and it performs like a champ.

This is a superb deal, I just bought 500 myself.

500 rounds of Federal Gold Medal Match 175gr from Palmetto State Armory, for the Fall Shoot!

Sorry to hear about your buddy, Ray, hope you find a suitable replacement soon.

^^^^ I'll second this, have shot it and just wow.....

The nature of the problem is the soft points, not the feed ramps. The short answer is to avoid soft points.

Had my math completely wrong, I edited and bolded the corrections. Good eye.

It's less than ten minutes work, and he's already out the initial cost + shipping charges. Besides, does me good to see someones rifle step up to it's potential.

Let's unscramble this and get you going; you don't need the extension, just forget it. You do need the short vented screw that Robocop posted. Go ahead and get you one of those. Next is your buffer, it's fully .250" too long, and needs to undergo the following changes: #1. Drive the roll pin out. #2. Remove the rear plug and bag it along with the guts of the buffer, they will dump right out. #3. Cut 1/4" off the rear of the buffer tube as cleanly as you possibly can, removing any burrs that result from doing so. #4. Measure the distance between the shoulder on the rear plug and the through-hole for the roll pin. #5. Use that measurement to re-drill the roll-pin hole in the buffer body. Roll pins are standard imperial sizes so simply use the appropriate drill bit, mine was 1/16". #6. Re-assemble the buffer minus the aluminum spacer that is rearmost in the buffer assembly. It's unnecessary and won't allow you to reassemble the buffer unless you cut it by half an inch as well. That's it! If you're not comfortable doing this, you can ship it to me and I'll fix it free of charge.