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Dirk!!! You wanna drive, brother? Leave on Saturday, and I've got a place for you to sleep, too, brother. I know that hybrid of yours gets some BADASS awesome mileage! :hethan:

Talking back and forth with MikeDaddy right now - I think I can lure him here on Sunday to shoot. Any other AZ guys wanna get in on this? Jon? Shibi? blue? Jon and blue have a further commute to make, but could carpool - Shib, you'd have a drive south to make. LARRY! You'd have to leave NM at 3pm tomorrow, get here at night - but I have a bed for you! <lmao> I'll cook afterwards... <thumbsup> Bring it. :banana:

What's your concern on the forward assist? What is it that you're seeing that doesn't make sense with it?

^^^ You need to move to Germany, then - you're a "demonstration team" all by yourself... <lmao> Welcome aboard, OP. <thumbsup>

^^^ Instigator, OP. Right there. Watch out for that guy... <lmao>

That was an AR15 BCG pictured in that link, and if you look at the link title, it states AR15 in it. They had the print underneath as ".308" but that's what's wrong with the page. That's no .308 carrier at all, but it is an AR15 carrier.

Monsoon season, brother - we get a little humidity in July and some of August, just based on that. Combine some humidity to the temps we get, and it's fukkin brutal. You sure did, my good man - it was wearing the 3-9x40 on it then. <thumbsup> For a short, mag-fed .308 bolt gun, I'm VERY partial to the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle. VERY partial to it. I think it's the perfect rifle. It's here:

^^^ The guys at my old shop raced those in Dirt Track, in a "Mod Lite" class. LIter-bike engines. These guys were running 2008 Kawasaki ZX-10 engines. Unreal in a 1/2 mile dirt track, 140mph in the straights. Nuts. This right here IS one of the shop cars, the owner's son's car:

Meprolight Tritium sights - they are awesome. Run them on 3 different pistols. Worthy of a look. <thumbsup>

Brother, can you travel south into "forbidden territory" with your stuff? Some of it, anyway? Can you shoot it in VA? I've got a good range for you in VA, if so. Might be a drive, but bring a cooler and a grill. I'm just sayin'... CF Phelps WMA Range. http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wmas/range_rules.pdf Worth your drive, if you don't catch it on a busy day, brother. Do the drive. <lmao>

^^^ You'll love 'em, man. <thumbsup>

The comments in that link are pretty cool - the know-it-alls on suppressors don't know what the fuk they're talking about. One guy sets them straight. Makes me want to spam the $hit out of their FB accounts with suppressor information... <lmao>

^^^ Proof right there that he intends to dig you up, Pappy, should something happen. Rene NAILED it! Proof. Pap, you need to watch that shady Greg bastard. <lmao>

^^^ Very good points - we have no idea what parts were used to build the stripped lower receiver. OP, $hit out the details and we can help. <thumbsup>

Welcome aboard, big time, OP. When former military members make an into thread, this is exactly what it should look like. We don't need to find out later that someone is NavSpecWar, and that kinda ninja $hit wasn't announced in their intro... pruhdlr, that comment wasn't aimed at you - you're very welcomed here, my good man, and I'm damn glad to have you here. <thumbsup>

Before you go after that Burris PEPR, look around at what's available - that PEPR is a heavy one, I've got one. When you start going after triggers, hit me up. Describe what your after in a trigger, and I'll set you up for one that you'll love. Welcome aboard, man. <thumbsup>

You bought a complete upper from Armalite, and that would have fired, for sure. You replaced the handguard (with barrel nut, also?) and the gas block. What model of Troy handguard did you use, because some Troy's run directly on Armalite barrel nuts. You need to focus on the parts on that upper that you changed - the problem lies in that. Not trying to be mean about it, but something with the parts you installed is not running that upper.

Where the hell did gnat's reply go?! I had something to say to him about his comment, but I wasn't saying it at that time. It should bave been directly above shepp's reply, right after Greg's. gnat, you have much to learn. You might be borderline Socially-Ignorant.

I screwed you grandson over, too - well, not him, but I sure screwed you over! <lmao> That was so much fun, seeing him shoot - when he wanted nothing to do with it in the beginning. That boy took to it WELL. <thumbsup>

That 1-9" twist will do that. I think my 55gr handloads with Varget will do some amazing stuff through this one. I've never purchased any 52 grain stuff before, but I think I will, just to try in this one. 52 gr Hornady Amax might be on the next shopping list. I was shocked at how the PPU 69gr did in it. Shouldn't have done as well as it did, by math.

Coincidentally, we set a heat record today (24 July) in Phx. Previous record high for today was 114 degrees. We got 116 degrees today. Just trivia, but that's pretty hot. :tweed: Here's how it's set up now, and how it will stay: So you don't have to turn your monitor or pull your neck... <lmao> Closer look at the scope: Zero with 55 grain M193 ammo, and then shot onto targets with various ammo: Upper left here was the M193 55gr stuff. Upper right target - I was really shooting at that upper right bull - was Federal American Eagle M855, 62gr green tip. This rifle DOES NOT LIKE M855 at all. Dead center was surprising - Prvi Partizan 69gr HPBT Match. That heavy (or heavier, for a 1-9" twist) did really well. I wish I had some of my 55gr handloads out there, but didn't take any with me. I'll never shoot M855 through this thing again. I will use more M193, 55gr through it, and test it more. I'll definitely run my 55gr handloads through it, and I'm interested in shooting more 69gr PPU Match in it to see how it does at longer distances. Next up, once it cools a little - testing the 50-yards zero dead-on at 200 yards, on steel targets. <thumbsup>

Well, as things would have it, I didn't like that giant, heavy scope on this rifle. For what it is, it should have something light. I searched for quite awhile, got hands-on a few different scopes to check them out, and finally settled on something permanent for this rifle. I think I came up with the perfect combination for it. Nikon P-223 BDC Carbine. It's a fixed 3-power scope, short, and light. Comes in at 8.1" long and 12.2 ounces. The reticle is their BDC reticle, with the center hash set for 200 yards. Two ticks below are 400 and 600 yards. Mostly, what I was after was the thing is already ticked-out and set up for 55-grain ammo on the hash marks. With the MVP rolling a 1-9" twist, that's about the best twist for 55gr rounds through it, and not the heavies. This scope is everything I need for this rifle. Reticle: Took it out last Thursday - fuckin HOT out! Dawn Marie did NOT miss the chance at a shoot, so she loaded up her Ghost-BLK. Set stuff up for a 50/200 zero on mine. Get the 50 close on it, and check some different ammo. We were only out until about 12:30pm, and decided to get the hell out of there. This was as soon as we got back:

That was pretty fast for a Lilja barrel! - damn that's a good looking barrel, man.

Right on! Be careful, though, messing with engagement surfaces on trigger components. Sounds like you just smoothed some rough parts, but when you start changing angles, it doesn't always go well.

It's not the casing - it's the powder load.