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Now, HERE are the out-takes. You wouldn't believe what I had to go through with TweedleDee trying to get this video... :stfu2: (Profanity Warning on the third one, down there VVV...)

Here's the demo - no more sore thumbs from loading all day long. Well, like we can afford to sling enough lead to be "loading all day long..." <lmao>

Whilst in Vegas, I got a frantic text message from Rob... <lmao> "Hey, Drew sent me this to try to get ahold of you - go find MagLula, they have 308 loaders now!" I read the forwarded email from Drew, and it was straight from Guy Tal, of MagLula. I found the booth to go check one out, and he only had TWO left. The one on the table was paint-penned as a demo model, but he DID have just one more under the table... >:D They're not available on his website yet, but they are listed as "Coming in November 2013"

"...like he always does..." <laughs> <thumbsup>

And the Smacketh Has Been Laid Down! <lmao> "...and I shall lay the smacketh down upon thee!!!" Jon, you better HURRY, brother.

Looks like the base of the gas key is part of the carrier - but the round forward portion is one single, longer "tube" that is pressed and pinned into place in that key body/carrier...

Rainier has them, and I'm sure other places will carry it, too. http://www.rainierarms.com/?page=shop/detail&product_id=3292

Sounds AWESOME, Larry!!! TWO OF THEM!!! :hethan: Now, get ready for this one... <lmao> Dawn Marie wants her rifle to start out as a 300BLK. THEN her own AR in 5.56. Her Blackout will be NUTS, too!!!

I think that is exactly what survivalshop means to accomplish with his 16" vs 20" testing.

Not really a "pic," but pretty damned funny! <lmao>

Thicker base, from what that last thing I found was... Some chopping is about to happen.

Found a reference for the difference - and I still ant to cut some up. If a firearms is chambered to the 7.62 NATO spec, it is likely to be unsafe to fire .308 Winchester for the same reasons that it would be unsafe to shoot a rifle that it could swallow a field reject gauge with room to rattle: Excessive headspace allows cartridge brass to flow too far forward under pressure, potentially stretching at the web to the point that the case ruptures, causing an explosion. 7.62x51mm chambers get away with being so loose because 7.62 ammo is made thicker at the base than .308. The extra brass provides enough material to prevent ruptures, and is the reason why most reloading manuals advise downloading by about 10% when using military brass. Conversely, thinner .308 brass provides more case room, but less leeway in chamber dimensions. Good read: http://how-i-did-it.org/762vs308/chamber.html

In light of that data, I think I'll go cut up some 308 Win and 7.62x51 and measure some stuff out, just to see what's going on with the brass. Doesn't make too much sense to lower the powder amount in NATO brass, on this caliber, considering the fact that .308 Win has higher chamber pressures over 7.62x51. Don't know then... <dontknow>

Bah - just trying to "pay my rent." Drew charges me a fortune just to log on here, and the more I post, the more he lowers my rent... <lmao>

You have an Armalite AR-10 carbine receiver extension, then...

The difference is in the 5.56 NATO vs .223 Rem stuff - not in .308 Win vs 7.62x51 NATO.

These two guys in the red circle here - easy to confuse:

Yep, disregard. G triggers have their own parts already... How'd you put this all together? Not a complete lower parts kit? Stripped down lower parts kit, minus trigger, then the G trigger? Or, all small parts for a LPK ordered separately. Even if you don't have a disco spring somewhere, you might have been sent one by accident, instead of the correct spring... Just thinking out loud here, trying to figure out what's going on. From what that vid shows, it's the only logical solution to what's going on here...

If Sprinco is making a 308 AR buffer spring now, you can guarantee it's a good one, and a very worthy replacement part. <thumbsup>

Check your trigger - if you have a straight spring in that trigger, for the disconnector, then the disco spring has gone somewhere...

You didn't, by chance, use the disconnector spring in there by accident? They're very similar, but the disco spring has one flared coil at the end of it, to keep it wedged in the bottom of the trigger. A disco spring, inserted with that flared coil outboard, then the detent inserted into that flared coil - would wedge itself down in the hole... Thus, compressed, stuck spring in there providing no spring pressure.

Zero spring power, returning it? Was that gravity dropping it back down?

Good update, man - nice seeing the differences here in this rifle. That's a 2-stage trigger - you'll see that hammer profile, or something similar to that, on most 2-stage triggers, regardless of manufacturer. That's the way a 2-stage trig looks. Moving weights inside the buffer is the way it's supposed to be. Stops or lessens bolt bounce when the BCG slams forward. Normal.

With Seekins Precision doing a 308 billet set now, it'll only be a matter of time before they do their enhanced bolt catch for the 308 rifles. Here's the 5.56 version:

Primary Arms has the Lancer L5 AWM 5.56 mags on sale right now - the 20-rounders in black. $11.99, use coupon code LANFEB at checkout. 10-mag limit. Limits are per household. Offers good while supplies last or through Midnight PST, February 3, 2014. Says $14.99 on this page, but add them to your cart and apply the code. <thumbsup> https://www.primaryarms.com/Lancer-Systems-L5AWM-Magazine-20-Round-Black-p/mgls2320-04.htm