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The NiB stuff will darken over time, and with use.

Make that $hit, brother. I'm looking for projo's right now. Load 'em up and go! Here's the shots, for the first 20rds. Indoor range that allows rifle caliber up to 300 Win Mag. Hadn't seen a place that would let rifle cal indoors around here, but the other guys found it. It's only 25 yards, but it was just to get the scope close for me, and see how it cycles. I must say, I'm happy. <thumbsup>

Rem Premier Match 125gr OTM.

Shot it today - only 20 rounds. Zero'd that Leupold pretty easy, gave the last 8 rounds to friends. This thing is a HOOT to shoot! I didn't know how well it would do with rifle buffer parts in it. I shot 3 round mags, at a time. The first two mags didn't lock back on the last round, and I was thinking "rifle buffer parts are a mistake on this gun." 3rd mag locked back, 4th mag locked back. The other two guys shot 4rd mags each, and they locked back. Just had to seal that gasblock up. <thumbsup>

Socket isn't gonna work - it's going to have a barrel running through the middle of it... Crow's foot. Or, crank the thing on there with a giant crescent wrench, and not worry about torque. The range is 30~80lb/ft.

Call Red-X Arms and ask them who makes their barrels. That'll be the fastest, most accurate answer you'll get. <thumbsup>

Go through PP. Best route to take. If the guy was still talking, I'd give him a chance. Since he clammed up, file a PP dispute on his arse.

What is this stuff, blowing in the wind?

In his suit jacket pocket...

Eff that thing - I'll take a Mk19, though. <thumbsup>

Ronald McDonald shooting at something!

Yep, this Sunday at the Casa Grande range. The 26th. Thank ya, brother. Can't wait to pick up the full top rail and rear site, and finally call it done. I bought the damn barrel (and started all this) in October 2012. Longest build I've ever done.

I just hope he's not as Badge-Heavy as that dude in Sacramento... <dontknow>

I'm looking into stroking a Magnum engine. I've got a 318, and can stroke that out to a 390. If I grab a 360, it'll stroke to a 408. Either way, I'll pick up a boneyard engine and start the work there. Completely rebuild it, take my time, and then just straight swap it into the truck in a day or two. That'll be the more efficient way. I'm leaning more towards grabbing the boneyard 360 Magnum, and going the 408 stroker route - more options for keeping the compression lower in a 408, versus the 390, and this is going into the truck that does the towing. I'd like to be able to run cheap 86-octane Mexican piss-gas in it, if I have to. Not too many lower-compression options with that 390 combo.

The Machinist's Rule, right there. Fast, Cheap, High Quality. 1. If you want it Fast, and you want it Cheap, it won't be High Quality. 2. If you want it Fast, and you want it High Quality, it won't be Cheap. 3. If you want it High Quality, and you want it Cheap, it won't be Fast. So, how do you want it? <lmao>

Yep, those circular scratches around the body of the brass - those aren't scratches. That's a rough chamber. That's the only way those could have happened, in the rifle. Upper manufacture doesn't matter, but DPMS does make those uppers, and lowers, for Fulton Armory. What you need to be concerned about here is that JP made your bolt, and it's a Fulton barrel, and the two weren't headspaced. That is, unless you sent that JP bolt to Fulton when you bought the barrel, and they headspaced it for you (they will do that when you buy any barrel from them). You need to headspace check that combo...

<laughs> <lmao> THAT'S PERFECT!!! :hail:

I didn't, but wish I had. I didn't even find them there. That place was so damn huge, in so many exhibition rooms, and spread out over so many floors... It was nuts. I bet I honestly saw 50% of the stuff there, and I felt like I was all over the place... <lmao> I didn't even know there was a "downstairs" until day 3... <laughs>

SWEET!!! Now, let's move to the new one and see how it runs. Any kind of expected delivery date?

Ron, what's the rule on glass? Your glass should cost as much as your rifle? The Elite bipod costs TEN PERCENT of what the MRAD costs... Perspective, dude, perspective...

$hit, if you're skeered, just man up and say it. I'll buy the damn thing.

I can tell some pretty good stories. You heard about the beaver?

That 727 is a great trans, man. If it's on good shape, and you don't plan to do anything to it, at least pick up a TransGo Stage 2 kit for the valvebody, and mod that thing. Makes a WORLD of difference. My 46RE is derived from the 727, and I did that kit. You get the option to build it mild to wild, and I went a little bit more than halfway with it. Converted it to full manual control, too. Best thing I ever did to that trans, besides add a pretty big cooler for it. <thumbsup>

That sounds about right, just like that. I always say to have 1,000 rounds for every firearm you own. <thumbsup>

Aerial platform ops is where that bipod would really shine. Just cord the legs up into the helicopter cabin, and Done. <thumbsup> You can also use it in ways that's only limited by imagination. Vertical barricade (doorway, wall edge, whatever). Extend the legs, rotate them 90 degrees, slam them up against the vertical barricade - voila! Stabilized rifle.