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I've done a .338 Federal and a .358 Winchester. Easy peasy, because it's just necked up .308 Win cases, so stardard bolts/BCGs work, as well as .308 Win Go/No Go gauges. Wilson Combat makes the barrels already, and they're not bad at all. What do you want this gun to do for you? How are you planning on using it.

Went through this one tonight - very, very good. Best aviators on the planet. I've flown with these guys alot, both training rotations and combat. Their skills can't be rivaled. You go to a planning mission with them, brief YOUR mission, tell them your TOT (Time On Target), and they guarantee that they'll deliver you on your predetermined point at +/- 30 seconds of your TOT. Unreal aviators, and the absolute masters of rotary wing flight. Had some pretty hairy flights with these guys, both sides of that field, training/combat. The only combat side with them was Afghani-land. They can perform the impossible. Routinely. Mad Respect. The only extractions I've ever done with them have all been training, thankfully. They are badass as picking people up. They plan it, you say what you want, and they DO IT... Exactly like you state it needs to be done. The only thing they deviate from is if it might be a hot extraction - you need a lift, and you're under fire. They'll land exactly where you tell them to land - unless it's hot. If it's hot, they'll place that bird directly between you, and the threat, and those miniguns will be blazing. They will protect you, on extraction, and place themselves in harms way to get you out. I've briefed extraction points as this - far recognition signal, near recognition signal, to guide them directly on top of you -and I mean RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU. I've briefed them far recognition signals, and near recognition signals. Far recognition is my IR strobe, in the pouch, not out in the open - they pick that right up, and hone in on it. Near recognition, IR chem light on a 6-foot piece of 550 cord, I'll be swinging it, laying flat on my back, making it an "IR buzz saw" - I want you to land the wire strike system directly on my nuts... They fucking do it. They land the helicopter directly on top of you. It's a rush...

Plow trains are so damn cool, brother - great find...

That's my good news story for the day. Good Guy with the Gun wins again.

There are some huge problems and outright errors in that PA article. There's also alot of information that's pretty good. I can't overlook the mistakes in the article, though. I would not use that as a reference, and stand behind what's written in that. Read this when you have the time. It breaks it down over months of information-publishing, and after years of experimentation:

Keep that aluminum-bodied 2.500" buffer - it only fits 2 weights, and they're both tungsten. That's the only way it makes it to 3.8oz in the first place. You won't gain anything replacing one of the buffer's tungsten weights with one of the ones you have on hand. You can buy a cheap, stainless-bodied buffer from DSG Arms, and it comes with steel weights, weighs 3.8oz. Swap the tungsten weights into it, and it give you 5.15oz. That's running in my .260 Rem right now, and still works. It's at the bottom end of what I'm comfortable with, but it runs. Here's the DSG buffer you'd need, and it's $22: https://dsgarms.com/lower-receiver-parts-dsg-4201-0021

For that barrel profile and cartridge, you could use a gas port diameter of 0.070". Your gas port is WAY oversized. We can't shrink them, so you'll have to put an adjustable gas block on there. My references for that are 20" rifle gas .260 Rem with a 0.750" gas block journal size, and it needed an 0.080" gas port. That's also on a balanced recoil system, so you'll need to very receiver extension internal depth, buffer length and weight. We'll make sure you know what the proper spring is for those dimensions you give. It's either gonna be the Sprinco Orange spring, or Armalite EA-1095 spring (or Sprinco Red spring). Buffer weight needs to be in the 5.4oz area - damn close.

I've got a ,45 AR, Olympic Arms upper and CNC Guns lower, that takes grease gun mags... Easy to shoot, recoil is a joke, and it's already subsonic when it leaves the barrel.

I've got some pretty severe Tinitis, thanks, Big Army. I have a 40%+ hearing loss in high and low tones in my right ear, and was finally issued a hearing aid for it, just mere months before retirement at 21.5 years. Regretfully, the hearing loss in my left ear was only 38%, and that didn't meet the 40% threashold for getting a free hearing aid from the Big Army. Imagine that. Ironically, hearing loss is not listed as a "disability" for my VA paperwork. But, those fuckers gave me 10% disability for Tinitus? How's that work, VA?...

HUH?!!?

Unreal - just happened this morning. That guy could energize a crowd. Sad loss.

That is exactly an Aero Precision M5 lower receiver with a real DPMS LR-308 upper receiver on it. I will 100% guarantee you that is accurate information. If you say it's low, then it's low. Your measurement number does not indicate it's a high profile. You need to find a DPMS LR-308 Low Profile compatible handguard.

Damn Rene. I'm glad you both took the time, and had the time with her. Remember that always, brother.

#4, #6, #8, and #9 were by biggest pet-peeves in the military, and what I tried my damndest to train into my subordinates, or battle into my superiors. Substandard superiors can learn, too - you just need to risk alot, put alot on the line, in order to teach them... Leadership is a curse that you live with for the rest of your life... Once you recognize it, understand it, and perform it - you have to do it for the rest of your life...

I would definitely recommend the Arken scope line - I've shot them, but don't own any, because... I'd also recommend the Athlon Optics. I own a PILE of those scopes, and they're punching way above their MSRP prices. WAY above their weight class, and a badass warranty. Like mentioned before - don't sell yourself looking for a budget $250 scope, or you'll certainly end up with budget results. Not telling you to buy a Nightforce or a US Optics scope - but there's plenty of great glass out there if you step up to the $500 - $750 range, and they will give you a lifetime of service, with a great lifetime anything-goes warranty.

Nice, consistent timesheets! ^^^ That notchback is killin' me, though. I love those...

Ken Block passed away due to a snowmobile accident. News: https://jalopnik.com/ken-block-hoonigan-killed-in-snowmobile-crash-1849943581

I love those guys...

Don't ever get in the water with them - you'll get a surprise you don't want...

So, LPVOs (Low Power Variable Optics). I'm gonna talk about the 3 different 1-to-10 magnification options you have out there right now, as far as I know. There might be more - I just haven't seen them yet. Vortex RAZOR HD Gen III 1~10. Swampfox Optics 1~10. Primary Arms 1~10. In full disclosure, I have the PA 1~10 in hand for a week now, in the BDC variant (there are two, both BDC 5.56/.308 and .mils). I'm not buying a Vortex Razor HD Gen III 1~10, because that thing is $3599.99 MSRP. Not going there. Don't even want to. Check it, not a typo: https://vortexoptics.com/vortex-razor-hd-gen-iii-1-10x24-riflescope.html You can eat my ass before I'd buy that scope. Nope. Swampfox has a decent one, in the $500 range, but I don't like the reticle. The Arrowhead 1~10 is the higher line, available in .mils for a red or green reticle, and MSRP is $549. This is it, if you click the boxes on this link: https://www.swampfoxoptics.com/arrowhead-lpvo-series Now, the PA is pretty badass - it's already here, in hand. I picked up the BDC version, for 5.56 and .308. I'm impressed. To the point that I'll buy the .mil version shortly. Here's the PA scope, BDC: https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-slx-1-10x28mm-sfp-rifle-scope-illuminated-acss-raptor-556-m10s-reticle Here's the same scope, in mils -I'm getting one of these, too. https://www.primaryarms.com/primary-arms-slx-1-10x-28mm-sfp-rifle-scope-illuminated-acss-griffin-m10s-reticle Here's some articles on the LPVOs that go to 10x, from 1x, from Recoil Mag: Vortex RAZOR Gen III HD 1~10: https://www.recoilweb.com/review-vortex-razor-hd-gen-iii-1-10x24-ffp-163747.html The problem with LPVOs: https://www.recoilweb.com/everything-wrong-with-lpvos-163287.html This scope that I have in-hand will get tested out in a couple weeks, and I'll report on it. I have the PA. I'm interested in seeing how this thing does at distance, under 10 power, and everything else. We'll run it.

Burt Gummer is My Hero. Always will be.

Depends on what Glock it was. All the Gen 5 Glocks have massive improvements over previous versions. Barrel, trigger (the two most important things). Gen 5s are different from Gens 1~4. That 43X is a Gen 5 gun. Don't skip that Sig 365 XL, though - make sure she tries that. That's a badass little gun with a great grip on it. It's just comfortable, in the hand, for large or small hands. Same with that 43X. I converted to a 43X for a carry gun a couple years ago, and it's deadnuts accurate out beyond 25 yards, easily. Installed some night sights, converted it over to the Shield Arms 15-rd metal mags, changed the mag release to the Shield Arms metal mag release. I carry a 15-rd mag in the gun, 1 in the pipe, and a spare 15-rd mag. 31 rounds on me, in a small-ass package. If I carry a double mag carrier on the support side, with the Shield 15s, I'm rocking 46 rounds on my person - that's enough ammo to get me to my long gun. The 15-rd loaded mags in the gun make it better balanced, upon presentation. Shiit just works. Well. But, don't NOT TRY that Sig 365 XL gun out. She needs to shoot both of them. I think she'll go with one of those two.

Post a pic of your gun. That will solve everything.

You were asking about DPMS Gen 1 and Gen 2 - which don't exist. There is no "Gen 1" or "Gen 2" DPMS guns. There aren't any DPMS gun anymore, newly produced. Palmetto State Armory (PSA) bought the brand, when Remington went under, so all the "new" DPMS guns are PSA PA-10 Gen 3 guns. Which will have problems, straight from the factory. So, going back, you were asking Gen 1, Gen 2, no such animal, ever. There's a DPMS LR-308 pattern, and there's a DPMS G II pattern. That's it. The G II pattern is smaller than typical Large Frame receivers, because they "Shrunk" the receivers to make it more AR15-like. They changed the BCG dimensions, the barrel extensions dimensions, the upper incorporates a steel "addition" that's pinned in place to take the place of M4 feedramps -the G II is a completely different gun, the company is gone, there is very little aftermarket support for it - because they went under at a time that the aftermarket wasn't supporting it. It's timing. Bad timing. Not enough of them went out the door, in order to support aftermarket support, before Remington went under, for good. I hope that makes more sense. All that DPMS G II shiit is in the article that I linked above. You need to read that linked article, to understand the differences. It's just that easy, really. Read the article I linked above.

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