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5.56 gun, or .308 gun? If it's the .308, the takedown pin and spring should be under the pistol grip, so shanging the stock will be as easy as removing that top screw.

Yep, just plain old carb cleaner. Tip: I'm a motorcycle mechanic by profession now, and I get my stock of carb and brake cleaners from Wal-Mart. No joke. I buy the Super Tech stuff there for about $1.50 a can. It does the exact same job as a $3.50-a-can stuff from Gunk, CRC Chemicals, Chemtool, Gumout - all of them. It's all the same exact stuff, so don't overpay for a name. Get the cheapest carb cleaner you can, especially if you think you'l be going through alot of it. I use too much of it - as witnessed by my posts, probably. :o Here's an example from amazon. com: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A15718991&page=1 Pay about $1.50 for the same thing, man, and hit Wal-mart.

I weighed mine in at 12.52 lbs with scope mounted, and an empty LR-20 mag in it. I'll grab a weight with a full mag.

No way, man - not now! :D

Got out yesterday to the range; it's a completely free "sighting in range" that's owned/run by the Wildlife Management Area, and it's a very nice 100-yard range. Well, right when I got setup with the guns and firing position, some fool with hot loads in a muzzle loader caught the dry grass on the berm on fire... :o We all ran down there and were trying to stomp it out, beat it with shirts, everything. The wind picked up and kept shifting, and just when we'd have a section of it beat, it would flare up again on the other side. It was back and forth like that until the fire dept got there and hosed it down. We all thought they Wildlife Manager was gonna shut it down, but all he did was talk to everybody and let us keep going. For me, it was on the verge of being a bad day, but turned into a great one. I got the .308 finalized at 100 yds. First pic here is the 168gr match boat tails from Mac's Reloads that I picked up. Gonna keep buying them, too. 6 rounds, top three were for group and I dropped two clicks on the scope. Bottom three were after doing that. Here's where it stays, and I re-zeroed the turrets. I took the 14.5" 5.56 gun out there and shot up a bunch. I can get those targets up later, but they're nothing spectacular. Irons and red dot at 50 and 100, and it's a good shooter. Accurate for being fast, if that makes sense. It's zeroed at 100 yards, 3" high from point of aim. Last one up was my old, very reliable Olympic Arms "Politically Correct" M4. I put a CMMG .22 conversion bolt in it and I'm teaching the kids to shoot Evil Black Rifles with it. Of course, I was testing it out myself, first. ;D I zeroed it at first at 50 yards, being skeptical that I'd get a good zero at that range - it's on it! Love this little thing! First target is bullseye point of aim at 50, with shot after shot on it. I did two 5-shot groups with it to adjust the irons, and you can kinda see those on the target. Once I had it where I wanted it, it was blasting time. The second target is at 100, point of aim being the top of the target for a hold over. The thing is a BLAST!!!

Very sweet boomstick!

Oh damn, those are the AR-15 parts - I was thinking it was the .308 parts, man. I saw those prices are FREAKED! :o My fault... :)

Dental picks are great for scraping the carbon deposits and getting that stuff "unstuck." I'll put carb cleaner (or whatever you prefer to use) on the q-tip, and just soak stubborn carbon deposits to soften them up. Attack them with the pick, and it scrapes right off most of the time. Very effective in the front of the bolt carrier once you remove the bolt. Works great around the tail of the bolt, too (but sometimes I'll wear that stuff down with a brass brush). The picks are perfect for getting into the chamber and scraping away the buildup in the corners/edges of it. I've seen long pipe cleaners somewhere before. If I can find the link or source, I'll post it up here. I don't worry about the gas tube that much - IMHO, once the gasses are moving through there with force, you get most of the buildup where the gasses would turn a corner, or come to a stop. Most of the hard deposits build up in the carrier key, around the bolt tail, and in the front of the carrier.

Dental pics, pipe cleaners, stripped down q-tips... and lots of carb cleaner. The dental pics are a life saver in the bolt carrier and chamber. Pipe cleaners work great going up through the bolt, all the way through the bolt face. Sometimes, the stripped down q-tips (pull off most of the fuzz) can help in the bolt, and everywhere else in general. I'll let the parts air dry so I can see that carb cleaner film (whitish), then use q-tips with CLP to oil everything back up. EDIT - Militarily, my unit always had a solvent tank right there at the arms room - I LOVE using the solvent tank and brush to clean these things. I'd do that all day long on the work guns, but I don't know if I'd do it on my own guns... ;D

Certainly! If you need a spec list, or any other pics, just let me know what you'll need and I'll try to grab it.

For curiousity's sake, what was the per-item cost on those things? I know I got my small parts for my stripped upper straight from DPMS, and the prices weren't too bad. I've been thinking of picking up one of each of what you listed.

I think I'm going back out tomorrow and shoot some different ammo through the .308, so I'll have some targets of that to put up. In the meantime... Here's the 20" precision 5.56 gun. It's a YHM lower, upper and barrel (1/7 CMV chrome lined), and this thing is probably the most accurate semi that I have. It's nuts. I tried several different types of ammo through it last time I took it out, and the results were pretty good. I shot PMC Bronze 55gr, .mil M855 62gr, Black Hills/Hornady V-Max 60gr, and Black Hills 77gr SMK. PMC 55gr - all over the paper, not really grouping. Kinda what I expected through a 1/7 barrel. M855 62gr - a little better. The 60gr V-Max - this stuff surprised me, and did very well! 77gr SMK - this is just what I thought would happen with this stuff. Very happy with it. So, until tomorrow, this is something to look at. Makes me want to go out now...

D'oh!!! Right in the pills!!! :o

It's not even in the same class. Quality, construction, overall rigidity - the GG&G is just better, everywhere. When I look at the Harris bipods now, they all look like they're "stamped out" of the material. The GG&G is a work of art - a very heavy duty work of art. The legs lock up and lock down (not a plus to some people, but I like it). It cants left and right, something you'll only get on a few Harris models ("S" models) - and the tension on the cant is adjustable - something not available on any Harris S model. Also, there's just about no way to secure a Harris to a gun in the same manner (as secure) that you can secure the GG&G - the picatinny mount of the GG&G is built right into it, and just about everything out there for a Harris takes an adapter of some sort - the the standard Harris bipod swivel stud mount isn't anywhere as secure as a pic mounting style. Here's what it take to mount a Harris on all the guns out there... Keep in mind, all you need to mount the GG&G is a Pic rail mount, nothing more... In a nutshell, I'll never go back to a stud-mount bipod, and there are no Harris options out there that do tha same thing as the GG&G, for the same price, quality, simplicity, et al. I'm sold on the GG&G after using it, and I'm looking for more of them.

I've used several different Harris bipods over the years, and they're good. I bought a GG&G heavy duty bipod awhile ago, and that's all I'd like to use from now on - it's great, in every aspect. I picked up the GG&G HD XDS for a precision 20" 5.56 build, and I ended up using it on my LR-308. Originally, I thought I'd just use that bipod between the two guns, but now I'm looking for the lighter-duty version (just the XDS) for the 5.56 gun. Fantastic bipod.

Very nice! If I sign up again and hit that magic 100, do I win anything special?... :o ;D

Maybe a call to Tactical Machining. I know they offer finished stripped uppers in black, but they might be the best bet - I think they do everything in-house themselves. It's possible that they'd sell one before annodizing. http://www.tacticalmachining.com/

Stumbled on some 5 round and 15 round Magpul LR-20s on the Midwest PX website. Don't know what the hunters on the board have restrictions on, but the 5 rounders might fit the bill nicely. I've done business with Midwest PX in the past, and they're excellent. http://midwestpx.com/product_info.php?products_id=399?osCsid=ugaauhfqupibji0ofeivroajn1

This is it - the final. It's test fired, scope is sighted, and she's done. I put the YHM Phantom on there, and it added about 2.5" to the length of the 18.5" barrel. I just wish it was as economically cheap to shoot as the 5.56 guns, which are getting better. ;) I'll be trying out some 168gr HPBT Match reloads from a place called Mac's Reloads ($18 per 20). I'll give an update on those when I get back out to the range.

Lasts until midnight, June 20th... <thumbsup>

That is sweet, man! Good job! Awesome shooting neighbors you had there, too!

Welcome, man - what part of OH did you come from? I'm originally from Zanesville.

I think the closest you can get is custom finishing. Duracoat has a match for it, but you may have to call them and talk to them to verify. http://www.lauerweaponry.com/ Duracoat "Colt Gray": http://www.lauerweaponry.com/item-detail-colorchoice.cfm?category=220&colorchoice=dcr_08.jpg&colortype=stock

I've had my BCG apart a few times now, and that stock pin is tight. I'm sure my Fulton BCG is just the DPMS stock stuff, same/same. I've had to tap it out, and tap it back in everytime now. Don't know if it'll loosen up, but I'll keep tapping it anyway. Hope you guys get to feeling better!

Well, I didn't even intend to go to the one here, but I stopped in there anyway to look around. I walked out with a Spike's stripped lower made by Mega Machine, with the "Gator Grip" on the front of the magwell. I was shocked to even see it there, and it was $91 OTD after paperwork. I kinda couldn't help it, so I guess that means "I have a problem." ;D I have no idea what it'll turn into, but I've been thinking about building a 16" mid-length with Magpul Foliage stuff on it. That's where I think it's heading.