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You're good. It's just starting to get there - welcome aboard, by the way. Sometimes it's tough, without information. I'm sure you don't understand the level of information required to diagnose a gun issue over the internet - but we're well versed in that. No harm, no foul. Carrier weight on those two is gonna be right around 18oz, not enough to differ between the two. Fulton Armory parts are top-notch, nothing to worry about. Best quality out there. AR15 rifle extensions, A1, A2, doesn't matter. .308 AR rifle extensions, same. 9 11/16" internal depth. Your buffer should be 5.200" total length, weigh 5.4oz. Recoil spring. Only ones I'd run with that combo would either be the Armalite EA-1095 spring, or the Sprinco Red spring. Don't trust anything else - it hasn't been confirmed, repeated, or mass produced with perfect results.

It's harsh being me. I create my own hell, brother.

I've ordered those tubes from them, when Armalite was out of stock - they're legit. They make the specs necessary.

If you can keep the same design, font, all that - I'll take it in a 24"-ish. Big enough that people pay attention - including me.

^^^ If that sign was printed "Beware Of Psycho Wife" I'd pay alot of money for it... ALOT. OF. MONEY.

Second one - truth. I keep this sign on the wall for a reason... People in the know right now realize that - the struggle is real...

Gas tube OAL needs to be 15.5". Shorter 15 1/4" gas tubes will give you the exact same thing that you have now - those are all AR15 rifle gas tubes. Very few companies make the 15.5" gas, but Armalite does, and it's got the AR-10 bend to it, to accomodate the height-over-bore difference over AR15 stuff. Locally, if you can't find an actual Armalite AR-10 Rifle Gas Tube, then you'll probably strike out - locally. Don't let any "gunsmith" in some shop tell you any different. If he tries to tell you something shorter than 15.5" will be okay - he doesn't even know the difference. Probably doesn't even know that there's a height-over-bore difference.

Gonna need a 0.095" gas port diameter. Could vary a couple thou in either direction, but it's gonna be right in there. ^^^ That is based on a 5.4oz buffer weight, and the appropriate recoil spring for whatever receiver extension you're using. Tell us planned recoil system specs, and I can tell you what spring will work properly. This is almost turning into a waterboarding session...

Good plan on the bolt gun - it'll always chamber that way. You just running one gas gun right now? If that's the case, measure fired brass with a comparator, see what the measurement is, and set your die to bump that one back 0.002". Less work on the case shoulder that way, instead of bumping it 0.005". Sounds like you're already doing this, if you know the gas gun bump is 0.005". If it's just one gas gun, bring it to 0.002" so you work that brass shoulder less.

You have a 12-man tent. His head will still fit...

Sb dies are for reloading, and shoot the same load across multiple rifles. Example, I have one 5.56 55gr "range-trash" load - training ammo. It'll go into a million different guns, with different chambers. Use the SB die for that instance. That's the only reason the SB dies exist.

Those have also never been fire-formed to the chambers. Never been shot, just reloaded ammo. You won't know anything until you shoot them, then measure them with a comparator. You don't know what the chamber is yet, until they go BANG!

Don't know - you didn't give enough specs on the barrel, besides below VVV... What's the gas system length? What's the gas block journal size? Pertinent (mandatory) information, to give the information you're requesting.

You are one sexy BIG SUM'BITCH...

For the 0.875" gas block journal diameter, you'll need the gas port at 0.090" on 20" rifle gas.

Measure the buffer you have now, and tell us what the dimension are, that you come up with. Need buffer length, need buffer weight, need spring length (relaxed), with wire diameter, coil count. ^^^ That will go along way, in trying to figure out your gun over the internet. What is your gun doing now? What malfunctions? How does it run? Is it running well enough to accept it like it is, or does is suck to shoot? I can go on an on... Best thing is for you to tell us what you don't like about it's operation. Give up the recoil system specs, you'll get advice. All those other questions I asked are subjective - you might think your gun kicks like hell - I might think it's a soft-shooter, for what it is. That's all feelings, not actual operation.

Man, I'd LOVE TO HAVE the setup that Hickock45 has out his front door, and off his front porch...

I was looking for the actual vid that didn't cut it off - and this one cut it off from the draw down, and stopped. News states that he shot the guy 9 times. Must have had a 9-round mag. Don't stop, until the threat stops. Until the threat stops, you're not done yet. Protect yourself foremost, protect others if you're able.

Military quote on that one, brother... You can either talk about it, or you can be about it...

We can work on that - if you'd show up for a shoot down here...

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^^^ Exactly so. Auditory Exclusion. The reason for it, and then the possible tunnel vision and time compression is the massive adrenaline dump and cortisol dump that hits your body. We were talking in another thread/subject about a bunch of related stuff, and I specifically brought this up. Your body is amazing, in the shiit that it can do...

Check it out. This is pretty cool.

Nope. You just don't thread the mag catch threads all the way flush with the button face. On the large frames, it's usually about 3 threads short of flush.