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Cool. "As a previous participant of this annual, US state-wide invitation-only match, which you attended in 2019, you have preferred registration for this year, pending your response." Your letter will be coming from the "Match Director, 308AR.com Annual Fall Shoot." "You will also be invited to the "308AR/com Annual Spring Shoot" just for being a participant of the Fall Shoot. Spring Shoot registration for the following year is automatically approved, if you register/attend the Fall shoot in the prior year. " Sounds official, right? I'll word it up, and get all loquacious about it.

Which one did you hit before? Which year, 2 or 3 years ago? I'll name you personally, and give shoot results for that year.

I got this, brother...

What shoot were you here for, before? Was it 2 years ago, or 3? Which one did you make it down for, before all this bullshiit started? Fall Shoot what?...

This is the ticket.

Doesn't have to be John. I'll draft something up this weekend and post it here.

GunTech has never made a high-profile handguard. Ever. Only Low-profile. GunTech clearly states what their .308AR profiles are. They are all listed as Low.

That directly tells you where the issue is.

This is exactly right, and exactly why I've been preaching this in the large-frames for so many years now. Gas Timing. This is a BALANCED effort, between the recoil system and the gas system. It doesn't matter what x-company or y-company produces. Nobody cares. Most of it is manufactured with profits in mind, foremost, making the platform as cheaply as possibly in order to make money. That means shortcuts, on large-frames. That comes in the recoil system, very first, to make it as cheaply as possible. Doing it right is $$$, and tungsten ain't cheap. Neither is stainless steel vs. aluminum, when you're looking at the body-material on a shortass 2.500" buffer. Then, they have to bastardize the gas system, in order to make a cheap recoil system "operate." They usually "operate" like shiit. First thing in one of these is "fully inspect and fix the recoil system." After that, determine in your gas system is fucked up, then fix that. Gas tube length is easy to check, and fix. You need to get tools out, and be able to accurately measure gas port diameters - then fix it if necessary.

If you decide that, I'll buy that SSA-E from you. How many rounds you have under that trigger?

THEN YOU DID WELL!!! You have no idea how proud I am, brother...

We can draft up an "official invite" for the shoot, and make it look good, printed on some bitchin' paper, and send it to you. If that's the case... The first shoot was me and Greg. 2011. Timing and location made that one happen. The next year was the first OFFICIAL SHOOT, and we had Greg (wife), Rob (wife), @MikedaddyH and @planeflyer21 (Jon). Locals showed for that one (I took their money on shooting-bets), but that was 2012. This is the 10-yhear anniversary, OFFICIALLY, so I'm sure we can draft up something special, and "official looking" and send you.

Read this - it's been active for 4 years now, several years after all this started. It'll help you gain some understanding.

So, you're sayin' that in your excitement to throw him a Pants Down Hug, you just threw your rifles and ammo on the ground... I get it. That's legit. That's what I did when I saw him for the first time, too.

For what it's worth, for Mods and Admins - this needs moved to a build thread. This isn't the section for it.

Where's the endplate and the castle nut?

Welcome aboard, George! I'll get mine stretched out a little more now, since it's just starting to get cooler here in AZ. Weather is finally breaking next week, and the mid and high '90's will be gone for the rest of the year. Nice shooting weather for the rest of the winter. I've been meaning to stretch mine out a little more, and I've got the magazine modifications down now (modified Grendel mags). I just need to run it. Have't shot much this summer, outside of monthly matches, so it's time for me to get back out there some more. I'll put the 12.5" ARC up there higher on the list, and get my build thread updated. I did change up my initial "good load" for it, because it was a speedster. I dropped the CCI 41 primers, and I'm loading regular old CCI 400s now, so I need to go back and check the load for accuracy, maybe work up more ladders and find out how it's doing, and geet chrono results to finish it up. That will all be coming pretty soon.

MaineMan, that's perfect. That pic right there means that Faxon drilled your barrel to the Armalite AR-10 standard. That's exactly what it should look like.

And, you can have a variance in the gauges, too - which was my whole point. Its all tolerance stacking. Compounding. THen, all the sudden, your gun doesn't work, and nobody can figure it all out... Hmmm... Seen this here before.

George, make in Intro Post, and tell us about yourself. https://forum.308ar.com/forum/22-introductions/

YOu have done well, brother - and beaten their system.

Not all headspace gauges are the same, either. Many headspace gauge manufacturers vary by a thou here or there, over the specific caliber that they make. When checking headspace on a manufacturers barrel, and bolt - it's best to call them and ask what gauges they use to check their own headspace, if your gauges fail a bolt/barrel combo. If you're not using THEIR bolt in their barrel - they don't have to tell you shiit. Harsh reality, but it's a true reality. They have no liability outside of their own parts.

That would be chaos. But it would be funny!

That is the baddest LJ ever,,,

16" gun making solid hits on 630 yards targets is a good feeling. That's "confidence in equipment" right there. I love this gun.