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That's exactly why this one is a total mess, man. I'm in agreement. Not gonna be a pretty court case. The only thing I would offer is my view, just from a video. Carruth is on his own land, at his own front door. (Observation here...)... Read (green shirt) kept escalating this, and would not stop the escalation. Carruth steps inside to grab his carbine, re-meets the threat at the front door. It goes up from there... On his own property, he should have no duty to retreat for safety. The tresspasser should leave, as asked previously. What I highlighted in red above, is exactly why I would've given that big fucker a boot straight in his sternum, and launched him straight the fuk off my porch - create distance, and time - time to reach inside, grab that carbine, and confront the threat if he still feels like coming at me. Once he can breathe again.

On both counts, you're gonna be better off, man. Larger on the gas port at 0.086" over 0.083", and with the Armalite gas tube coming in longer, and going just a touch past the center of the cam pin cutout in the upper. That's better tahn being shorter, and you NOT having the gas timing that you're supposed to have. Once the BCG travels rearward, and disconnects from the gas tube, everything else vent out the ejection port anyway. You'll be alright. Correct on the length of the Armalite AR-10 Carbine gas tube - it's 12 1/16". 11 3/4" IS an AR15 Midlength gas tube. Compare the two, once your Armalite part comes in - note the difference in the bend on the two, to account for the different height-over-bore on the two platforms.

It's easy - you'll be fine. Slow speed on the drill - as in, you're watching that bit turn, that slow. Watch it just bring up small pieces of steel, tiny piece at a time. It's over before you know it. The pilot hole is already there, so it's not like you're drilling through the barrel, from nothing. This is my favorite resource for drill bit sizes: https://littlemachineshop.com/reference/numberdrillsize.php You can run the 45 drill bit, at 0.082", but you might as well just use the 44 drill bit and make it 0.086" and be done. You do have the adjustable block that you can use, so it's not gonna harm anything. The higher side of the spec is better anyway, dealing with these things, and the ammo they get fed...

This whole thing is a fucking mess. It's a shiit-show, completely. Carruth (black shirt, the shooter) - his ex-wife is the District Judge that oversees this case. Hmmm... Their divorce wasn't finalized until 2 weeks after the shooting happened... Hmmm again... What a clusterfuck. https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2021/11/26/chad-read-shooting-kyle-carruth-lubbock-judge-case-investigation/8765295002/

Berger has two good options for you, brother, for the ARC, here they are: https://bergerbullets.com/product/6-mm-108-grain-elite-hunter/ ^^^ Run Hornady 108 ELD-M data to come up with a load for that one... https://bergerbullets.com/product/6-mm-115-grain-very-low-drag-vld-hunting/ ^^^ Gonna have to run Hornady ELD-M data to load that one, and start 1.0 full grain lower, and work up... That one will take some time...

Since the topic just got a comment and popped back to the top again, I'd like to offer a different perspective on this statement/question. The guy went inside, grabbed the PC Carbine, and returned to the porch to face the (obvious) threat. What would be the difference, if I had a Glock 43x under my shirt, concealed, took 4 steps backwards (away from the threat), and drew my concealed pistol to face the threat? Create distance, present firearm, face threat whilst armed... Just asking, not stirring, man. That question is for everybody, not @Doodle directly...

@roach0415, I just punched a barrel for my gun pusher this afternoon in his shop, that was too small. Took about 4 minutes, going slow on the drill. Hand drill. Your pilot hole is already there - use it. 18" midlength gas barrel, 0.750" journal size, with a 0.069" gas port. NO WAY that's gonna work, and the primary reason that the guy's gun just sucked. It went to 0.085" with a quickness. Brave it - it's really, really easy to do. Go slow on the drill speed, and let the bit eat. P.S. No wooden dowel in the barrel. Just go slow with the speed... The dowel is for those that are skeered...

At the end of my .mil career, I went through alot of the shiit that he tells at the end of this interview. Done it - docs pushing drugs. Injuries, Docs pushing the fucking meds, etc. It's pretty wild to see this, in an interview, and someone straight up opening up about it. I did the pills those quacks gave me for about a week and a half, and went back and told them to fuk themselves. No fucking way was that working for me. Gabapentin was the one that made me tell them to fuk themselves - for back and neck pain, from ruptured discs and bulging discs. Fuk that drug. That shiit was crazy... This is a wild interview. Connect the dots, listen to the names. It's a mind-blower.

This one I just posted is pretty fucking profound. It'll shake you.

Don't know how many of you guys ever watch any of this, but you need to see this one. 4.5 hours, plan it out. This is the interview with DJ Shipley, Don Shipley's son. It's unreal.

^^^

Busy, man, busy. Always on the go, but check in everyday, and post what I can. I read this thread everytime there's a new post. Next weekend is another shoot, locally. The one last weekend, pistol heavy, was great. Just always on the go, or reloading ammo...

Mix this stuff with Bailey's, and it's like a desert. There's no way you'll get through a bottle, though, and be blind, holding your nuts...

Eric, that is IMPRESSIVE!!!

JAY, NICE!!! The shiit is addictive, I'm warning you! It's on my Favorites List!

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/nevada-court-rules-gun-makers-not-liable-for-las-vegas-shooting-deaths-2489685/

I love 203s, brother. I've got alot of time on that platform. Like "perform intricate brain surgery" with them...

VG6 is excellent, IMHO. I have a bunch of them. If you run the 300BLK 2-port brake (threaded 5/8"x24), you can run the CAGE Device on it, and it's effective. I love that combo, and have it on a whole bunch of guns. I've talked here a bunch about drilling gas ports. It's not hard, and you definitely don't need a drill press to do it. You can do it with a hand drill, and if you snap off a bit, you had the drill going too fast. Go slow, use WD-40 for some lube on the bit, and put a 1/4" dowel down the barrel if you're nervous about breaking through and hitting the other side. If you're going slow, that shouldn't be a concern. Go slow on the drill speed, light pressure, lube the bit, and let the bit do the work - let it eat. It works. Your pilot hole is already there, so it's pretty hard to fuk it up.

^^^ This.

Chip, this will answer just about any question you have on recoil systems, and most other gas system questions. If you need to ask anything about this article, just hop back in here in this thread, and ask away.

Congrats on the 7mm-08! That's on my horizon, it's the last basic-caliber .308 Win derivitive left for me. The the G trigger over the LaRue, there's really only one that's gonna deliver a real difference, and that's the Hi-Speed National Match trigger. It'll be just under $300 for it, but it's a difference over the LaRue, and one that you can feel. I have a couple of them for certain guns, but most builds, I just use the LaRue MBT-2S.

Okay... Don't modify that extension, just get rid of it. Can that whole recoil system, completely. Two choices that will not fail you will be: Armalite AR-10 Carbine Recoil System kit, it's everything you'll need, or Armalite AR-10 Rifle Recoil kit, it'll have everything you need. Don't worry about which one will work, they both will - just get whichever one is in stock at the moment. That's the beauty of running the PRS 3 stock. Thank you for the dimensions/config of that barrel. I have alot of experience with that exact setup. While you're on Armalite's website for the recoil system, toss in an AR-10 Carbine gas tube - you WILL need that. The wording is correct, Armalite calls it "Carbine" for a midlegnth gas tube. It'll be the correct length that you need. Your gas port in that barrel will be 0.070". That's what they always do to those, and the way they make them. It needs to be 0.080"~0.085" to run right. 18" midlength from them, always manufactured the exact same way.

This will BE SWEET!!! Oh, if you ever show up again... Fucking Hermit...

Give me your barrel specs, and I'll tell you what the gas port diameter should be. Overall length, gas system length, and gas block journal diameter is all I need.