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My final comment is - you always verify your measuring equipment FIRST, when a number that is normal, comes out different. Verify your measuring equipment. True it up before you measure something important. Calipers come with verified dimensional slugs, just for this purpose.

This is tough. Hear me out. When you're dealing with precision parts, dimensions matter. So... #1. You're dealing with TWO very reputable companies. #2. Your stated measurement was 0.65mm. Weird measurement, but that's exactly 0.025" - 25-thou. #3. In precision measurement, and fitment of parts, 0.001" difference is usally called a "press-fit". You know the parts are different, and they're gonna require some external force to make those parts mate together. Wheel bearings in a hub are a perfect example. When you get to a 0.002" difference is often called an "interference fit." There's a reason those parts need to be held together. with that much press-force, and never come apart under "intended use." #4. With press-fit force, you can accomplish this with no additional actions, besides making these things go together, press, hammer, whatever. With an interference-fit, you need additional steps. You either heat parts, or freeze parts, or a combination of the two - in order to get those parts to mate. #5. You are stating that the difference is 0.025". That's a pretty serious interference-fit, right there. In order to mate this barrel to this upper, you'll HAVE to do two things, and it'll go RIGHT together. You have to heat the bare upper receiver in an oven to 300* for one hour. You have to freeze the barrel in your freezer overnight. Period. That's it (wear an oven mitt...). Pull the upper out of the oven (oven mitt), and pull the barrel out of the freezer, and slide them together. Might take some pressure, at 0.025" fitment, but it shouldn't be much. This isn't my first rodeo with interference-fit parts. They're in engines everywhere, and I've built alot of engines. And guns. That's my $0.02 on this whole affair...

That can be solved, you know...

Brother, I got tag-teamed by idiots one-after-the-other in a 2 week period before this this thread was created. It was RayGun, Greenmist, and some others. All at once. FML. I miss me some @Jgun brother...

I would MOST DEFINITELY RISK IT! Probably have to put out a few front snap-kicks to the chest on some groupies and half those horny band-mates of hers, but that would be worth it, and really get the adrenaline flowing... That's just Bonus Material, right there. I'd be hornier than a 3-peckered Lemur in that scenario. Cannot argue. If I stated otherwise, my track record will come back to haunt me, just like it does for Bill Clinton. Hey man, you can't hold that against me... That was THE HOTTEST Blonde Midget Wrestler I've ever seen in my life. For real. She was BAD!...

Yes.

Success! Well done, man!

Coil-bind is a motherfucker. Every single time. This is exactly why I state that companies that don't make full guns, shouldn't be allowed to make gun parts in the first place. Specialty companies that only make a single part - like Sprinco - those guys ONLY make springs, period, for guns - they get a pass, because they only do that ONE THING and know what they're doing. All these other companies make hard parts - and don't even know how the guns really work in the first place...

The trace is badass - we can still do that here for another month-ish. Takes humidity for that, and once our humidity goes away, it's WAY harder to see. That load components you posted @BigNate - that's close to what I load for mine. Running the 225 ELD-Ms, but RL-22 powder, with the CCI large rifle magnum primers. If this guy in the vid is local - you need to bring him out sometime with us. We'll get him on the mile target with that boomstick.

I think what caused this whole thread was... I just lit a motherfucker UP, and hard, too, a day or two prior. With all my prior warnings about "being nice and playing well with others"- I just straight ripped into some shiithead. I knew my BAN HAMMER was gonna drop, but I couldn't stop myself. I had at it. Warned, and did it anyway. Fuk it. When this came out, I knew it was the end, and I was getting canned. Any attempt to access this site in the future, after my tirade, was gonna be re-directed to midget porn or something. I can't remember who it was that I unloaded on - after major warning after major warning after major warning... I just knew... But! Since - looking back now - Rusty Wallace came up in here, I have something that I forgot about. Lemme show you my Rusty Wallace official leather jacket!... This thing is LEGIT AS FUK!!!

Decided to do it myself. It's in the "What you need to know" section...

This is not your typical firearms board, here. This is a work in progress, for more than a decade, after many of us being on other gun boards, prior to that. This was a quest to resolve all the conflicting information out there, about the Large Frame AR Market - one place, to gather all data, on as many .308AR platforms, as possible, figure them out, put the information out on what was found - and keep it all here. Right here. So far, it's been quite successful - there isn't any other place on the 'net that you can find the information, that you can find here. Nowhere. Just here. This started with the .308AR platform - but there's no discrimination, none. We don't care what you shoot, any caliber, and platform... We just care THAT you shoot. Ask about wrist-rockets if you want - somebody here is a PRO with those things! What makes this place different is the bond, and the like-minded individuals, that have stuck it out over time. What makes this place different is the willingness to TRY. Someone asks about a certain caliber? Nobody here has that? We've seen members here say, "Eff it - I'll buy one of those or build one of those, and figure it out..." Another thing that stands out is - we fix our own gun problems. In turn, that solves alot of gun problems for future gun owners. We reload. MAN, do we reload. We push ourselves for a better load, all the time. We work at it, until we perfect it. Or we work at it, spend a PILE of money on it, and a BUNCH of time on it (years, sometimes), before we say... "That's just not gonna work..." Recommendations for products do not come lightly. Recommendations for solutions do not come lightly - they come with years and years of experience on this platform - and any other platform that you can imagine. In light of all this, what got me going on this rant, was something that happened here last week. Information was given to a myriad of bouncing questions. At one point, the original OP didn't like some of the responses given, and his answer was... "it seems like at a point - when person A mentions something... if person B feels any way other than comfy.. there are attacks made. " The response is pure perfection. It sums up WHY we have all gathered here, in the first place, and what we do... "Alright, I kinda got drug into this diatribe, so now I feel like I need to throw in my $0.02. Wanted or unwanted. From the outside looking in, you appear to have read every single thing that is a thing about what you're wanting to do or build, even though that is still not exactly clear. Maybe you've talked to a few people "in the know". Half of what you've said/asked about makes no difference for what you are doing or attempting to do. Some of it is totally unnecessary. Literally splitting hairs and the improvements will only be seen in a controlled environment with an expert/champion shooter that has a rifle where the groups are measured to the .0001". Some of what you've said is interesting. It probably worked for someone, somewhere at some time I have no doubt. That being said, the resistance that you are identifying is because the majority of us have learned all this by doing it. We've set a goal, built a rig, loaded the rounds and went and tested to get our results. Rinse. Repeat. A dream parts list on paper might look good and sound like a real winner, but when it's all put together you'll quickly learn that some of that schitt doesn't make a hill of beans difference or you paid a lot of money for a part that just flat out doesn't work as intended. But on paper and in theory it should work! Because every rig works differently, every shoulder holds it differently, every eye sees it differently and every finger pulls it differently. And there's a lot of things that make more of a difference that you've kind of just skipped over. Just my observation from reading what's here, but it's easy to assume that all of the things you listed in the posts above are from research and not your real world experience. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's how it comes across. Granted, some people may have done some things and others may have done other things that work, but the only real way to know is to build it and do it. For yourself. What works for that guy may not necessarily work for you and that goes for information received here, as well. Go through all the steps, buy all the high dollar stuff, spend all the time doing everything awesome and badass and go test it. Then get back to us with the results. All it is now is piss in the wind until it's proven. You've thrown around different ideas/theories. Some will stick, others will not. I have a feeling that you'll end up ditching half the parts/procedures you've talked about as the time/effort just won't be worth it in the end. Around here, we run our bolt, not our mouth. While we may not know everything, we definitely know enough to get the job done and we know BS when we hear it. There's something to be said about being able to out perform your equipment, and it comes across that you're armchair quarterbacking this so far. You can build a 10 second drag car on paper, but what matters is where the rubber meets the road. Enjoy the journey." @JBMatt - VERY well done, brother.

I whole-heartedly agree with this. That is legendary material, right there, and full-on worthy of being pinned, all by itself.

Oh, I see he already replied - that's what I get for reading-and-replying, instead of reading all the way to the end BEFORE replying...

He pissed me off with this one. Bad. That was 3 out of 4, right there. He was ON THE MONEY right when the wind died, and that was the last 4 rounds in his mag. That fuqr.

YOU have a great day tomorrow, brother! Get one first, then be camp cook bitch the rest of the time!

Those things run, man. They run. They look like the warts on a fat chick's ass, at the bar at 2am. But at 2am, does it matter?...

I'm seeing 16 stacks. Ish.

When this is all said and done, with this ammo - I know a certain guy that needs to run downtown and grab two blowjobs. And he needs to bring one back for me.

Looks like a new MRAD - with all the barrels - if you ask me...

I'm fighting with the ammo for it right now. Just had to buy a Hornady 50 BMG press, just to load this stuff up. That's not a cheap press. Only 2 companies make (made) one, and RCBS discontinued the one that they made, BITD. Finding this fucker was no easy task. With that in mind - when you find it - you pay what they're asking for it, when they have it in stock. FML.

AZ calls your name, brother. I'm just sayin'...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-pulling-atf-nomination-david-chipman-second-amendment-guns White House to withdraw controversial ATF nominee David Chipman Chipman is second major nominee withdrawn by Biden, after former OMB pick Neera Tanden stalled By Tyler Olson The White House is withdrawing the nomination of David Chipman to run the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco (ATF) and Firearms, Fox News has confirmed. Chipman, who had a history of caustic comments about gun owners and worked for gun control groups for years after his career as an ATF agent, was staunchly opposed by Republicans. But he struggled to gain the support of several Democrats, who never explicitly opposed Chipman's nomination but also never publicly supported him either. "David Chipman spent 25 years in distinguished service to our country as an ATF agent," President Biden said in a statement Thursday. "David Chipman spent 25 years in distinguished service to our country as an ATF agent." Biden added: "Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress have made clear that they intend to use gun crime as a political talking point instead of taking serious steps to address it. That’s why they’ve moved in lockstep to block David Chipman’s confirmation, and it’s why they side with gun manufacturers over the overwhelming majority of the American people in opposing commonsense measures like universal background checks." Biden also said he is "grateful" for Chipman's work to fight gun violence. The Washington Post first reported the development, which several Republicans who led the fight against Chipman's nomination welcomed. "Mr. Chipman’s long record as a partisan, anti-Second Amendment activist raised plenty of concerns about how he’d administer federal firearms laws. But that wasn’t the only cause for concern," Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said. "The record he concealed from Congress, some of which remains hidden to this day, about how he treated his fellow employees while at the ATF confirms his lack of fitness to lead the agency." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has often supported Biden's executive nominees, celebrated Chipman's downfall as well. "Glad to hear reports the White House is taking my advice and pulling the terrible nomination of David Chipman," McConnell tweeted. "Absurd that a vocal opponent of Americans' constitutional rights was ever picked to run ATF. This is a win for the Second Amendment and law-abiding American citizens." "I’ve been opposed to David Chipman leading the ATF from the start. He's an anti-Second Amendment, gun-grabbing radical that should not lead the agency that regulates firearms," Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., blamed the "gun lobby," which staunchly opposed Chipman, for the nominee's downfall. But the nominee would have been confirmed if it weren't for one or more of Durbin's Democratic Senate colleagues opposing him as well. "ATF is a federal agency focused on reducing gun violence by enforcing the law and prohibiting the sale of firearms to convicted felons and other dangerous individuals. The gun industry resents their work as it limits sales and holds them accountable for violations of the law," Durbin said. "That is why the gun lobby is determined to leave the Director’s position vacant." "David Chipman is the latest target of their concerted effort," Durbin continued. "We cannot be cowered by gun dealers who are flooding America with crime guns." Chipman previously worked for gun control groups Giffords and Everytown. A third gun control group, Brady United, condemned the Senate for failing to confirm Chipman. "It is hugely disappointing and unconscionable that 50 members of the U.S. Senate as well as at least one senator who caucuses with the President’s party would deny President Biden his choice to lead the ATF. It is even more concerning that they would do so by parroting the talking points of the gun lobby, which has spread misinformation and blatant lies about David Chipman since his nomination was announced," Brady President Kris Brown said. "It is immoral and indefensible that the only agency with regulatory oversight over the gun industry has been permitted to persist for so many years without leadership, because of the outsized influence the gun industry has over what used to be considered ‘the world’s greatest deliberative body,’" Brown added. She also said that "we cannot continue to allow this position to be senate-confirmable." Chipman himself, meanwhile, called on Congress to quickly confirm another director for the ATF who will fight against gun violence. "I knew this confirmation process would be difficult, and while ultimately we weren’t successful, it remains essential that ATF is led by a confirmed Director who is accountable to the public and places no special interests before the safety of our children and our communities," Chipman said. "I’d like to thank Gabby Giffords, whose courage is contagious, and all the other victims of senseless violence who have inspired me to never give up this fight." This marks the second major defeat for one of President Biden's nominees of his term. The White House withdrew its nomination of Neera Tanden to run the Office of Management and Budget earlier this year, after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced he opposed her over her controversial Twitter history. It's unclear at this point who could be the White House's pick to replace Chipman. The Senate hasn't confirmed an ATF director for years. When Biden first announced the Chipman nomination, he called Chipman "he’s the right person, at this moment, for this important agency." At least some Senate Democrats appear to disagree. Fox News' Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.

HEY!!! CHIPMAN!!!