98Z5V

I knew he'd find that hidden treasure sooner or later... I'm glad it was later... That just made it better...

Holy Shiit - I just made "Apprentice" with ^^^ that post. Moving up in the world, men.

Shooting it again on 19 Sep. I will for sure get pics of it then. Unreal, how smooth it was - for a mass-produced combat gun from WW 1. The markings on the slide, blew me away, just looking at it. How it shot - was not expecting that. Was expecting a WW1 gun. It was smoooooth... Didn't think that was gonna happen. I'll get pics, brothers. This is a Relic, and a great survivor.

No, hell no, Full Stop. You need THIS. Period. Armalite part number AR10REKIT01. Everything else that stated that "it's the same" is just cobbled together shiit, and it is NOT the same. https://www.armalite.com/SACItem.aspx?Item=AR10REKIT01&ReturnURL=/Armalite/Product-Category/AR10-Parts-Accessories/Lower-Receiver-Parts&Category=ac614400-ff09-4cdf-9d35-419a654e7201 It's out of stock right now - but look up their contact information from the link I just gave you, and call them on the phone, talk to a human. You might be surprised.

Gas tube is damn near there, right in the middle of the cam-pin cutout in that upper receiver, from the pic he posted. I'd leave the gas tube alone for now, and focus on that recoil system. Fix that, and we move to gas port diameter int he barrel, next. Gas tube doesn't look bad to me.

I at least had a bone thrown my way, consolation prize, kinda... Ironic - probably felt the force in that topic - which is about to get spicy, me thinks... Hi 98Z5V, You have been warned by xxxxx for a comment made in a topic, 6.5 creed questions Reason: Just because it's Tom Content: 6.5 creed questions Penalty: Given 32,189 points which expire 10/08/2021 04:20 AM Note: Your warnings went away, just keeping you honest. Lmao

We'll need pics of the bodies of those perpetrators. Gotta smoke 'em. For the damage they done...

Since my last post JUST earned me "Rookie Badge", I think the warning points are more important to me now...

I want my original warning points back...

Go get the gun back from the gunshop - or leave it with them and ask them for your money back. Either way, is the best thing that you can do. They don't know what they're doing. We'll build you a gun, or fix the one that you have (depending on that barrel). The marks on those rounds you posted are from slamming into the feedramps. If it was mine, I'd tell them that it's fucked beyond all repair, and I want my money back - they can sell that thing to someone else.

DO NOT BUY a RRA 2-stage trigger. Long term, you're wasting your money.

Exactly - Compressed load is compressed load. Not all loads are compressed loads, either. Very few. I come close to a few on some of mine, but don't get that "CRUNCH" on them. It doesn't matter in the least on a gas gun, if you crunch it by seating the projectile, or turn it upside down and crunch it in the base, at the primer flash hole. Compressed load is compressed load. If there is space-in-the-case, and you're not loaded to 100% case capacity, then the powder moves IN the case. Doesn't matter if you loaded it normally, or upside down...

That will help, drastically - but not so much in this case. If you have a 7.000" receiver extension now, that means that you have a 2.500" buffer in there. The only way you can GET a 2.500" aluminum-bodied buffer to 3.8oz (H1 weight) is with two tungsten weights. 3 weights won't fit in a 2.500" buffer body. You already have 2 tungstens in there, in the buffer that you have. I have options for you, though.

Since you're "AD Military" in your first post here, I'm sure you know that the statement will get you praises for your service - but, as you probably already know, as AD Military - not many people in the service are "gun people." Many don't even know how their issued gas gun even fucking works. Very few in the .mil world are gun people, unless they've been bitten by the bug after real Sniper training, or Designated Marksman training. Most .mil people have no idea how to read the wind and make corrections. No clue. So, in full disclosure, I spent 21.5 years in, and punched out at that point. I WAS a gun guy, whilst in, and pushed all my people HARD to learn the way the AR worked, why and how it worked, to better understand how to clear it when it fucked up. No matter what the weapons platform was, Mk19, M2, 203s and M-79s, 240s and 249s, the 60 in the old days, whatever.

We've both hit the IPSC plate at that mile, too. You're asking for alot - that's already been posted. All my load data is posted. I've never heard of some of the shiit that you're talking about for making a precision load for a gas gun - upside down case? Nope, first I've heard, and it's not necessary to make accurate ammunition. Neck bushings? That's bolt-gun shiit, right there. For gas guns, you need to be crimping these things, not "adjusting neck tension" with different sized bushings. Crimp, for real. I use IMR 3031 for my 405gr 45-70 loads. Not for my .308 Win loads. Better powders out there for the .308 heavies. Way better powders out there if you get into this .264 / 6.5mm game. I'd use IMR 3031 as a backup powder for my 300 BLK loads and my .30 Carbine loads, though. But it's not my primary powder for either of those.

Truth...

Laughing again, now... I just made that one post ^^^, and now I've earned "Posting Machine" for my 500th post...

I just saw this, and laughed... loudly. I have 3 badges now. one week, one month, one year... I see it goes to Grand Master, so I'm wondering what that is, because right now, I'm not even a "Contributor." This is why I laughed. Loudly.

Fired a legit World War 1 1911 this morning. It was a treat. I was so excited to fire it, that I didn't get any pics of the gun. It'll be around again, and I snatch some pics, and get them in here. What a hell of a pistola.

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!!

That thing looks nice, brother - there's 30 MOA of HOLD in elevation in that reticle! Worth the risk, all day long.

Definitely leave the 10oz buffer in there, if you're keeping it .308 Win. I've personally seen the benefits of that, myself. Keeps the scope ON target, after firing. For all that other stuff - if I was building a 6.5 creedmoor for distance, I'd be loading the 147 Hornady ELD-M. The 153 A-Tip doesn't give enough benefit in BC over that 147, to switch to it, and it's added expense. Ironically, I'm loading 147 ELD-Ms for my .260 Rem. That's the one... For everything else - what you're describing for precision loading of ammo (I think) - I don't do any of that stuff. Never heard of it, before you mentioned it. Especially turning a round upside down before seating a projo. the only thing that is gonna answer most of your questions -reverts back to one of my earliest questions. Distance. Your gun is already built with a very, very nice 18" barrel. I run an 18.5" very, very nice barrel. It's supersonic to 1050 yards with a 178 expanding hunting projectile. What you need is up to you - not any of us. The one I have does exactly what I need it to do, and then some. Would I change it? Nope, not a single thing. I wanted a gun to do something different, so I built another gun, the .260 Rem.

Lots of good stuff out there, to jump on. BA has 15% off everything, KAK has 15% off everything, SAA has 5.56 nitrided BCGs for $75 ea, limit three.

Projects like this turn me on.... I like where you're going with this one, Albro.