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WAY worse than you and HogZilla, right?...

I'm not talking about US, brother. I'm talking about the ass-clowns, mall-ninjas, and superheroes that routinely show up - and completely say stupid shiit...

There's nothing but meat in that last digit, and you caught it right in the middle, so there's no tendon to hit. I'll bet it's fat as hell right now though, from all the meat-trauma in there. You could have cracked that phalange, but I doubt it. It's a small, short little one, so it's possible, but the "OH SHIIT!!!" factor kicks in on most people before they can keep applying enough pressure to snap that little fucker. You just have some very mad, churned up meat in there right now, fat as fuk. It'll go down. Drip some tincture of iodine right into that little hamburger-hole while it's still fresh and raw. You'll be okay. Torx bits don't fuk around...

We don't delete shiit. It stays forever, as part of searchable history, carved in stone, on the walls of this cave. The people that come here and say really stupid shiit have to hate that...

That's part of the answers... I don't know yet. You didn't give me very much on the barrel configuration/specs. All you gave me was 18" and the twist rate (which doesn't matter). I need to know what gas system it's using, and since it's a .308 Win caliber, it's either midlength or rifle length - unless it's Rifle +1, Rifle +2 - those come from custom barrel makers,most of the time. I don't know the diameter of the gas block journal, and that's very important in determining what size the gas port needs to be. Manufacturer of the barrel? Throw that in, too. That gas tube MUST GO. You need an Armalite AR-10 gas tube - but I don't know which one to tell you yet, because I don't know what gas system you have.

That is GREAT NEWS!!! Hell Yeah!!!

Easy, man! Do some Camp Chef stuff, and you can pack it up and take it to the dirt with you. 14" cooking system, Explorer 2: https://www.campchef.com/cooking-systems/14-cooking-systems/explorer.html Listed for $165, but it's at Cabela's right now for $99. Common street price is right around $100, and Big 5 sporting goods throws them on sale every other month. Just add in whatever accessories you want, later. Start with the big grill box, and you're set. Street price is around $150. https://www.campchef.com/deluxe-bbq-grill-box-2-burner.html EDIT - If you jumped on the "Tailgater Combo" right out of the gate, you'll get the 1/2 griddle and 1/2 grill with it... https://www.campchef.com/tailgater-combo.html

Click it, check it. Deal ends Tuesday at noon, and that's probably Pacific time, because SAA is in Tacoma, WA. https://www.surplusammo.com/products/saa-ar-15-m16-bolt-assembly-w-pins-nitride-9310-mpi-223-5-56-300aac.html

He'd stop the bleeding long enough for you to apply for another one - that he pulled up on his smart-phone...

Sounds like what LoneWolf would do if you were gunshot... He'd go through your pockets first, checking for new cards and cash - then control the bleeding...

The dog woulda been SOAKED - the dog didn't care that you were bleeding...

Come on down from New River, to Maricopa, and we can shoot sometime.

Oh, I saw it - looks like a little piece of raw hamburger on your thumb. You churned it up WELL - that thing is gonna be sore... Torx bits don't fuk around... It's a little tiny flesh-blender on the end of a hi-speed drill...

I'm glad that you thought about me, with the blood everywhere... Long enough to get some pics, before you healed yourself...

That is EPIC, Belt!!! See, not everything fingers-n-toes grosses me out. Smashed knuckles - I do that once a week. Punctures don't freak me out - they're just little holes that something went into, and a little bit of QuikClot will stop that right away - unless there's still a projectile in there, somewhere... Severed fingers-n-toes? Degloved? Bent the wrong way or bone and tendon sticking out? Severe cuts, where I can look into them and see either muscle or tendon? And there's that initial pause, where you see white bone, or red muscle, or a white severed tendon sticking up like a piece of spaghetti... before ANY blood comes out?... I'm barfing, first, addressing it later... Same injury on an arm or leg, and not finger-n-toe? Whatever. Stuff in the stuff that supposed to be in there, wrap you tight to control the bleeding (pressure dressing), or just tourniquet the limb... But not on a finger-n-toe like that... Gross... You gotta do better than that, brother. I was ready to turn off the monitor - but that wasn't bad... P.S. You did it right, with the shop towel and electrical tape. That's the preferred method, right there, for a mechanic. Kudos...

Bottom line is this, I'll cut to the chase. If it's really undergassed with a too-light recoil system, then the gas tube is too short, and the gas port diameter is too small. How many rounds do you have through this gun so far? Here's background information on what I'm talking about:

GET 'EM!!!

Gas port diameter for that barrel will be 0.093"~0.096". Double check the JP Silent thing, and make sure it's the equivalent of a 5.4oz buffer.

The whole recoil system is shiit, to be blunt. Best bet is the Armalite AR-10 Carbine Recoil System, complete. What's your barrel configuration/specs?

Welcome aboard. What gas system on that barrel, and what's the gas block journal size? It's a Criterion, so it's almost guaranteed to be good to go, but double check the gas port diameter.

PPU is good ammo, but it is bulk-produced, on an automated assembly line. Could be those were hot as hell. How many more do you have out of that same lot?

Measure the gas port diameter when the barrel arrives. Gas port diameter for that configuration should be 0.093"~0.096". If it's smaller than that, drill it up to something in that range before you ever install it.

Good point - they're just as customizable as the 1911s are. It's just crazy how many parts there are out there for both platforms. I'll say this on the Gen 5 Glocks - the barrel (Glock Marksman Barrel) is a great barrel, very accurate for a factory barrel, and comparable to any high-$$$ aftermarket barrel. The G5 triggers are a huge improvement. On the 19X, I never changed a single thing or added a single part - no need. On the 43X, I changed two things: added night sights after I got 500 rounds straight through it with zero malfunctions (it took 500 rounds to hit the 500-rd threshold), and added the Shield Arms metal mag release so I could run their 15-rd mags. That's it. Stock G5 trigger. At one point, I might pick up the Timney Game Changer trigger for the 19X, but that would be a "want" and not a "need."

Went to my first Accurized AR Match in May, took the 18" SPR 6 ARC. It did great for accuracy, and it put some serious THUMP on the plates, amongst a sea of 5.56 shooters there. But, it was having feeding issues. At least twice per 20-round stage, I'd have to rack the charging handle and feed a new round - the unfired round would always eject - it just didn't feed. It always buried itself into the bottom of the barrel extension. Same story, every single time. All mags used were E-Lander 17-rd 6.5 Grendel mags, which have never, ever failed me in any one of the Grendel guns. I fixed all that today. First thing I noticed was that the presentation of the rounds was low, and I mean LOW. Like, they wanted to go straight forward out of the magazines, and wouldn't lift. Step one and two were to change the feed lips and the follower, to present the rounds at a more upward angle. I tweaked the front of the feed lips up 0.035" on each side, and made sure that the feed lips were straight and uniform, from front to rear. Next was to blow the back of the follower down, on a consistent angle, so the back of the round sat deeper than the original follower allowed it to. Here's the difference in the presentation of the rounds, looking forward into the mag - it's significant. Hornady Black 105gr HPBT on the left, stock mag. Hornady Match 108gr ELD-M in the modded mag on the right. You can see how much more it's "nose-up" now. Looks funky, but that mag on the right is the one with the Black 105s in it - they're so flat that you almost think it's a damn empty mag. 3rd thing I did was cut out a bend in the top of the mag body, that wants to keep these short little cases down, and not let them lift. Now, as soon as they clear the feed lips, the rounds lift, and chamber. Every time. Don't have a pic of the follower mod yet, or a measurement, but I'll get that info up tomorrow, with pics. Here's the basic idea: 100% functional feeding now, zero hiccups. I got the idea for blowing the side lips out of the mag body from studying the pics of the ASC 15-rd 6 ARC mags. https://www.ammosc.com/15-rd-6mm-arc-stainless-steel-magazine Found comparison pic to the ASC Grendel mags online... Look closely at the mag body sides...

4 hands is the best way to do it... We should have taken pics of that,but that would have required a 5th hand, to run the camera...