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Sheit, brother - I want a full-size smoke-beast, not some little thing!... If you fuckers are getting me into this, then I'm not getting into it "little"...

I'm seeing that, too, when I look at them in stores. I'm looking at the Camp Chef's, and they just seem STURDY. I look at the exact same sized Treager, and it's $550 and not $350, and doesn't look as tough. That's just for the little ones. I want a "medium" one - not huge, but big enough for one fatass turkey or a couple 10lb pork butts at once...

Hogue knives are badfuckinass, brother!...

Damn, brother - it's gotta be out in the dirt with me - I don't want to bend down to that short little fucker just to smoke something!... Oh, I hear ya.

You'll love those 147s, brother. I use the 123s in the Grendels, and they're awesome in that platform. For a Creed or a .260 Rem, those 147s are just magic...

I'm sure it's gonna cost me as much as a woman would cost me. THOSE damn things are expensive!...

Yep, cut it down. Pics would help, so we could see how much protrusion you're talking about. Pics of actual problems are becoming rare these days, it seems.

He taught me every move that Rob got... that night...

I'm working real hard on getting into this smokin' game that y'all got going on... and with my love for the Camp Chef cooking systems that I already have for the shoots, I'm leaning to Camp Chef for the smoker, too. I'm researching, brothers... but I'm liking what they're making/selling. I need something I can beat the shiit out of, for what we do, and it looks like they make what I need...

Right on, man.

Damn, @Albroswift! That ain't me, brother! I don't think I could try to put those words together into one sentence...

... I feel those times are gone, my friend - at least for the next 4 years. If not, forever.

He used to be a Male Stripper, and his stage name was Lance Ranger... I'm just sayin'...

@DaWhip - this is our starting point. Doesn't mean that more info won't be required. These two items of information are mandatory, though, with known facts, before going forward.

Weigh that BCG, and give the weight in this thread. Spec out that recoil system, and give the results in this thread. That's the only way we can get somewhere here. We're talking results like those that are detailed in this thread right here - so please read this one, before responding...

He's pretty hot - I could forward the naked pics he's sent me. I'm not tellin' lies with those, you can see for yourself. If I was gay, he and I would be married.

Just to bring you back to reality a little bit, and just to egg this on... it is obvious that you have never shot a real m16 or m4 real combat weapon ^^^ Those are your words, and your words only. Oh, I have. Alot. Both platforms, and many other military-only platforms. I'll be curious if you even have the sack to come back.

Super easy to do, man - really. You're right on the softer stainless. Light pressure, oil the hole and bit, and just go slow. Let the bit eat - it'll do it's job. Someone recently stated that they were worried about a burr in the inside of the barrel after drilling... First bullet that leaves that barrel after drilling - will eliminate any burr that might have been there...

I was SO READY to post this exact same thing, brother...

Do we move this guy to the "IN THE NECK!" category now?...

For what it's worth, I have a very large handful of larger-than-normal-caliber ARs. The only one I had to fuk with the gas port on was my .260 Remington. The barrel shipped from a very reputable manufacturer with a 0.070" gas port. That gas port needed to be 0.080" to run right. That's the size it is now, and it runs great. I only discovered that when I tried to feed it some factory match ammunition, and it wouldn't cycle with it. It always worked fine with my handloads, before that. Now, it works even better. Punch the gas port, don't overthink it, and don't sweat it. EDIT - That same barrel manufacturer now ships this exact same barrel with a... yep. 0.080" gas port diameter.

Here's directly where I've stated this before:

Hand drill is perfectly fine, and I've stated this before - you're not drilling a new hole, that has to be perfect. You have a guide for your new hole, right there - it's the original hole. It's hard to fuk that up, no offense intended. You're just making a smaller hole, well, larger. The template is already there. Stick a 1/4" (0..250") diameter wooden dowel down the barrel, to prevent you from pushing too hard and hitting the other side of the barrel. Which leads me to something else that I've recommended before... Use SLOW drill speed with a variable speed drill, and LIGHT pressure on the drill - and just let the drill bit eat. Let it do it's job. You won't hit the other side, when you "break through" if you're using light pressure, and slow speed on the bit. I drilled up one of these things (a 6.5 Creedmoor barrel) out in the desert a couple months ago, and got the gun running. Right then. At night, with a headlamp and a work light around. Dude's gun wasn't running, we looked at it, someone had a drill, someone looked up drill bit sizes on their phone - and I said "THAT is the bit we need!" Everyone was all nervous, and I said "Give me the drill and the bit, and stand back - I don't know how big this thing is gonna get!" Two minutes, DONE. Gas block back in place, and he's shooting, and it works now. This isn't Rocket Science, and you don't need alot of fancy protective parts to do this. You're just up-sizing a hole that's already there.

2 RockSlide USA slides (and barrels) on 2 of mine - and they rock! Love 'em.