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Breaks my heart, too. I still cry at night, sometimes, because it's gone... We had SO MUCH information there...

Yeah, it;s lonely up there - until the .260 comes out, and the new King of crowned... You bastards...

For the record, this barrel is not "bedded" with Loc-TIte 609 - I just installed it, tightened the barrel nut. Also, this brand new Aero M5 upper was NOT lapped - I just installed the barrel into it, tightened the barrel nut. That fancy shiit was not done to this upper, a few weeks ago when I bought/built it. So, is all that necessary?... I don't think it's "necessary" to do. Will it help? It won't hurt... but will it turn that last group into a sub 1/2" group for me?... Am I going to take it apart now, lap the upper, "bed" the receiver with 609 and find out? Hell no, I'm not - it works...

If I could just leave the 3C's alone, I'd be alot better. Caffeine (Coffee), Copenhagen, and Coors Light... Range Days just seem to bring them all out, together...

Gun Pusher John and I went out today. Customer rifle, built some of it himself. Diagnose why it won't pick up the second round. This this was a .308AR, full DPMS upper. High-RIder upper receiver, slick-side with no forward assist or shell deflector, bull-as-fuk heavy barrel 24" barrel, not threaded. Lower was a TM finished lower, with a serial number. First things first, he had an A2 stock on it, rifle receiver extension, and Spike's T3 heavy buffer - CARBINE buffer. The lower was beat to shiit, and the ears on the BCG were beat to shiit - from slamming together, every single round that was fired, ever. It was Epic Metal Compaction... Steel (BCG) won over aluminum (lower), and that lower was fucked up. So, we take apart my Mk11 and get the rifle buffer out of it, to try this guys rifle receiver extension. Same thing. First round goes, second doesn't - dead trigger. Didn't reset. Ejection on both (first rounds) that fired was 1 o'clock strong - overgassed, or under-recoiled? Figured we'd toss in the Tubb Carrier Weight System that lives in the Mk11 now, shoot it again... First round went, second... dead fucking trigger again... But the ejection pattern immediately changed to 5 o'clock, strong. CWS did it's job. Gas port is too big in that factory DPMS gun, and the CWS weight-added fixed it. What's up with that second round, though, WTF?... Rip into the trigger. There is NO disconnect spring in the trigger. It's just not there. At all. Only one guy out there had a mil-spec trigger, so we took his rifle apart just to use that spring. Installed it, shot it - dead trigger again... WTF?!!? Look at the trigger in operation... the disconnect NEVER let go of the hammer, through trigger travel. Just wasn't happening. Push the disconnect down with a punch, and the hammer would release. THEN you could set off the trigger. Bad machining, by whoever did it. It was a TM lower,with a serial number, but that doesn't mean that TM machined it - some other company could have machined it - and they fucked it up. Geometry is way wrong on the pin holes. Pinned my Mk11 lower to the upper that this guy had - ran like a champ... So the moral of this story is - how much money are you saving by not buying matched, quality uppers and lowers, and building these things? This guy's lower is trash - pin holes are fucked, and now the lower is fucked, because he didn't know that you can't put an AR15 H3 carbine buffer in a rifle receiver extension, especially on a .308AR,but never, ever, ever, on ANY gun combination... - and it beat the living shiit out of his (trashed-from-machining) lower receiver. Aero M5 lower will fix his problems. As well as a Slash (HeavyBuffers.com) XH rifle buffer, that's about 10oz... Don't want to recommend an adjustable gas block to this guy, because THAT will only be another test session, and fixing it- because customers will fuk it up. Don't add complicated shiit to complicated shiit... This is the most-simple solution for the customer-at-hand, with a very complicated problem... Don't go cheap, brothers - it only costs you in the long run... Buy quality, matched receivers from the same company, and DBAB. Don't Be a Bitch...

I got lucky today, brother.

This load is LEGIT. Damn. 40.6 grains of Accurate 2495, one of Accurate's "Camp Perry powders" - that's legit. CCI 200 primers in Nexus Match brass, Hornady 178gr ELD-X projectiles, 2.800 COL. Rocking 2530 fps. Works. Did the load development last weekend, shot for record today, and re-zero'd the scope. Here's my final scope adjustment and where I'm leaving it. Little over 1/2" 3-round group. I'm certain that I am the reason that 3rd one isn't touching the other two bugholes. I love this load, and I've certainly got a use for this 8lbs of 2495 powder that I have... I love a good day shooting. It beats a good day at work, every single time... The MK11 Mod 0 is gonna give @Matt.Cross a run for his money this year...

Great, fantastic condition. This rail will turn into a whole gun, brother... Been looking for one of these...

It's all Larry's fault... All on him, here... @392heminut Never, ever, should he have introduced me to his clan... Now, I probably have to buy Christmas presents... Fuk me... At least I have a year to save up, and get some DEVIOUS SHIIT for those twin Grand-boys... I'll fuk both Larry and his son with the shiit I can dream up in a year. I think they need to learn about fire-starting - like Boy Scout kinda shiit. But with flame-throwers...

Man, they were already GREAT PEOPLE before the connection was made - they're just a great couple/awesome people. Now I know it's in their bloodlines... Makes sense now, AS TO WHY... I thought they were awesome BEFORE, but now I know that it goes even deeper... It was funny talking about Larry's other kids with them today - with his daughter. The "other brothers"... Talked about Josh, Jesse, all of them... Got to see a pic of Jesse's 3rd place in the National competition recently. Just fucking AWESOME!...

Kudos to your daugher - she's the one that put it all together, too. She remembered you saying that you had to "go meet Tom" while you were visiting them, talking about "Tom" doing the paint on your guns... and they guy that does the work to their rig is "Tom." She NAILED THAT. I'ma a little scared of "women's intuition," and all that witchcraft, but it worked out this time, brother...

So, I get this call today at work. I worked on this guy's rig before, told him all about it. I get alot of Border Patrol work - official rigs, work rigs. I also get Border guys that have their own rigs, and ramp those things up as well. This falls into the latter category - it was a personal rig that I'd worked on. He just had clutching questions, pulled parts out himself, and asked if I'd look at them and tell him if there were issues with the parts. "Sure, man! Bring those things down here, and I'll look at them..." He wanted to do work on his own, and learn about the rig he has. No issues, bring 'em. So, he shows up with his wife - and she's cool as hell, from prior visits, by the way - badass couple, cool as hell. We walk out back to look at parts, and his wife says, "Do you build any guns?..." Hmmm... off-the-wall question, but I'll answer... "Why YES I DO!..." She laughs... She says, You know a Larry Sradxxxxx in New Mexico?... Fuk me, threw me off-guard... "Uh, YEAH I do, he's one of my best friends!" Her answer was, "He's my dad..." You could'a done this to me, right then... My only response was, "Are you FUCKING SERIOUS?!!?" I IMMEDIATELY hugged her whilst yelling "WE'RE FAMILY NOW!!!" No, it wasn't Pants-Down Hug, you fucking perverts... This is FAMILY, you fuckheads. So, this couple has been in for work a few times, and once it was a LOOOONG shop trip, waiting on parts. I felt bad about what they had to go through, parts-wise, and I threw away a bunch of labor from their bill that time. It was the only right thing to do. So, today, @392heminut's daughter comes back to the shop... and her awesome husband... And they'll never have a bill from me, ever. Never ever. I talked to them for probably 1/2 hour - when I was supposed to be working... ... I called him, too, right then, in the parking lot, with them there. "Hey Larry, how you doing? I'm just at work right there, and YOUR DAUGHTER is on front of me right now... " Only thing Larry says is "Put her on the phone!" I told them that I'll work on that rig ANYTIME, zero worries, forever. They offered to pay me for any time that I might invest in it, and I flatly refused that, right away. No way. No way will you ever pay me for working on that thing, ever. Not gonna happen. I told her there's no way in HELL that I'd ever take payment from Larry for ever painting a gun, so there never any other way that I'd ever take a payment from them to work on their rig... Turns out, I've been to their house a couple times already - to visit Larry, and his Fam. I just didn't know that Alex and Tandy were his Fam, too! Fucking BLEW ME AWAY TODAY!!! I only knew them as "customers" at the shop - had ZERO IDEA that they were Larry-Clan!!! They're gonna pay for no-labor, forever, for as long as I live. Parts at cost +10%, they know where to get the parts. This is friend-poop right here, forever. My time is my dime, for friends, there's no other way, because I won't do it. You were holding out on me, @392heminut - that was a fucking ambush, brother. You should'a told me about them before, and they wouldn't have spent the money that they did...

It already bit you, brother... the venom will take effect soon...

It should have been in a PDW 5 years ago, brother. It'll SMOKE soft armor. It'll fuk some AR500 up. Multi-hit on hard armor - I have no idea how much the hard armor could take, but it wouldn't last forever. This is a bad little motherfucker, brother. It's one HELL of a little tiny ass-kicking cartridge. I have another AR build on my plate right now, just because I found a badass handguard at a cheap price - but do I need to build a .22TCM AR just to show you fuckers how bad this little thing is?... Or, are one of you slackers gonna get on it already. I counted my ARs this last week, in my semi-annual inventory, and you guys might be shocked. MSM would SHIIT-ATTACK about it, if the numbers made the news... and I still don't think that there are enough of them. You guys gonna get on this one, or do I have to do it for you?...

^^^ With all the responses, I'm thinking somebody has a new .22TCM affliction...

Had a work buddy from 3 jobs ago that used to build 1911s in .22TCM. That's what we put the hole in the skinny plates with - handgun at 20 yards. Unreal little fucking cartridge. That was supposed to be my ".22 plates..." Yeah, okay for .22LR. Okay for .22 Mag. NOT OKAY for the damn little .22 TCM...

@blue109 scored a KAC M5 Rifle RAS for $60 today, brother.

It'll be fine, brother - it does make a difference, though, in the long run... You'll see those rounds behaving differently when it's hotter, in the summer. They'll be faster in the summer, that's for damn sure, and be up just a wee bit on pressure. I do most of my handloading in the winter months - because it's not 115 degrees out... I just worked up two loads last weekend, and it was 40 degrees at night when I was loading them, and 50 degrees the next morning, but the time I was shooting them. They'll behave differently in the summer, and I'll watch them, too. I load 0.2 grains apart for my loads, 5 under max listed, max, and 4 over max listed - and test them out for group size. I always go with the best group, under pressure signs. When I start to see the pressure signs, I stop, and pull the rest at home. Found the load... If I have a chrono out there, I'll use it, just to see what they are. I do target a speed range for what I want, but I don't make speed my only objective. I do get the chance in the summer, to chrono existing loads, then go back and look at the loads that I did chrono in winter - it's different. That data just give me the information I need to update dope charts - winter chart and summer chart. I only had one load so far that was too hot to shoot through a gas gun in the summer - .308 Win load - so I just bagged and marked that one as "BOLT GUN ONLY!!!"...

.22 TCM is a badass little cartridge! I've punched through 1/4" AR500 plates with it...

So, they just announced this thing today, but YESTERDAY The Firearms Blog made a video about it?!... They ROCK!!!

I will own this. The black one, not the one with all that gold shiit on it... Got GPJohn on it now... https://www.mossberg.com/category/series/940-jm-pro/ I'll be handling the hell out of this in about 2.5 weeks, too. @Robocop1051, you'll shoot it come the Fall Shoot... Details: https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2020/1/3/mossberg-introduces-new-940-autoloading-competition-shotgun-platform/ Mossberg has announced a new 12-gauge autoloading shotgun platform, the 940 JM Pro, available in two 10-shot models. The result of two years of development alongside world champion shooters, Jerry and Lena Miculek, the 940 JM Pro is designed to meet the needs of today’s competition shooter with the incorporation of an array of aftermarket modifications and accessories direct from the factory. Using the iconic 930 JM Pro-Series Competition Shotgun as a baseline, the Miculeks worked with Mossberg engineers to identify and help re-design major areas of improvement that included the gas system; loading port; point-of-aim/point-of-impact; overall product fit and functionality; sight system; and choke system. All the newly designed components led the way for the introduction of a new autoloading platform from Mossberg, the 940. Major attributes of the 940 autoloading shotgun include: Gas System: The new gas system on the 940 will run up to 1,500 rounds before cleaning and will reliably cycle any type of quality factory-made 2¾” or 3” ammunition. A stepped and vented-spacer component has also been incorporated that keeps the gas system running fast by shedding any moisture or carbon build-up every time it cycles. Loading Port: The 940’s loading port has been designed to allow the user to efficiently quad-load the magazine tube straight out of the box without any need of modification to the receiver. The elevator and shell catch have also been designed to eliminate common pinch-points. Point-of-Aim / Point-of-Impact: Mossberg engineers worked to design a new barrel-making process for the 940 that ensures the consistent production of a platform that will allow a user to maintain an accurate point-of-aim/point-of-impact when utilizing quality factory-made ammunition. Fit and Functionality: The 940 sports a slim profile and ergonomic fore-end and stock, both feature Mossberg’s signature texturing that offers a positive, yet comfortable grip. The stock is completely user-configurable, offering out-of-the box adjustability for length-of-pull (13" – 14.25"), drop, and cast. The receiver is anodized for durability and the controls (charging handle and bolt release button) are oversized. Internal components are nickel boron-coated for smooth, reliable functionality. Sight System: The 940 JM Pro utilizes a fiber optic HIVIZ TriComp sight system that offers nine user-interchangeable LitePipes, in three colors and three shapes of varied height, for superior sighting in any competitive environment. Choke System: Equipped with Mossberg’s Accu-Choke system, the 940 JM Pro ships with a set of Briley extended chokes (Cylinder, Improved Cylinder and Modified) that come engraved with constriction for easy selection. Two models of the 940 JM Pro are being initially offered, both featuring 24" barrel lengths; 10-round total capacity; and matte blue-finish on the barrels. Options include choice of black synthetic stock and fore-end (SKU #85111) with tungsten gray-anodized receiver. Gold-anodized bolt handle; bolt release button; magazine extension nut; safety button; trigger; and cocking indicator which easily identify your 940 in a rack of similarly-equipped competition guns. With the second option, the stock and fore-end are camouflaged with the proven Black MultiCam pattern (SKU #85113). The receiver and controls wear a black anodized-finish. MSRP: $1015. For more, visit mossberg.com.

It's official... Can't believe @ARTrooper didn't call me on it when it was all going down... He's usually quick about that.

How far have we wrecked this thread, so far, brother... It's probably only MINUTES before Eric @ARTrooper accuses me of derailing a thread - when he derails threads... I'm waiting for that one again...

Why you always bring up OLD SHIIT?! This is why we can't have nice things... Sorry brother, that was a flashback...

So, it's STILL my fault... God Dayum, this reminds me of my ex-wives... 🤣