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Minimum gas port diameter for a 16" Rifle-gas .308 Win barrel has to be 0.105". The max you can make a gas port diameter is 0.125" For a 16" rifle-gas barrel, there aren't many choices out there - but for the choices out there - that's the min diameter that will function the gun, for most quality guns. That's not directed at JT - that's info for the masses. Also, for .308 Win guns, there aren't any 16" barrels on the market with "carbine gas" - as far as you think of carbine gas systems - in AR-15s. They don't exist. The recoil would be so harsh that you'd wanna dive headfirst off a cliff. Don't confuse the "Armalite AR-10 Carbine Gas System" with ANY AR15 carbine gas stuff - the Armalite Carbine Gas system is 3/16" longer than the AR15 MIDLENGTH gas system. That's the way of the .308AR...

That's a Mark LaRue Texas flag, right there.

I would be honored if youbrought him with you, here, just to be honored with his presence here... For real.

Go hit the Intro Section, tell us about yourself, put the time in here routinely, become a productive member of the group - and watch for the rail to come up. That happens a little over "once a year" but it's not often. To make this as your first post, though...

Maaaaaaaaaan, that thing has SO MUCH potential!... Build it out!

This is also an 80% lower that we're talking about - I just caught that. Everything that's going on here needs to have measurements in that 80% lower, confirmed to a full-production (functioning) lower, or we're wasting our time here. Mag catch height is first. Been down this road. That's not part of the 80% machining process, so it has zero to do with anything that the OP did during his machining. That doesn't mean that this 80% company didn't fuk that up - as we've seen all too well before. OP - you need to mic that lower out against a known functional, quality lower.

The receiver extension is incorporated into that stock, so you need the UBR 2 (UBR Gen 2, ) to run an effective recoil system on a .308 AR. Then, you need the Armalite EA1095 recoil spring, and a 3.250" long H3 buffer. That's either any old AR15 H3 buffer, OR the Armalite AR-10 Carbine Buffer - those are the same exact thing. Ask questions about the info, if you want, but that info is solid. Lastly - you just received Free Information. Do what Doc said, and hit the intro section, and tell us about yourself. Pay for that information, by doing that.

You're in bad shape, brother Doc. As soon as you set that up and shoot it, you'll want more G triggers... I kid you not...

Those barrels are BADASS, brother.

Another option is Ballistic Advantage for the barrel. They have a few profiles and lengths that Faxon doesn't have. I have multiple barrels from both those companies, and they're all great - not trying to sway you away from Faxon, if your mind is set on that. Just giving you options that are out there. Pick the best attributes that you want this gun to have, and what you want to do with it: 1. Most 2. "Still have that option or ability to do this...", and 3. "But, it still needs to be able to do this..." List those things out, and we can help you come up with a narrowed field of options. If you want a gun that you hunt with primarily, but you want it lighter and maneuverable, but you still want it to shoot 800 yards decently well... for example... I'd tell you to get a 16" barrel.

I'll definitely vouch for any barrel that Ballistic Advantage makes. The ones that I have shoot the lights out, right out of the box. The most impressive one was the Mk12 Mod H 6.5 Grendel barrel. After 20 rounds through it (to re-zero/confirm a scope taken from another rifle, to break this in), I went directly to 500 yards with it. It put 8 rounds into a 5" high by 7" wide box at 500 yards. Brand new barrel. BA makes great barrels.

That right there ^^^ - nobody else can answer for you. Only you can answer that one, and it depends on what you do with it most... Hit this up and tell us about yourself: https://forum.308ar.com/forum/22-introductions/

Damn good job - great animal!

This is a case when size doesn't matter, brother - it's still meat in the freezer. Damn good work.

THAT is a steal of a deal! I paid $615 for my 930 SPX in September 2009 - and every year I watched the prices go up and up... Good to see the price back down there.

No set time yet, but it's getting close to talking about it. Same venue, same activities for the most part, much smaller crowd. It's where we try to come up with new stuff for Fall Shoot, try it out, and incorporate it. It's where the High Angle came from. It's our test-run for Fall Shoot.

Remember when I posted this article, based the the USSS National Threat Assessment Center report on Mass shootings in Gun Free Zones (MAPS - Mass Attacks in Public Spaces)? That was 5 months ago. They have a new report out now, on the "Analysis of Targeted School Violence." This is worth your time to read... https://www.secretservice.gov/data/protection/ntac/usss-analysis-of-targeted-school-violence.pdf

I think this solidifies the answer to the question... "Think we HOOKED the CANADIAN?!!?..." You're done now, Eric. You're Family now... For Better or For Worse... and all that shiit...

DAMN, BROTHER!!! You been BUSY!!! I feel like such a slacker... I need to load up my .260 Rem and the 75gr 5.56 loads from the last 2 shoots, but I haven't done anything but sort the brass so far... Oh, the Grendel, too...

If I was putting in a fence, that's completely worth it.

It's ridiculously impressive, brother... Insane cartridge capability. Oh, and that was Match Ammo that killed that deer. I'm thinking about tossing this information into that thread...

Don't doubt it brother - that happened. Several times... I had to work yesterday, still backed up on work. Having the Fireman out for 5 weeks, and just me back there - sucked. He's been back one full week now, but it's gonna take us another 2 weeks to get everything caught up. I couldn't get the time off to jam over there. Hell, we closed at 1 yesterday, but I left at 2... I just need to take a random weekend and drive on over.

You have any idea how many times I'd fall off that fucking ladder, out there in the dirt?!...

That's a definite change from what they've done in the past - weird, but effective. Keep us updated on this one...