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That ain't the stuff I was talking about, Belt - it's the Match, not the Black. The Match is loaded with the 88 ELD-Ms, the Black is loaded with the 75 ELD-Ms. That Match with the 88s won't run for shiit in a gas gun... This stuff:

We need to work on your neck, then. Something is wrong with your neck...

I'm sure you guys have heard of him. Here's the Popo Medic version - which, all his versions are always Epic. Here's another vid, Shawn Ryan... Run towards the sound of gunfire...

I have a Matrix. It's not like your Ruger, from what you're describing. Matrix made them, but to their (Ruger) specs, and not what Matrix released.

I use that, too, for my .30 Carbine loads. Works great for 100 SJs and 110s in that rifle. In a nutshell, if you ever see a powder that works for .30 Carbine, it works in .300BLK. Check reloading references, and you'll see that's a true statement.

Looks good! That eye relief work for you?

Yep, you're right. I just checked all 12 Large Frames that I've built, and they're all round pivot pin heads. I'm thinking about AR15 parts without checking Large Frames, apparently. That's a fukked up thing for Ruger to do. If it was me, with that receiver, I'd cut the pin. Gonna be a tough hunt Good luck.

Uh Huh...

FWIW, I've never wanted to be a shot timer more in my life...

I kinda like her... She's cool...

I've used Accurate 1680, Hodgdon H110, IMR 3030, and LilGun for 300BLK loads, all with Hornady 150 FMJ-BTs. Never used N110 or H4598, though.

As @Magwa says, "Good Trade!"...

This is correct. For proof of that concept, I have an Aero M5 receiver set and rail that was intentionally built with an Armalite AR-10 barrel, AR-10 BCG, and AR-10 Carbine recoil system. Runs like a Singer sewing machine. Almost all of my Large Frame ARs run the AR-10 Carbine recoil system, FWIW.

All pivot pins have the flat on them, including the BAD pins. It's a mandatory part of the design. A pivot pin that had a fully round head wouldn't work on any AR.

You can't buy one?!!? WA is THAT fukced up?!!? You gotta be kidding me, Sketchy Bro.

I'm after the .308, and there ain't many left in stock anywhere. I just need my Gun Pusher to find one. You're my hold-out for that unicorn 5.56... Oh, Fuk GB, too. MSRP on the new Scout is $929. Street is $720~$740. I'm not paying some clown on GB over MSRP for a gun - when you never pay MSRP for a gun...

If you hate it and think it sucks - just let me know, and I'll send you my FFL's info to buy it from you, and ship it to him...

I've been waiting for the shooting, and not the announcements. I'm gonna buy one.

I'm glad you did it! The Ruger American Scout was just released this year, 2026, and replaced my older M77 Hawkeye-actioned gun, completely. You're lucky you found it, because the .308 Win version is already sold out and I'm trying to find one... Good shiit, brother.

It is...

I have BAD Enhanced pins in my Aero M5 7mm-08 gun. The diameter works for what you listed, but the Aero M5 receiver has difference widths across the hole. Pivot pin area width on the M5 = 1.550" Takedown area width on the M5 is 1.0335" Both BAD pins protrude out of the other side of the lower, when snapped in place, by 0.069"...

This is the very best part of this thread!!!!

The accuracy is what matters, brother - and that one's got it. Nice work.

Necro-Post... And this might be the board record, and I did it to myself... Almost 15 years ago, last post. This one is coming back out for Fall, and getting used, and it'll shoot 450 yards with the red dot. With 150gr Hornady FMJ-BTs... What an awesome gun, that's been neglected for so long... I made another thread about this thing, years ago, but it was just titled a "Range Day" thread, and I drove it to 500 with the red dot on IPSC full size plates. There are so many of my "Range Day" threads, that I can't find that one. This gun rocks...