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You may have given the wrong people too much information, and now we'll see the barrels prices go up. I've seen it happen before... John at WOA always asks you why you need a specific gas tube length. He wants to know that YOU know what you're doing - so you don't trash WOA later, based on bad data that you gave them. That would be something that's out of their control. It'll work. JT and I came up with the necessary perfect length, in a long discussion about converting this to a DI gun. You're not building a SIG 716 from this barrel. You're building a .308AR pistol (or SBR, later, if you choose that route) out of a good SIG 716 barrel...

Everything comes down to "what's your intention for the rifle?" You haven't explained that yet, and that drives the whole train...

A Criterion or a Fulton Armory barrel would also be a very excellent choice, right up there with the other 3 I mentioned above.

Aero Precision and Ballistic Advantage barrels - are all Ballistic Advantage barrels. Don't leave Faxon out of the mix, though. BA, Faxon, and WC are what I would have recommended. Rifle +2, don't do that on a 20" barrel, if that's the way you're leaning. 20" doesn't benefit from Rifle +2, and we've seen one here that didn't work. Had to up the gas port size because of it... It's a Dwell Time thing. 22" and 24" can benefit from R+2 gas systems, and soften the recoil. It mitigates the longer Dwell Time that a Rifle gas system on such a long barrel would have, which would increase how harsh it feels... But, it's still 6.5 Creedmoor, so it's not gonna kick you like .308 Win would...

"I always thought bow-hunting was hard. Nah, try getting one with a cannon..." That blood trail and veg is a tracker's dream, right there.

I've been wrenching for money since 2007, after getting out of the Army. In the past 3 or 4 years, I've been converting all my power tools over to Milwaukee tools. Most of them have a 5yr tool warranty, and 3yr battery warranty, and they're tough. When my two corded Dremels die, I'm moving to this one right here: MIlwaukee M2460-21 The "21" at the end is the kit, with battery and charger and case. Don't get the "20" at the end, it's just the tool, no battery, no charger, etc. https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Specialty-Tools/Rotary-Tools/2460-21 The best thing I've ever done was 2 years ago, for soldering wires and connections - I moved to this tool right here. No more dragging extension cords around, in and out of vehicles, cords getting caught. No more. This thing is BAD! https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Specialty-Tools/Heating-Tools/2488-21 So, that's my recommendation, man. I'm basing it on what I've been doing now over the last several years. Migrating all my power tools over to Milwaukee. I use most of them every day, all day long. Haven't had to turn any of them back in to Milwaukee for any warranty work or replacement yet, either. EDIT - I found that kit I recommended above for you online, anywhere between $99 and $119 - and much higher at other places. Deals are out there.

I just spot-checked some .223 Rem, .308 Win, and .338 Fed loads against the book. It looks like the online version for the .223 Rem and .308 Win has more powder options listed than the book does, and Barnes has alot more projectiles available now, over when the book was printed, so the book doesn't have them. The online .338 Fed was identical to the book. If you're looking for a specific Barnes projectile, I'll look that one up, too, and compare it to the online version. Overall, it looks like the online one is more comprehensive.

I love that statement. The over-gassed ones they're talking about probably aren't over-gassed at all - more than likely, they're under-recoiled... @Lr-308FUn, your new gas tube came out perfect - right on the money, dead center of the cam pin cutout.

That really did happen, too. Then some smartass anonymously sent me a bag of 10 gas tube roll pins...

High speed only if it's a HSS bit. I usually drill them at a somewhat medium speed, very light pressure - let the bit do what it does, don't force it.

Badass, right here - this is a good video of his life.

Get ready for the custom gas tube from White Oak. No other way around it, but it works.

You don't wanna do that... It involves you completely committing 90% of all your "disposable income" to the recommendations of the board, in order for the board to further your Black Rifle Sickness - it's a deep drop down that rabbit hole once you take that step. *** You maintain 10% of your disposable income, for when you run out of bread, milk, shiit like that... There have been several in the past that were brave enough to risk it, but the most recent guys to go down that road are @COBrien and @RedRiverII...

Get the Orange for your .308AR - have him get a Red Spring for that 45AR. You can test them both that way... You'll need the Orange, he'll probably need the Red over the Orange, anyway. I'm trying out an Armalite EA1095 spring in my 45AR soon - when I can beat the heat here. I'll raid an Orange spring from my .260 Rem to try in it.

Soak up the stuff in this section - lot's of recent developments in PCCs, and the new info out there as far as springs. Sprinco Orange Spring, minimum, have a Sprinco Red Spring standing by to test out. Pistol buffer, for sure - 4 1/8" long and at least 7oz, minimum. Blowback operation is rough on these things, and we found out with the 10mm "lite" guys lately, the .40 cal PCCs. KNS non-rotating pin set. Blowback operated pistol builds will break hammer pins. The KNS set minimizes that as much as it can.

Watching the live reveal of the 2020 Corvette right now - and it is bad...

They're watching your history, brother...

Come on, Matt... You didn't know?

I'm two down - that mean the next one is the keeper, Rene?...

I caught the comment, and laughed - I knew you hid it in there, but you better watch it, man... You hit this "After the 4th" thing pretty hard...

Wow! That guy shouldbe facing more than "a maximum of 25 years" for that stuff. Especially the security-clearance implications.

Fire up a link to their online stuff, and I'll compare it to what's in my book.

Damn, my freebie came in today, and I forgot to check mail...

True, but... I taught YODA what the knows about this shiit, and he's still working on it...

Even taking it in another turn and notching the bottom to clear the buffer retainer pin isn't gonna give you 1/4"that you need, or even the 1/8" to prevent contact. Smart pic, on the bottom-good thought process. You can see that the BCG body steps up in size at 7 1/8" from the end of the buffer bumper - which will compress, slightly. They don't move much, but they move a little bit. That just tears up lower receivers... Quarters are 0.069" thick, and one inch in diameter. They fit perfect inside the receiver extension. You'd need a minimum of 3, probably 4, inside that receiver extension to get it closer to a 7.000"internal that it should be at. 3 slightly under, 4 slightly over, that 1/4" that you need to take away in BCG travel. I've seen 7 1/4" extensions from them before, as well as 8.000"internal, 7 5/8" internal, and 7.000" internal. I've seen some 7.100" internal on the Aero Precision M5 carbine recoil kits, and that even causes weird function issues.