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^^^ This guy knows the answer...

My .260 Rem observances - my LaRue LT-158 mount places the centerline of the optic 1.44" above the top of the rail, and it clears the rail on my Athlon 50mm objective with ease. It has no MOA build into it. I can dial to 13.5 mils of drop, which is good for over 1300 yards on my load, with a 100 yard zero on it - just dialing. That scope is supposed to have 18 mil total elevation adjustment, but I just now dialed 13.5 mils drop on it, right now, in that mount. That's money, right there. Every 10 moa of cant in a scope base gives you another 3.4377 mils of adjustment in available drop travel. Don't exceed your scope's internal travel, or you'll be doing something other than a 100-yard zero for it. Here's a story - Put a 30 moa rail on the .300 Win Mag. I maxed the shiit out of the elevation travel, and at 100 yards, bottomed out, I can't get it to zero at 100 yards - it's 0.5 mil high, at 100 yards. There's no "dial" left in it, it's maxed. That 0.5 mil high has me at a 225 yard zero on the gun. It's got 22.5 mils of drop in it now, though, - just dialing - so I'll take that. I can dial-only that motherfucker to 1875 yards - but I don't have a 100-yard zero anymore... Do your math on the scope first, and check it's internal travel max - and then check it/verify that when you get it - before you buy a mount for it... Run the math on your rig, bro. Check your scope first. Example - that Athlon Argos BTR 6~24x50 I have is listed as 18 mils of total elevation adjustment. I just dialed 13.5 mils of drop on it, then dialed 7.8mils of elevation on it... That's not 18 mils of total travel, it's 21.3 mils of total travel...

I love music, all of it. Bands with a real message, though - are by far my favorites. In the early '90s, it seems like the only band with a real message was QueensRyche. There was a real meaning in all of their lyrics, and they turned it into music - and art. Next one that hit me was Disturbed, and Dave Draiman. They are epic. Draiman is well educated, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government, Philosophy, and Business Administration. There's meaning in the lyrics of all their songs. Then, you have FFDP. No band has every done more for the military, ever. What they do for First Responders is unreal. They give back to the organizations that support those efforts - and they always have a strong, clear message, in every song. It's "not just music" for them. That's the music that moves me. That's 3, 2, and 1, right there. For those reasons. Any band that can recreate an original - and do it better than the original... Amazing.

Here's another slightly different version of it, brother. With credits to Kenny Wayne Shepherd (the original songwriter, 1997), Brantley Gilbert, and Brian May - all in the vid together. This is a big tip of the hat to First Responders, by FFDP. Quote slide at the end of this one:

More FFDP. Blue on Black.

Further research reveals that this is an issue with wear on upper receivers - otherwise, ZEV wouldn't make this expensive billet upper receiver that combats the wear of their charging handle - this is a specifically machined upper, that takes a threaded steel pin, on the charging handle lock on the upper: Here's where I gleaned that information: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/10/jeremy-s/new-zev-tech-ar-15-ar-10-rifles-components/ A little bit of research looks like it solves this issue. The issue is your charging handle.

I think I found your problem:

That won't ever be true for any LaRue rifle, or any KAC rifle, or any LMT rifle, or any Noveske rifle - or any other higher quality rifle, that is built correctly. Those are just examples. Had to address that one comment from you separately, I hope you understand.

Cool. Here's your cure for the entire recoil system: https://www.armalite.com/product/ar10rekit01-6-position-receiver-extension-kit/ That small gas port, you'll have to drill up, probably on your own. The info is up there for you. You'll also probably find that your gas tube is too short - it should end directly in the center ofthe cam pin cutout in the upper receiver - and the PSA, you will see, will end towards the front of the cam pin cutout. The details are here, in the PSA section. Read all about it. Good luck with your gun, man.

This article is an awesome read. Very well worth the time. https://www.tactical-life.com/gear/ammo/military-small-arms-ammunition/

I think we were over-served... It's not our fault...

It's just like spacing rings in a piston on an engine build - so you have even compression across all cylinders. The bolt is your "piston" and it's got rings. The "cylinder" is the inside of your BCG. Same rationale. I will tell you that these things will still fire, when all the gaps are lined up. Whenever I have my bolts out for cleaning, I space the ring gaps. I don't take a gun apart to see if the rings are gapped, though.

^^^ I've done that...

Welcome aboard. The common story is that the PSA guns are over-gassed, but that's not the reality of it. Their 18" midlength-gas barrels ship with an undersized gasport of 0.070". So, with an undersized gasport - it would be hard to say it's over-gassed. The reality of the hardware specs tell you that it can't be overgassed. Not on you - I'm sure others tell you that they're over-gassed. Reality is, the recoil system is weak. There's tons of threads on this here, in the PSA section. Feel free to post up any other issues you have with it, and they'll get solved. Your gas port diameter in an 18" .308 Win midlength gas system setup should be 0.080"~0.085". I'd love to see the specs on your recoil system. It's a pretty safe bet, not even hearing about the specs on it, that you should probably just throw it in the trash, or save the individual pieces for spare parts.

Just south of Phoenix. I WISH I had the tools and machines to build my own barrels, man. I would be living the dream. The heaviest-barreled thing I shoot is a .50 BMG bolt action single shot, that a friend has. That thing is a pig, but it gets it done. I've got a few "heavy barrel" guns in the inventory, but they're nothing like what you're making. What you do makes those things look like pencil-profile barrels...

Pics of this contact will help. I've never, ever seen a gas key hit a charging handle. Gas keys are all the same, AR15 and .308AR, there is zero difference in them. This leads me to believe that the charging handle isn't machined the way it should be. Pics, again, will help.

Taught my kid how to "swim" at 2 years old - in the deep end of the pool. I'd tread water, and he'd try to jump off the side, onto me. Beginning of summer. Flash forward to end of summer, and his POS mom take him swimming. All he knows is to jump as high as you can, as far as you can, right off the side - in the 6" deep kiddie poll. Split the back of his mellon. Getting the 4 stitchs in the back of his small head was a nightmare (military medical clinic on a smaller camp in Korea). Fucker bit the shiit out of me, trying to hold him still. Another story, another time... So, getting the stitches out. I had an "appointment time" to get his stitches out. Same small clinic in Korea. NOBODY is in there. After waiting 45 minutes past the time, I took those fuckers out myself, right in the waiting room. Saved them, removed, in my hand. Waited, patiently - but not. I'm getting more and more pissed off, the longer I wait to go see this wizard of a doctor that's gonna remove them. Another hour goes by, and this fuk finally decides to "see us..." Someone calls us, we go beck to this room, and the Doc looks at the back of his head. Hmmm... no stitches to remove. This motherfucker was BEWILDERED. The look on his face was priceless. I just smiled, and held out my hand, with the 4 stitches in my palm. This went up pretty quick, with this guy trying to chew me out, and I turned the tables on him right quick, and lit into his ass. It went Epic after that. I stormed the fuk out of there, and before I got him back to his daycare, I knew the shiit was blowing up. Fuk it. I made my way back, and the Commander and 1SG pulled me straight in, wanting to know what the fuk happened at that clinic. I just held out my hand, and showed them the stitches (I still have those fuckers in an envelope somewhere... ). I laid the story down. I straight up told them that I lit that Doc up, I was VERY disrespectful to a Commissioned Officer that day, and that I'd do it again in 5 minutes if the same circumstances were to occur again with me. Without hesitation, no doubt. Same reaction would happen. At that point in my 2-year tour over there, they knew I was a Ski Medic (gave me time off for it all the time) and EMT-B certified, and I was always an "on-call medic" to supervise the Firing Range Medics that were always detailed to us on ranges - Privates in Ambulances... they stood up for my medical capabilities, and fended off the giant shiit-storm I created by taking those stitches out my my kid's head... I don't know how I didn't get in trouble for telling that Major that he was an embarrassment to the Medical Corps and an absolute piece of shiit for taking his sweet 2 hours to deal with a 2 year old kid... Sorry, Bro - you triggered a flashback...

I remember that - your Fat Flipper...

I've already got a solid, solid load on my .260 for the 147 ELD-M, at 2650fps on that one. I'm not changing over to the 153 A-Tip to gain the G7 BC increase from 0.351 to 0.355, 147 to 153... My 147s are working TOO well to change anything in that load... This new data has to be more tailored for the 153s, because I'm running 43.0gr of RL-22 on the 147s, with a 2.785" COAL, through a 20" Wilson Combat barrel - and I'm getting 2650fps... The hits downrange on the dope chart developed for that indicate that the velocity is on the money, at 2650, and that's shooting at 850, 1000, and 1100 yards for verification. Check the .260 Rem new load data:

@Magwa Brother, with the newer Hornady 6.5mm 147gr ELD-M, then the BRAND NEW 153gr A-Tip, Hornady has updated the electronic data for their load manuals. Here's the 6.5-284 data on the 147 ELD-M and the 153 A-Tip: (It's uploaded here as a PDF, too, brother, if you can't download from the link below) https://www.hornady.com/assets/site/hornady/files/load-data/6-5-284-147-153gr.pdf 6-5-284-147-153gr.pdf

What desert are you talking about? - I've got plenty of distance in my piece of the desert. You're more than welcome to bring them down here near me, anytime.

If I can get this thing running in .45 ACP, it'll be the closest I ever get to owning a DeLisle.

I love it, brother. Just LOVE IT! Can't wait to see this thing in action. I'll have one.

OH SHIIT!!! They got Crispy in there yelling "I AIN'T AFRAID OF NO FIRE!!!" and running a fucking flamethrower?!!? THAT is badass.

I'm 6~8mpg in the Fat Dodge gasser, pulling the trailer, when it's got some weight on it. If it's light (damn near empty trailer) is still down to 11~12mpg on flat roads. Any grades change that drastically. I try to tow at 65mph.