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I'll bet Juliya can start the 500 before you can. I'm just sayin'...

That sounds like a short chamber. Whoever chambered that barrel didn't chamber it deep enough. On top of that, they sold you a bolt with it, but there's no way in hell they headspaced that bolt to that barrel - or their chamber gauge would have stuck in it. My $0.02. Lemme know what you find out.

You did well. Very well.

Congrats, brother. Somehow, you just combined the "grilling" thread with the "training" thread... Get after it!

Here's the brake that take's the Armalite 13.5" barrel to over 16" OAL. It's Armalite's competition brake, and measures out at 3.4" long. Camera angle doesn't show it, but that's the length... So, with that said and shown, 14.5" .308 Win barrels are all over the place. Many, many manufacturers make them. That, without a doubt, is another solution to this, without another stamp... ADCO can cut and thread any AR barrel you want, as well - you can get a 16" barrel, send the mount with it, and tell them to make the combo 16.1" OAL, for a very reasonable price...

Do you own the mount? Measure the mount. I own the barrel, and I'll measure it out for you right now... You're forgetting shims for mounting, peel washer, crush washer, whatever...

Varget is AWESOME for .308 Win. When it became scarce (Thank you O-Bumfuck, in the SandyHook 2012 bullshiit...), I started with RL-15 - which is equally impressive. I've been on RL-15 ever since.

Your setup from your pics looks very close to the same as that Aero setup, so you should be good. I have a couple Aero 308 setups, but both are running DWilson BCGs in them, not the Aero stuff. Just caught me as strange-looking. My years here and post count don't mean anything - just means I have friends to bullshiit with, routinely. I know my join date says 2013 or something, because we transitioned to a new board then, but I've been here for ... shiit... over 7 years now...

Wait... this is that hanguard ON a NiB MaTen set, right? It's on there...

What's the length of it? I missed it if you posted that previously. I might be interested, for a longer-term project. Lemme know, man.

You've already been here before, and you've visited a previous site that was pretty close to the SDTF. You're invited.

The Jamo 500 Race is a nightly event,around the campfire. It is quite possible that the Jamo 500 will lead to the CR500 "If you can start it, you can ride it" Challenge. But, the 500 doesn't have any lights, so that's a risk you take if you're man enough to try to combine events here. It's also possible that the Jamo 500 leads to the Trebuchet NIGHT Accuracy Challenge. We just don't know...

That i so damn funny, right there...

Wow...

That is a great deal. EDIT - Eff it, I bought one. Let you know when it comes in.

I knew I could get ya sooner or later... Welcome to the brown side, brother...

Here's you answer - it's 2.6" in length. SHOULD bring a 13.5" barrel to over 16", pinned... Food for thought... https://deadairsilencers.com/products/keymount-muzzle-brake/

I know you don't want to build something, but why not build a new one off the Armalite 13.5" barrel? You want to run it suppressed - what suppressor are you stuck on that you absolutely must have? How does that Dead Air Sandman S mount? Here's how it mounts - how long is that brake? Bring a 13.5" barrel to 16"? That's a long brake. Pin that thing to the 13.5" Armalite barrel, and you have a solution to an issue, without another tax stamp. Here's all I could find on it, and where that pic ^^^ came from: http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2015/04/foghorn/silencer-review-dead-air-armament-sandman-s-and-l/

Glad it works - but it looks way out of whack. Typically, that carrier cutout is kinda-centered over the port door retainer. The cutout usually has holes in it, too, or very close to it, so you can get oil the rings on the bolt, without breaking it down. Okay, I'm seeing those holes not - just forward of the cutout. That works.

Here's the list of tentatively-planned activites - this evolves from past shoots, plus anything else that pops up as "Sounds-good, Let's-TRY-IT!"...

Armalite-threaded?...

Don't sweat that little gap there. However, can you close that ejection port door?... Is that bolt carrier fully seated in this pic? If it is, the pic makes it look like that port door wouldn't close, and would contact the front of that carrier cutout for it... Just curious...

RRA does a great product, and their barrels are excellent. They've been doing the 9mm for a long time, too. Long time.

RIGHT ON!

Launching out the announcement of the AZ Fall Shoot. Pretty-solid dates are 4 days long, 2-5 November, which is a Thursday through Sunday. I will be out there setting up on 1 November, Wednesday. Usual Suspects - we all know who's coming. If you can think of anyone to invite, then invite them. Not meaning to sound "mean" about it, but this isn't a free-for-all. If you haven't been invited, you will not be sent link-up times and locations, or grid coordinates to the SDTF.