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I don't think the weight is gonna matter, if it won't shoot, brother. You'll be better moving up to the next heavier barrel that DOES shoot.

Standard threads, when looking from the extension end out towards the end of the barrel. No weird reverse-thread stuff going on. It was probably never on there at 175 to begin with, brother. Just line it back up with whatever torque it takes to do it, but Rocksett the shiit out of that extension.

That barrel extension gets torqued on the barrel at 175lb/ft. Not gonna be an around-the-house repair for it, and headspace needs to be checked after it's torqued back on there tight. It might line back up, it might not. Some people think that the index pin holds the extension on the barrel, but that's not the case. The index pin doesn't go into the threaded portion of the barrel, at all - only into the extension part. When it all gets torqued back together, the fixed position of the index pin has to line up (centerline) with the barrel's gas port - if not, there's no fixing it. That's if headspace isn't way off.

Sounds like Wash's latest build!...

They shipped - mine arrives early next week. I thought I read in the email that they had something like 28,000 triggers ready... That's nuts...

Yep. Everything is about 30% larger. That's normal.

Saw the email first thing this morning, and grabbed another one. Missed out last time...

Those are some FANTASTIC results!!! VERY well done!!! Looks like I have a few more powder choices to work with now, so I'll try out some of my H335 and see where it goes. Looks like it did well for you.

Oh shiit...

The easy answer is this - that Mega stripped upper gets you running now, until your permanent solution. Once you finally complete that rifle, you have a sweet stripped upper to match a very nice billet lower, and start another large-frame build.

I'm jealous of the amount of different choices!!!

^^^ NO THANKS, on any Vulcan/Hesse/Blackthorne products. At all...

Mega is a possibility, if you know someone that has one to try out - even though Mega says it only works with their lower... Worth looking at, and seeing if/what the interference is... http://www.megaarms.com/maten/upper-receivers/standard-billet-upper/ Found one that had info: https://forum.snipershide.com/forum/snipers-hide®-armory-supply/sniper-s-hide-semi-auto-rifles/140521-help-ar10-mega-armalite-build

^^^ I figured that the "original" M16 had a 0.625" block/base, but didn't know. That one from BCM makes sense. Also, I didn't mean to sound like I was digging on the OP here - just info for future reference when the question comes up again.

I don't know how I ever missed this, but this vid was put up on the 9th of November, day after the election. You rock on, Ted! Everyone else - never end the fight.

I got the fuk out and retired before that Piece Of Shiit President was EVER my Commander in Chief, and I'm happy I did... I can't imagine serving in any branch of the Armed Forces under that Complete Asshead ShiitBag, Barrack FukNuts Obama. So, on that note, I'll bet you're right - the policy over there HAD to be completely jacked. For the initial phases of that operation, it was pretty straight-forward - under Bush 2.

Found this on the "tuning" of the brake - excellent job describing it all.

I was wondering how they mathed this one out. 13.5" barrel, pinned and welded brake, meets the 16" requirement. Well, I certainly know now - the brake is HUGE! OAL on the brake is 3.438", and max internal threaded depth is 0.850". Even if the 13.5" barrel has a threaded end that's 0.850" long, the brake will still add 2.588" to the barrel length, when permanently attached. That's a 16.088" overall length. The brake came with 6 drill-able inserts, and timing shims to set it up. Very nice. Barrel gets here Tuesday. This will escalate quickly.

So many people don't make phone calls anymore, and it's the fastest way to get information. Still. Emails, posts on FB, Instagram, whatever... texts, etc. We've all gotten away from phone calls, and talking to a real, live human on the other end. "Sir, I can look that info up for you and return your call..." "Nah, I'll hold while you find it..." Anyway, rant over about the phone call business... Most A1/A2 front sight bases in production, whether for 5.56 or .308 Win, are most ALL 0.750" diameter. I don't think I've ever seen once that is different. Early M16 Front Sight Bases might be 0.625", but I don't know. It's a forged part, from very few manufacturers, despite who markets it, and the standard that it fits on is 0.750". Too easy to take it off (well, not sometimes, taper pin challenges and all), and "see by ruler" if it's about 3/4", or it's NOT 3/4". In almost every issue, it's gonna be 3/4", and I can't think of one that it won't be that. If anyone out there can find me a link of a standard triangle FSB that's not for a 0.750" gas block size, please post it up. Looking for links to 0.625" or 0.875" or 0.936" standard GI triangle front sight bases.

I still want to find the SR20DET to build up, and a 20B rotary... I want a 1993~1995 RX-7 BAD... So I can drop a 20B in it. I had a 1979 with the 12A engine, and a 1987 with the 13B engine... I did a 3-rotor conversion on the 1979 car, and it was a fukking BEAST. I've been playing around with the KA24DE engine in the little Nissan truck, but I think I'm about to really start messing with it...

He was all over the rotary, big time! EXACTLY! I can't get over the chick that shows up at 12:29...

Holy shiit, that guy is nailing it! I can't even imagine how much time it takes to perfect that, as well as how much beer it takes to come up with the ideas...

That's fukkin' awesome!...

Get ahold of Chris Reideman at Live Free Armory (in Florida). Ask him if he's still got some Matrix Aerospace stripped uppers that are DPMS-threaded. That would be a quick answer, and you could just bolt it together, basically. Pin diameter might be something to check on, takedown and pivot diameters. Worth asking him those dimensions, and knowing yours prior to the call. Give it a shot.

Right on, guys - I love the reticle; smart, smart design. FIrst time I had my 4-14 out on a distance shoot, I was with my Gun Pusher, and he put steel out at 2,4,5 and 800 yards. When he was putting in the 800, he couldn't see the trucks because of the ground brush, so he couldn't get a read on the range finder. He called me up and asked if I could see him - sure could, from the berm top around the reservoir. He asked how far out he looked - I returned a question, and said "how wide is that target?" He responds with "18" wide and 36" tall." Perfect... Ranged the width through the scope, and it lined up perfectly with the 800-yard hash mark for 18" width... Tell him, "you're right at 800 yards right now." He comes back from that target drop, hits the top of the berm, puts the range finder on the target and says, "Damn! You were right on! That thing is 807 yards!" I played it off and acted like a badass at range estimation... He was pissed when I pulled a first-round hit on that thing, too...