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Oh, I was ready for that, too - just in case... If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, right? I thought about something possibly going wrong, and was prepared to handle it... <lmao>

Field gauge is the last in the list - you only use it on worn barrels, once the No-Go gauge will chamber. Once you can chamber a Field gauge, you better throw that barrel in the trash.

I knew you'd find that gem I hid... <lmao>

Midlength. <thumbsup>

SPR Mod2A. Special Purpose Rifle, Mod 2A. Special Purpose Rifle, Model 2nd Amendment... NOT marked "Armalite AR-10." Defeats Cali current laws. Fuk Cali Laws. Done/

^^^ When a company decides to do that, I'm in for both those barrels, right up front. 14.5" .308 and 12.5" .308. I just ordered a .338 Federal 14.5" barrel today. The weird $hit is king, right now. .308AR-based rifles are the future. All configurations. <dontknow> <thumbsup>

Let the jokers hate - I saw what you did there. <thumbsup> The Criterion 18.5 MW SS 1:10 twist barrel is a fuckin great barrel, too - SS, you will love it. Double <thumbsup> <thumbsup> One of these days, one of these companies will make a damn 14.5" match barrel for a .308AR, and not laugh at it, based on the length. Noveske did it. Well. Noveske also did a 12.5" barrel for the .308AR, which is a badass barrel. The Leonidas barrel. Some companies will get it, one day. One day. Let's make this $hit hppen already.

Can't tell if it's one of these, though... Top two are rifle length. One is service rifle (for free float tube), and the other is regular rifle gas tube... Looks like it'll be the longer "weird" tube, which I much prefer. Found a pic of the tube. Standard rifle-length gas tube would require a longer slot in the NM free-float in order to clear that standard gas tube. The "weird" gas tube is made to use a free-float tube that has a much shorter slot - and a much stiffer handguard tube. All in all, I don't care what design it is, with Pat's price on it. Either will work. It's going on the NM Woody build, and I'm cutting wood handguards to make them fit in the tube. <thumbsup>

You're really gonna use GigaHertz, a frequency, when you're talking about grease?... <lmao> Tell me how that affects a barrel nut or an upper receiver... Go ahead and get scientific on me... Don't forget to answer the "technical advances" question I posed upon you before this post, though. I'm curious to see what you say.

Tell me what the production date of the doc that states that grease as "the standard." As well as other "standards" in that doc. After that, tell me what technical, scientific and material advances have been made beyond those standards, as of that production date... <munch>

The one thing that I personally don't think Bryce fully understands is this - Dimitri will not back down from a fight. :bat:

Love this thing, brother. I think I need a few more... <thumbsup> <laughs>

The smartass tried it once before, and his tying/twisting method was all fucked up. I told him it wouldn't work, but didn't say why, and he said it would. He lit them, and 3 out of 4 went up... <lmao> That one's not on vid, though. When he DID get them to go, he had to toss out the wiseass comment... :banana:

Hell yes, brother!!! HELL YES!!! :hethan:

Here's last week's letter... From ATF Cash Cow to BATFE Bull The ATF was like an ATM for the U.S. Government. For many years, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) was a tax collecting cash cow. Today, as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) that cash cow has undergone a makeover. With greater focus on being an investigator and enforcer, the bureau is now more like a bull. The best things in life are free. The most popular vices in life are not. Even America’s Founding Fathers knew this. Under the U.S. Constitution, the first Congress imposed a tax on imported spirits in 1789. Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, suggested it to relieve debt from the Revolutionary War. The government was the happy receiver of revenues. Aaron Burr wasn’t the only one who thought of a gun vs. Hamilton. Taxpayers were not pleased. In 1862, Congress established the Office of Internal Revenue for the Treasury Department. The next year, it authorized more of an upper hand by hiring three detectives to support “the prevention, detection and punishment of tax evaders.” Tax collecting and enforcement were connected. The model for the ATF was born. For more than a century, politicians have re-named and bounced around the department like a ricochet bullet from an AR-15. They’ve wanted a say on the federal government’s most profitable earner. Reports show the ATF used to deliver a 35-to-1 return rate on every dollar it spent. Ka-ching. ATF Independence Day 43 years ago on this day, July 1, 1972, was Independence Day for the ATF. Treasury Department Order No. 120-1 transferred the functions, powers and duties related to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives from the IRS to the ATF. In 1982, the Anti-Arson Act further empowered the ATF to investigate commercial arson cases. On January 24, 2003, the Homeland Security bill moved the ATF law enforcement powers under the Department of Justice (DOJ). The tax and trade matters stayed with the Treasury Department through a new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The agency name was changed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). Headquartered in Washington, DC, the ATF is a law enforcement agency with nearly 5,000 employees, working operations across the United States, and even overseas. With an annual budget over $1.1 billion, it investigates violent crimes, and regulates firearms and other very important industries. Even after alcohol and tobacco stayed with the Department of the Treasury, BATFE is still a bullish investment as it collects more than $13 billion dollars in annual revenue. The ATF and Ares Armor Inc. The prior management of Ares Armor had a long-running dispute with the ATF over the legal issues of 80% lower receivers for AR-15 and AR-10 style rifles, and what constitutes a firearm. That conflict came to a head when agents conducted a raid on the company in March 2014. Today, the bureau is pleased with the new ownership of Ares Armor Inc. Through the initiative of CEO, Bryce Stirlen, the two sides now have an open, constructive, and professional dialogue, regardless of differences in opinion on American’s rights under the Second Amendment of the Constitution. “Sometimes in business you may not like what you have to do, but you do it because it is right,” says Ares Armor Inc. CEO, Bryce Stirlen. “Having a healthy relationship with an entity which has as much power as the ATF is an intelligent way of conducting business. It protects the interests of our clients, customers, and employees. Conducting a constructive relationship between Ares Armor Inc. and the ATF is tactical in nature.” Adds Stirlen, “That said, make no mistake, we WILL NOT waiver from protecting our Second Amendment Rights. We, however, choose no longer to incite conflict with the ATF – or any other government agency or official – through disruptive and disrespectful behavior.” ATF Executive Management PHOTO: Left: Thomas E. Brandon. Right: Ronald B. Turk The ATF is also under new leadership. On April 1, 2015, Deputy Director Thomas E. Brandon became the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, replacing B. Todd Jones. We salute Mr. Brandon for proudly serving in the United States Marine Corps from 1978 to 1982. At the same time, Ronald B. Turk was named Acting Deputy Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. We salute Mr. Turk for his service as a Colonel in the Air National Guard. His latest deployment was to Iraq, where he was awarded the honor of a Bronze Star.

Pat, dibs on the M15 NM float tube - does that one use the weird NM gas tube, that's mostly straight? Dibs anyway.

Got the tracking email today, Chris - Thank you! after seeing JT's set above, I can't wait to get my hands on it. <thumbsup>

They were kissing that agency's a$s last week, in the letter...

My computer doesn't like the letter "a"... and doesn't type it most of the time... "did A damn good job..." <lmao>

10B bolt stop. It's higher overall than the 10A. DSG Arms has the 10B in stock, but they don't list it as such. It's the only 308 bolt stop they carry. Prepare yourself mentally, as you might have to "fit" that bolt stop when you get it. I listed dimensions in another thread. All depends on your lower, though. You'll have to see once the 10B arrives. Badass looking lower - like the lines. That was an 80%?! You did damn good job finishing it. <thumbsup>

Wow, I have no idea how engine builders assemble engines. I have no idea why I've never, ever had a problem putting anti-seize on ARP cylinder studs when I install them in an aluminum engine block... Anti-seize won't hurt an upper receiver or a barrel nut at all. If you find definitive proof that it does, publish some "engine building secrets" books. Make sure to point out to the established engine builders that only Aeroshell 33MS will work, and everything else is far inferior, and will fail.

Over the length of a rifle-length gas tube, the tube itself can easily flex enough to overcome a 1/16" rise at the upper receiver. What you really have to watch for is whether the gas tube will clear the gas key on the BCG without dramatic impact or clearance issues - if it does, you have nothing to worry about. There are big enough issues finding out of your barrel vendor advertising the DPMS-based 308 barrel you want is using an Armalite-spec gas system, thus forcing you to purchase another gas tube after your new barrel arrives. I haven't seen the opposite yet - advertised Armalite AR-10-patterned barrels using DPMS LR308 gas systems. Seems to only be the advertised DPMS using Armalite pattern gas. That 1/16" you heard about isn't going to cause you issues if the gas key/gas tube mate well.

You could kinda feel something was going in, in the email sent out prior. Sometime last week. There was tension.

I got a Bug Report to make - Rene is buggin' the $hit out of me... <lmao>

Hell yeah. <thumbsup>