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Sorry, brother - had to jump in there and correct that for ya. <thumbsup>

I'm a big fan of multiple rifles - each one has it's own role. You can make one that fulfills several roles at once. Nothing is perfect, though, except for the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle... :banana:

Fuk - that's cheap! I wish we were talking about other kinds of terrain, like Afghanistan terrain or something fucked up like that. I would have entered this discussion and tossed in Lowa Boots as an option.

Not true - you have. <thumbsup>

1. Extractor setup, by itself. 2. Ejector setup, by itself. 3. Rings, by themselves. 4. Extractor setup, ejector setup, and rings - that's everything that comes off the bolt. Seems like alot of options, but it's not. As a vendor, it might be more work for you to package those kits, but as a buyer - nobody packages that for the .308 ARs. If I break an extractor, that's all I need to fix. If I break an ejector, that's all I need to replace. It's never bad to buy just gas rings as a backup. If I want a complete bolt rebuild kit, I need #4 as a spare parts kit to keep in my box. That would cover all bases, with all buyers. Though it might suck to setup in the beginning, but as a vendor you would be the only place around that someone could go to fix their singular problem, or just buy spare parts. My $0.02.

How many .308s are you working on, here?... You have my envy... <lmao>

You need an AZ trip. Let me work something up.

Recent joke - you'll be fine. Don't sweat it...

Those ones on the far right are starting to flatten out - you're approaching a max there, with those. But, I'd shoot that if the accuracy was good. <thumbsup>

Tula steel does...

<lmao> All I could think of was this... <laughs>

I've seen another company with this design, too, but at a much higher price. That's another one, on top of the ones you've listed. Given the price from Ares Armor, and how many their live inventory reflects (still 164 in stock, right now - almost 300 of them when I ordered)... I would suspect that Ares Armor might be the manufacturer. How else would they have so many in stock, and how else could they sell it as cheap when others have the price jacked to the moon?... Hmmm... Straight from Ares Armor, brother. Gonna pick up a few more, too. I like 'em! <thumbsup>

Exact same lower I have on my 16" 300BLK rifle. Damn, I love that lower. Excellent choice in components, my man!!! This will be one DAMN NICE rifle!!! :hethan: EDIT - I just thought of something! I hope your Ambi setup doesn't interfere with your trigger!!! :eek:

On that 178 AMAX at 39.9 - didn't you have a very similar group size at a higher charge? Something at or over 44gr? That was one full pass through an accuracy node. The results at 39.9 and again at 44-something. You'd probably hit the one under somewhere around a 36gr charge. It's times like this - working all the way through an accuracy node - that you have to decide if the additional velocity will help you. At longer distances, it certainly will help. If you'll stay at 300~500 yards, then it won't matter.

Yeah, it does need to be a folder, to fit in a smaller carrying device... I might take the folder off the 11.5" pistol and use it on this one. Not taking it off the 7.5", that's for sure.

What manufacturers barrel is this? Is it a Fulton Armory/Criterion barrel that you're talking about? If not, who's is it?

Calling it finished at this point, unless I add a red dot down the road...

Put 100 rounds on it - it does it's job as a BCG. Finish on it is incredibly smooth - very, very smooth. Zero machining marks anywhere. 300BLK is dirty ammo, and it wiped down very easily - easier than some of my NiB coated BCGs. Re-zero on the 50 yard line, then fired to test that zero at other ranges. Shot it at 25 yards, 15 yards, and 7 yards. for the 50, 25 and 15, held centermass as point of aim. You can see the impact zone - each square is one inch, so it's easy to see the drop and determine the holds at those distances. At 7 yards, I held point of aim at the top of the block, instead of centermass, just in case the drop would have been off the paper. It wasn't, or wouldn't have been. I'd say at any range up to 50 yards, just hold point of aim and you're gonna impact damn close to what you're aiming at, even at 7 yards. The BCG pic below had 100 rounds of dirty-firing ammo on it, and it was simply wiped down with a dry paper towel. That's it.

You got it., right there. Match barrel and hand-lapped barrels are just that - those imperfections in the rifling are smoothed before the barrel gets to you. Already done, so you don't have to. Tubb Final Finish ammo will make the process faster, through the use of slightly abrasive projectiles (break in a barrel with less rounds). Your statement above sums it up pretty well.

Right on, brother - very, very nice upper setup. <thumbsup>

Well, that might work. We'll probably want pics of the progress, though - not at the end... <lmao> Post up what you got already, and we'll "imagine" the rest...

<lmao> MAD rush on the grocery stores. ALL toilet paper, bread and milk completed cleaned out of EVERY store. I schit you not. It's fucking hilarious. I'd never seen anything like that until I lived there for that early-2010 snow-schit-show. 24~36" of it in early Feb, another 24~36" of it in late Feb. People were INSANE... Snowmageddon... <laughs> Eff that place...

I should have waited ONE more minute... <lmao>

BAM!!! Let you know how it shoots in the morning... <lmao>