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Very forceful extraction will cause that crack, right there. Mortaring the rifle after stuck cases will cause it, too (not saying you did that, just saying that can cause it).

Not only is 62gr gone around here, ALL .223 Rem/5.56 NATO ammo is cleaned off the shelves. Sickening. I wonder if this had anything to do with the BATFE's reversal, or dropping of it: March 9, 2015 The Honorable B. Todd Jones Director Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 99 New York Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC 20226 Dear Director Jones: We take issue with the "ATF Framework for Determining Whether Certain Projectiles are 'Primarily Intended for Sporting Purposes' Within the Meaning of 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(17)©," to which ATF sought comment on February 13, 2015. Congress in 1986 passed the Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act (LEOPA). It did so to protect law enforcement officers from a particular category of bullets – those that could be fired from handguns and pierce police officers' body armor. Because rifle ammunition could also pass through police body armor, and some rifle ammunition could be fired from handguns, LEOPA protected common rifle ammunition by exempting from its scope projectiles "which the Attorney General finds [are] primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes." The "Framework" does not follow LEOPA. Without any support, it purports to create an "objective" test never before applied for delineating which projectiles are "primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes." ATF will exempt a ".22 caliber projectile … if the projectile weighs 40 grains or less AND is loaded into a rimfire cartridge," and will exempt other forms of ammunition if they are "loaded into a cartridge for which the only handgun that is readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade is a single shot handgun." But even if a particular projectile satisfies these novel tests, ATF proposes to "retain[] the discretion to deny any application for a 'sporting purposes' exemption if substantial evidence exists that the ammunition is not primarily intended for such purposes." ATF would determine what amounts to "substantial evidence" and whether the "ammunition is not primarily intended for [sporting] purposes." The statute was not enacted to give authority to ATF to do either. In 1986, the sponsors of the legislation were emphatic in stating that ammunition commonly used in rifles for TARGET practice or hunting was not of the type of ammunition that the bill would ban. ATF seems to have decided to ban ammunition types that the law did not ban, then developed from whole cloth an "objective" test to supposedly provide it with the ability to ban the ammunition types it already had selected for prohibition. Earlier, ATF recognized the proper scope of LEOPA. ATF has always granted an exemption to the M855 5.56 x 45mm cartridge from the LEOPA ban because it recognized that this ammunition fell squarely within the "sporting purposes" test. It did so because factually, as well as legally under the legislative language, such cartridges were and are widely used by millions of law-abiding gun owners for "sporting purposes." These cartridges are prevalent for one of the most commonly possessed rifles, the AR-15. Congress did not, and did not intend to, ban this form of ammunition. ATF's proposed restriction of the M855 cartridge is particularly serious in light of efforts to ban other forms of ammunition. The standards in the "Framework" would make use of ammunition containing materials other than lead more difficult. At the same time, various efforts to ban lead ammunition are proceeding apace. Second Amendment rights require not only access to firearms but to bullets. If law-abiding gun owners cannot obtain rifle ammunition, or face substantial difficulty in finding ammunition available and at reasonable prices because government entities are banning such ammunition, then the Second Amendment is at risk. An outright ban is an even more serious threat to the Second Amendment than the threat to the First Amendment's protection of free press created by a TAX imposed only on voluminous purchases of paper and ink. See Minneapolis Star Tribune Co. v. Commissioner, 460 U.S. 575 (1983). It is not clear where ATF believes it has obtained the authority to issue general standards interpreting the meaning of "sporting purposes" under LEOPA as opposed to exempting or not exempting particular cartridges. Nevertheless, no federal statute, including LEOPA, interferes with the ability of law-abiding citizens to obtain ammunition commonly used for such legitimate purposes as TARGET shooting, hunting, and shooting competitions. Nor could any such statute do so consistent with the Second Amendment. The "Framework" should not be adopted, and ATF should not propose in the future to ban any widely used form of ammunition used by law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes. Sincerely, Senators joining Grassley on the letter include Mike Rounds (R-S.D.); John Thune (R-S.D.); Cory Gardner (R-Colo.); Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); John Hoeven (R-N.D.); Joni Ernst (R-Iowa); David Vitter (R-La); Michael Crapo (R-Idaho); Jerry Moran (R-Kan.); David Perdue (R-Ga.); James Risch (R-Idaho); John Isakson (R-Ga.); Steve Daines (R-Mont.); Dean Heller (R-Nev.); Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.); Richard Burr (R-N.C.); Roy Blunt (R-Mo.); Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.); Bill Cassidy (R-La.); John Boozman (R-Ark.); Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.); Ted Cruz (R-Texas); Thom Tillis (R-N.C.); Orrin Hatch (R-Utah); Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.); James Lankford (R-Okla.); Richard Shelby (R-Ala.); Deb Fischer (R-Neb.); Thad Cochran (R-Miss.); Shelley Capito (R-W. Va.); Pat Roberts (R-Kan.); Pat Toomey (R-Pa.); Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska); John Cornyn (R-Texas); Ron Johnson (R-Wis.); Michael Lee (R-Utah); John Barrasso (R-Wyo.); Marco Rubio (R- Fla.); Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.); Dan Coats (R-Ind.); Bob Corker (R-Tenn.); Tim Scott (R-S.C.); Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.); Ben Sasse (R-Neb.); Roger Wicker (R-Miss.); Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.); Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.); Rand Paul (R-Ky.); John McCain (R-Ariz.); Rob Portman (R-Ohio); Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska); and Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Had to fix that one for ya, brother... <lmao>

Those two statements don't make any sense, and you proved it. "One of the guys shooting there" is wrong. If the ammo was underpowered, if wouldn't have locked the bolt back on one round. It's got enough power to cycle the rifle, or that test would have failed - and it didn't.

You won't be led in the wrong direction, I guarantee that.

That's pretty badass, but I still think BJ Baldwin did the race through the Mexican Town better...

I hope it was the BAD-ASS ambi safety...

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.