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Honestly, if it was mine, I'd just lube the hell out of it (don't forget to lube the buffer and inside the receiver extension - that doesn't need heavy lube). Then I'd take it out and shoot the piss out of it with factory off-the-shelf ammo, be it cheap or match, doesn't matter.

He sells bolts. He sells complete chromed or NiB BCGs, too. He will headspace YOUR bolt if you send it to him - that is something you have to coordinate ahead of time with him, though. NiB BCG, complete, $249: http://www.fulton-armory.com/boltcarriergroupcompletetitanincludesboltcomplete-2.aspx Just the phosphated bolt, complete - $139. Much better deal to get the NiB BCG complete... http://www.fulton-armory.com/bolttitancompleted.aspx

If you buy the bolt at the same time as you're buying the barrel, he headspaces them together. This isn't something special that you have to ask him to do when you order - he automatically does that anytime one is going out the door.

SAAMI is for Maximum Cartridge and Minimum Chamber. Tolerance stacking comes into play, as well as condition of the tools in cutting chambers. That's what you're running into. 308 Winchester SAAMI.pdf

Clint McKee at Fulton has been tuning match rifles and making accurate rifles for alot longer than some of these barrel companies out there. What he knows, and what he does is proven on the national shooting level, for years. You absolutely cannot go wrong with one of his barrels. <thumbsup>

The 18.5" stainless medium-contour Match barrels from Fulton Armory are damn fantastic. <thumbsup> http://www.fulton-armory.com/barrelfatitan185nmmedss1x10936gasblock.aspx

This bad boy right here has my nomination, if you want to stand up to the rigors of military-type abuse - it's strong enough, maybe even overkill: http://www.laruetactical.com/predatobr-18inch THIS ONE... The PredatAR. Personally, this would be as strong as the P-OBR, but the design is just incredible. I'd grab this one, and use the cost difference between it and the P-OBR towards optics: http://www.laruetactical.com/18%E2%80%9D-larue-tactical-predatar-762 Full-on OBR, in 18" or 20" - doesn't get any better, tougher, etc., than that thing.

Stripping it back down isn't going to be any fun. Back in the blaster... Damn, brother. I'll have to look at Dawn Marie's rifle again - her handguard might be a little more shiny than the upper and lower... Now you've got me thinking...

How may of those were .308 ARs?

^^^ Exactly. Call up LaRue, and see what they've got. That PradatOBR would be one hell of a rifle for you.

Not interested in the 300BLK Match, just said I'd used it before. Good luck so far reloading PPU brass - it's great stuff to reload, if you're not converting their .223 Match into 300BLK. Keeping it the same, it's good to reload - and it's damn accurate, no matter what caliber you buy it in. It's been more accurate in some of my 5.56 precision builds than the "super" ammo from US makers. The Fed A-Eagle 168s just shoot damn good, and they're not FGMM priced, but very similar in performance. That's some damn accurate .308 ammo.

I should have mine done on Sunday - 24:1. Going onto the MI T-12 rail - should come out like yours, all things being the same. I'll get pics up here Sunday night of how it turns out.

Vewy!!! :hethan:

How much hardener? What ratio, brother? Dawn's white, I went in between 24:1 for flat, and 18:1 for satin. Mixed right in between for that one. My PB is going on at no more than 24:1, so that thing stays flat.

Don't. Save a little, but don't let the mags stop you, brother. Search out the "factory Ruger GSR mags." Made by Accurate Mag, shipping a 10-rd with every GSR that goes out - if the state allows that. The 10-rounder is the one that is included with the rifle in most places. http://accurate-mag.com/ http://accurate-mag.com/ From ShopRuger direct, they're on the web-store: http://shopruger.com/308-Mag-10-Round-Magazine/productinfo/90353/ That's a good price, and you can find them cheaper when you search the Ruger part number (search "Ruger 90353"). <thumbsup> What always happens when you post something in the internet? You make your discovery, and THAT $HIT GOES OUT OF STOCK. EVERYWHERE. Get 'em while you can, brother. :happydrunks:

I would have been pissed. But, I would have baked that little fucker right into it! <lmao> Knock the parts that are sticking out right off, after it cools! <dontknow> If I paint one of Ron's rifles, it'll show back up with a stamp in the underside... <hump>

That scope is awesome. I probably shouldn't have messed with it. I've been looking for them since last weekend... :eek:

YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!! :hethan:

Nah, not badass 308 Win, brother- just decent stuff. Not really FGMM, but more along the lines of the PPU 168 grain OTM, the Fed American Eagle 168 gr OTM - good ammo, not match-priced top of the line ammo. These guys, or equivalent, from other manufacturers: Both of those do very, very, very well for me. That's good ammo, right there.

I think my Aimpoint just broke... <dontknow>

That's just a picture of your oven, and that it's ON right now... Pics of the stuff hanging in the oven, man... <lmao> Coated parts, baking ,and hanging... I need to hire a translator for you... :banana: EDIT - Should look something like this...

That's her thing - she's the one that wants that optic, and can figure out the distances for the two dots. No matter what, though, the bottom of the 65MOA circle is still 7 yards on it. Mine is the 1.5-4 Leup - they can send me an elevation turret calibrated for my 150s. <thumbsup>

thunk, post up your New Zealand laws, brother. Let us know what you're dealing with as far as your laws there. After all, you're looking for the part - you need to give up the info on what it takes to get something there...

That's the very reason most people won't shoot 10-shot groups, right there. I need to find my IPSC head target at 75 yards, with the 16" precision gun, fired from the sitting position braced on a knee, leaning back against a 35" truck tire.... I have a picture of that bastard somewhere. Everything is right in the cross of the T-Zone.

Okay, so winemaker now. But Boeing Machinist back in the day. You have machinist skills. You worked that profession, for Boeing. You have the knowledge, experience, and training/work performance to accomplish this task. Not asking you to modify a Tubb brake, not in the least. I'm saying, you have a quest to find out if this theory works, and you also have skills that most people don't. Based upon those ASSumptions, you CAN buy a Tubb brake, and mic it all out - as a machinist, you know about precision measurement. Externally, you could buy that brake, copy it's dimensions - externally - and MAKE that thing to fit your 308 AR at 5/8x24. At that point, you could test the $hit out of it, and report back. You may only have a wood lathe and drill press now - but as a machinist, don't you know other machinists that have the macines that will accomplish this task? There's rules on this site. Then, there's The Rule on this site. You jump into something and start asking specific questions about a product, and no other member HAS that product... then The Rule leaves it at this: You wanted the info, You asked the questions, and no one has it. At this point, You buy the product, test it, and You report back on it. You're in that category with this series of debate, right now. Get busy. You made the grade on this one... <thumbsup> Or, just make excuses... <dontknow>