Sparkylr308 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Report Posted June 13, 2022 Update: got to the range and went through several mags of 7.62x51 m80 ball ammo flawless! Thank you guys for all your help.
Matt.Cross Posted June 14, 2022 Report Posted June 14, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 7:15 PM, Sparkylr308 said: Update: got to the range and went through several mags of 7.62x51 m80 ball ammo flawless! Thank you guys for all your help. I love a success story!
Sparkylr308 Posted June 14, 2022 Author Report Posted June 14, 2022 @Matt.Cross thank you! I am more than thrilled!
Sparkylr308 Posted June 14, 2022 Author Report Posted June 14, 2022 @shooterrex& @Armed Eye Doc thank you! I appreciate it greatly!
Sparkylr308 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Report Posted June 22, 2022 @98Z5V thank you! just out of curiosity. Are you guys familiar with .458 socom or 50 Beowulf?
98Z5V Posted June 22, 2022 Report Posted June 22, 2022 We have a couple 458 Socom guys here. 50 Beo ain't that much different. Let the questions rip, man.
Armed Eye Doc Posted June 22, 2022 Report Posted June 22, 2022 I have a 450 Bushmaster that is a great rifle.
Sparkylr308 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Report Posted June 23, 2022 Do you guys have the specs on the gas port of the 50 Beowulf? Midlength gas system? A coworker of mine has one, and the issues that he is running into seem eerily familiar to the issues I was having with the LR-308. Cycles some stuff barrel but then with other ammo it stovepipes ever time.
Sparkylr308 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Report Posted June 23, 2022 The details I have as of right now from him are standard carbine extension. Standard carbine spring. H1 buffer. Midlength gas tube.
98Z5V Posted June 23, 2022 Report Posted June 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, Sparkylr308 said: Do you guys have the specs on the gas port of the 50 Beowulf? Midlength gas system? Midlength gas, but what's the barrel length? Gas block journal size? Know the current gas port diameter?
Sparkylr308 Posted June 23, 2022 Author Report Posted June 23, 2022 @98Z5Vnot sure yet. I will try to find out ASAP.
Armed Eye Doc Posted June 23, 2022 Report Posted June 23, 2022 I had to put an H3 buffer and standard buffer spring or an H2 buffer with a stiffer spring to make my 450 reliable. The next step would have been gas port.
shooterrex Posted June 23, 2022 Report Posted June 23, 2022 My Beowulf upper was Alexander arms factory built. Never took it apart to measure anything. I'm running it on a A2 stocked lower. Rifle buffer and spring.
98Z5V Posted June 24, 2022 Report Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, shooterrex said: My Beowulf upper was Alexander arms factory built. Legit parts, for that caliber. Very. You might have to take it apart so we get some gas block journal info and gas port diameter info... I chat for hours with this guy, every single time I go to SHOT - James Reddish. Edited June 24, 2022 by 98Z5V
Sparkylr308 Posted June 27, 2022 Author Report Posted June 27, 2022 Update: it is carbine length. the gas port was undersized. extractor claw is broken.
Magwa Posted June 29, 2022 Report Posted June 29, 2022 Another tip looking at your pictures your rifle is dry as a bone in the desert, lube that thing like you own the lube company dripping wet and get a container and soak your BCG in Mobile 1 synthetic oil for at least two weeks , take it out to shoot but put it back in when you return home after the two weeks she will be slick and easy to clean... lube the upper and lower where the BCG rides marry those surfaces....
Sparkylr308 Posted July 1, 2022 Author Report Posted July 1, 2022 @Magwathank you I will do that! Do you remove the firing pin or anything before soaking? Do you remove the oil from any certain areas extensively afterwards?
Armed Eye Doc Posted July 1, 2022 Report Posted July 1, 2022 35 minutes ago, Sparkylr308 said: @Magwathank you I will do that! Do you remove the firing pin or anything before soaking? Do you remove the oil from any certain areas extensively afterwards? Soak it complete. No need to take it apart. Wipe off the bolt face before shooting.
dpete Posted July 1, 2022 Report Posted July 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Armed Eye Doc said: Soak it complete. No need to take it apart. Wipe off the bolt face before shooting. As Doc said, wipe off the bolt face but other than that leave it drippy. As you are shooting it you should have oil oozing out of every orifice of the upper/lower. You want all those big metal parts sliding smoothly and mating together without hitting any dry spots. (That should be a good mental image for ya!)
98Z5V Posted July 1, 2022 Report Posted July 1, 2022 18 minutes ago, dpete said: (That should be a good mental image for ya!) Like this...
Sparkylr308 Posted July 1, 2022 Author Report Posted July 1, 2022 @Armed Eye Docawesome thank you! Will do. @dpetemakes sene! Hahaha definitely created an image. Not exactly as @98Z5Vposted but along those lines but similar for sure haha. just reading the progression of that made me laugh like crazy.
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