unforgiven Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 That gas tube is not Armalite, I've seen that before. DSG Arms shows out of stock. Get on there notifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Dewey Johnskn said: I found a 15.5” AR-10 gas tube on Wilson Combat’s site and ordered it. It's legit - I still have a spare from them in the packaging. It's real - you did well. I honestly forgot about them, as a solution, because they just recently started doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewey Johnskn Posted February 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 Update: installed Primary Arms 5.4oz Buffer weight, Springco Orange Spring and Wilson Combat’s 15.5” AR10 gas tube. Gun runs flawlessly on 50 gr Hornady Superformances, 4100 fps. I will say gas key on BCG and gas tube port are a “snug fit” takes more force than usual to get the BCG out of the upper when taking apart but it honestly doesnt concern me as it doesnt feel like its enough resistance to hinder performance. My last question for you fine gentleman would be, down the road when i go experimenting with lighter bullets and more fps, if i run into a gas problem and need to drill out the gas port on the barrel, with this build, what size gas port is recommended? thanks again to everyone who stuck this out with me. (photo is the new wilson combat gas tube) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterrex Posted February 21, 2023 Report Share Posted February 21, 2023 Glad it's working for you. The BCG is new that's probably where the resistance is coming from. Take the upper off and remove the bolt out of the BCG. See if the BCG doesn't slide back and forth with little effort w/o the bolt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 22, 2023 Report Share Posted February 22, 2023 4 hours ago, Dewey Johnskn said: My last question for you fine gentleman would be, down the road when i go experimenting with lighter bullets and more fps, if i run into a gas problem and need to drill out the gas port on the barrel, with this build, what size gas port is recommended? What size is the gas port right now? It's obviously working, so don't mess with it. Down the road, you won't have to change the gas port diameter for a load - if you go to even lighter bullets, the charge weight is different, and it doesn't matter anyway, since you now have a balanced gas system and recoil system. Getting those two working together is what gives you the heart of your reliability. Loads can change now, you can even shoot heavies - won't matter. The two systems are working together, as designed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GStephen Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) On 2/21/2023 at 5:00 PM, Dewey Johnskn said: Update: installed Primary Arms 5.4oz Buffer weight, Springco Orange Spring and Wilson Combat’s 15.5” AR10 gas tube. Gun runs flawlessly on 50 gr Hornady Superformances, 4100 fps. I will say gas key on BCG and gas tube port are a “snug fit” takes more force than usual to get the BCG out of the upper when taking apart but it honestly doesnt concern me as it doesnt feel like its enough resistance to hinder performance. My last question for you fine gentleman would be, down the road when i go experimenting with lighter bullets and more fps, if i run into a gas problem and need to drill out the gas port on the barrel, with this build, what size gas port is recommended? thanks again to everyone who stuck this out with me. (photo is the new wilson combat gas tube) What magazine is working for you? And how many do you load? Edited March 3, 2023 by GStephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewey Johnskn Posted December 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 3/2/2023 at 7:29 PM, GStephen said: What magazine is working for you? And how many do you load? The APF 22-250 8 round mag. Its like $150 and sells out constantly but i fully load it and it works awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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