i can use the A1 buffer tube i have if i have to.. since i will only be shooting it prone. Which i may do.. You "assumed" correctly that it is a 20" barrel with a rifle length gas tube. Adjustable gas blocks are not allowed. As for the barrel, it is a Shelin 7.5 twist 4 groove barrel..
How fast and what powder load are you using with your 77's? Have you shot yours at 600 yards and further with yours.. ???
As for a tool, it's pretty common thought.. that if your brass is landing 1230 to 230.. you are over gassed.. 3 to 430 is perfect, 430 to 530.. the carrier is going too slow.
i am not hip to all this new tech with buffers and springs..
been told about the use of the Gissele springs, but to be honest, he just wants way too much for those. I found the company that makes the buffers for everyone that sells them.. and they sell direct.. so it is a matter of now much weight i should go for to slow this carrier down.
I have also considered a JP Silent Captured Spring system too