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I am assuming Sunday at 9:00 am, where at? I know where BPS is in nashville, but where is exact meeting place?

Okay, why redding? Why not lee or rcbs or any number of others? Not trying to single you out, just trying to understand why some puck one over another.

I have always used either Lee dies or RCBS dies but was recently reading about some other brands and have noticed some people seem stuck on one brand over others more than a sports team. What makes one set of dies better than others? Or is it simply which ones do you like? I mean this as an honest question so please keep it factual and above all civil. Thanks everyone.

Name one gun law that is actually constitutional. I don't mean its upheld by the liberal courts, but actually adheres to the wording of the second amendment. "shall not be infringed".

over inflated prices and limited selection. Can't speak for the range though.

The SLR is the one I am planning on getting myself. One thing I like about it is the simplicity, take it apart in a few seconds and nothing to lose like small balls or springs. Also, it can be adjusted from the front without removing the hand guards, something I noticed with some other types.

I have straight talk and it's $45 month with unlimited talk and text but they have a soft cap of 2.5 gb of data which they say they throttle you way back to crawling on speed but it only crawls as it is. My average data speed is .12 mbs notice the decimal point! If you want to talk and text it's good, but their data eats recycled hay from the cow. You also have to buy your own phone which you may or may not care about.

They use the same rational for every thing they wish to ban. "What if the criminals get a hold of it?" The question in my mind is, where do we say that's enough.

I still had the problem even with the enlarged port. I removed the handguard cap and that's when the problem stopped. I am guessing the cap was pushing the gas block forward and slightly blocking the port. I kept looking for it to be centered (left right) but never really paid attention to if it was centered front back which it was not.

I finally found the problem. I took the gas block off again and was inspecting the carbon ring when I noticed it was perfectly centered but a bit forward, so I removed the end guard cap and ran gas block all the way against the barrel shoulder and worked perfect. Locked back with no problem on only 16 grains. So now I guess I have to order a free float hand guard. Thanks for all the help everyone. I really do honestly appreciate it!!!

Last time I had the gas port off I blew through it and didn't feel anything, but thats not to say it isn't undersized or something and i did open the gas port to .125

Just an update. I have tried upping the powder charge all the way to 17.3 grains and finally blew out a primer so I can't go any higher on the powder charge. Still no function on 147, 155, 168 or 220 subs. Maybe a different powder? I have only tried h110, thinking maybe lil gun or a1680. other wise, new barrel or new gas system first. Maybe the gas is restricted slightly and just don't realize it. heck I don't know.

I think they have gone up to $90

 disappointed on the other end of it. There is the key to my fear!!! LOL  

hmmm I wonder if its possible the the 147 grain bullets are slightly undersize from being "pulls".... Just thinking out loud. Now where is that mic...?

Mike, I shot a friends silencer back in the 80's that was the old type with wipes and had to be repacked about every 500 shots or so and man that was quiet. I know modern silencers can't be that quiet because of no wipes but you also don't have to repack them anymore. :) I know, trade offs. I also recently shot another friends mite and honestly I was not impressed at all. way too loud, but to be honest, I don't know what ammo he had, may have been supersonic. So I am looking for a good (quiet) pistol silencer and some use on rifle. Thinking hard about something with k-baffles but I also really like the cleanable factor of the sparrow even though I know its NOT a very quiet pistol can. so there is my dilema. Starting to look at the specter II but still keeping an open mind. Also looking at the hunter town arms guardian. As far as a 30 cal silencer, I just want a good can with a quick detach because I plan on using it on my 300 blackout and 556 upper with a possibility of a future 308 bolt action. Clear as mud? Thanks for the reply. :)

I am trying a different bcg and more powder first then I may look at breaking out the tools. It just confuses me by running so well on the 125 grain bullets with a relatively light charge. But at this point I may try just about anything. LOL

The bolt is against the hand guard cap. I have removed the gas block several times and the carbon circle is completely surrounding the gas port of the barrel so I am sure its correctly positioned. I will load a few more rounds up closer to the max and try that. Thanks for all the advice everyone. :)

I have double and triple checked that and yes it's a carbine length

I was actually thinking it was over gassed since I have a .107 gas port and primers are flattening, but I have researched that and its apparently normal for some primer flattening with converted brass and wsr primers. 

No I built it. It's a mossburg barrel, aero precision upper and I can't remember what brand bcg.

I honestly don't know what buffer I have, its whatever came with the rifle when I bought it. Stock S&W M&P 15. I will try more powder, Thanks. 

I forgot to mention that, I do not have any p-mags but I have tried 5 different GI metal type mags all with the same results. This is a picture of where it locks everytime.

I have an ar15 with a 556 upper and a new 300 blackout upper. The 556 upper runs 100% and the 300 blackout runs 100% with 125 grain sierra over 17 grains of h110 but when I tried 147 grain bullets I can't get the bolt to lock back or reliably strip the next round off the mag. I started with 16.1 grains of h110 and it seems to catch on the bolt carrier but not the bolt. The chart I have lists that powder as 16.2 grains max load so I backed it down to 15.6 grain with the same problems. I "feels" like the bolt is hitting the end of the buffer tube but still not locking back. I have backed the powder down to 15.1 but haven't been able to get to the range to test that. Any other suggestions? I am getting frustrated at this thing.

I have yet to hear a song by Steve Lee I didn't like. Great voice and great message.