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Graycrait has one installed in a Ruger and said it was great. I can only assume the same quality would go into the bodyguard's kit.

Lucky for him they sell replacement nuts on there, I guess it is such a big problem that there is a need to sell them.

Well if you did not use the ATF fingerprint cards you are going to feel the pain of doing it wrong. Wait 9-12 months then get to run around and try to fix it. I am sure they will let you keep your place in line like other errors but I have never heard what happens with the wrong fingerprint cards.   There are plenty of places cheaper than $400. But realistically what is the wait worth? For me the cost of a trust was well worth getting approval back in 20 days. Being able to use the eFile system, which is idiot proof, is worth the price of admission as well.   John Wells did mine and I could not be happier.   BTW, you can order your correct forms here. http://www.atf.gov/forms/dcof/

Also, it looks like that is part of the cheap kits being sold on eBay. Nothing wrong with them as long as you follow the procedures for installing a tube but if you don't they will fail sooner than a quality piece.

He should have used grease and worked up in steps. Go part of the way to spec then loosen, then go a bit farther and loosen and continue until things line up. I suspect the biggest problem is tightening an anodized dry part onto another dry anodized part.

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It is possible to take a milspec trigger in improve it to a point where it is very competitive. A few have pulled the trigger on my 300 Blackout and it is a reliable sub 2 pound trigger with ZERO take up and less than 1/16" over travel. Took about 20 minutes of work but I will put it up against any $200 trigger.   I do not own an AR that has a trigger above 4 pounds and they all have milspec triggers.

It is easy to tell the EBT card, it is the one with the American flag on it. Nothing more American that having someone you don't know pay for your food.   I intentionally watch those around me and, yes, I notice people using their EBT card. And it does upset me seeing people buy stuff using their EBT card that most people who are not on assistance cannot afford. And with the EBT money they buy crap rather than buy decent food. If I were spending someone else's money I would buy the best food I can rather than junk food. It is also about education, a lot of people on assistance have no clue that the donuts, cup cakes and sodas are not bad for them. But the best way to prevent people from buying stuff that is bad for them is remove it from the list of authorized foods.   It is illegal for a retailer to ask for ID to verify the name on the card is the person using the card. It is a privacy issue and if they do the retailer will be barred from accepting EBT.   Better than a chow hall is pack up a weeks worth of food and mail it to the recipients. Saves the post office at the same time. And as far as what you get rice, beans and a few other nutritionally necessary items is all they need. If a person was truly in need of food they would beg for the rice, beans and anything else. American's are spoiled, especially those who get assistance. Those on welfare demand more and the government gives in to their demands.

The BEST milspec lower parts kit is the DPMS. I have never had, nor have I never heard, of a problem with DPMS LPK's. Are the others as good, possibly, but I have heard of issues with PSA and Spikes LPKs. I have personally had a problem with a PSA LPK in the past. The trigger was not machined on the front and was rounded over. It still worked but it was not something I would have trusted.   BCM is definitely as good as DPMS but you will also pay more.   DPMS makes a lot of junk but their LPKs are great. For the last 10 years their LPKs have been great. When I am searching for a milspec LPK I ALWAYS tried to find DPMS before looking anywhere else.   Now with that being said most LPKs are a combination of parts from various manufacturers. And most LPKs, regardless of brand, are more than likely made up of the same parts.

If you are going to cast I would look at powder coating the bullets. Makes the alloy less critical. Powder coated bullets run cleaner than plain cast or jacketed. You can push them as hard as jacketed in most calibers, definitely in 357 magnum, and the best part is you can color coordinate your bullets to what you are wearing that day.

Walmart sells black powder.   Where exactly, as in city, do you live?

What are you wanting to load?

I have said for a very long time that California is the petri dish for the nation. Every single law passed that affect liberties started in California. Look at every single bit of gun legislation in the last 40 years and it was first a California law. All the environmental laws started in California and went nationwide. The AWB was, err still is, in effect in California long before it was made a national ban. And when those at a national level think their laws are working they pass it on a national level.   And another problem isn't California passing these laws. It is those Californians that move to free states and try to make those states just like the California they left. Same thing with those from New England. They hate their state so much they move here but then the miss it enough to try to make Tennessee just like the state they left except cheaper.

They do make free float tubes that use the factory barrel nut. There is no need to remove the factory barrel nut or the barrel and in most cases you do not even need to remove the gas block or gas tube. And they are actually cheaper than a lot of the free float tubes that use their proprietary barrel nuts. The first 5 on this page all clamp tot he factory barrel nut and do nto require anything to be removed as long as it will fit under the tube: https://www.rainierarms.com/?page=shop/browse&category=railedforearms_rainierarms You will have to dremel the delta ring and spring off but other than that it is pretty straightforward.   BTW, the cost of the proper tools is a lot less than the cost of a stripped upper. Do you have a barrel nut wrench?   I have found that a sharp rap with a hammer can loosen some nuts that brute force cannot. And, as Garufa said, heat can help loosen stubborn barrel nuts.   If the BCG does not bind then it should be fine.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/81147-post-your-762x39-ammunition-deals-here/#entry1184740

I am getting my Wolf 7.62x39 for $218/1,000 shipped. I will be ordering a case a month for the foreseeable future. The only other ammo I will be buying is self defense ammo.

Yeah, my caliper wasn't as zeroed as well as I had thought. I went back with a more precise caliper, capable of .0001" and they are measureing ~.3100"-.3105".   So I guess I screwed the pooch on this one.

Last time I bought some I bought them off of eBay.   Here is one for $3.49 shipped: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Crush-Washer-for-223-5-56-Muzzle-Brake-1-2x28-AR-Barrel-Flash-Hider-Compensator-/111475144441?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19f46fb6f9

If you did not get them from the ATF or you did not write it in then there is no sense in waiting. I would contact the ATF on Monday and ask them to return the packet. While on the phone ask for the fingerprint cards.   Waiting 8-9 months to correct the problem could delay you a lot more than getting the correct cards right now.

Yeah, $700 a case is way too much for me. Another issue is I hate cleaning my guns so I would never knowingly buy corrosive.   At this point loading my own powder coated cast bullets into the Wolf cases seems like the best option.

Source for surplus 7.62x39?

I have posted before about it like 2-3 years ago. I was hoping Wolf would have figured it out by now but I guess not. I have some current production Wolf 7.62x39 and the bullets still measure .308", not .311" like it should be. I even had one measure .307". This is probably why most people say their AKs are inaccurate but it is not the AK, the design or even the shooter. It is the bullets we have here.   Shooting correct ammo I had some Afghans who could hit man sized targets 7 out of 10 times at 350 yards using a well worn AK.   I really with there was some correct ammo that is not super expensive.   I might actually pull the bullets and reload the steel cases with other surplus .311" bullets or maybe some cast, powder coated bullets.   I can at least use the Wolf bullets for the 300 Blackout.

  PM me your address and I will send you some whole, dried peppers.

But does it have the ATF's ORI number at the top?   If the ORI number is for the Nashville PD your application will be rejected.   The fingerprint cards MUST come from the ATF.

They are just seeds at this point. They have been drying for a month or so.