Dolomite_supafly

Honestly I would get an adjustable gas block and open the port up. Having a properly tuned gas system keeps the gun cleaner, reduces wear and reduces felt recoil. I recommend it for any carbine length gas system even if they are not having issues. Dolomite

I sent this: Dolomite

The email address for his boss does not match the newspaper puplication. The email address is for Kansas Ciy Star and the blip sown below says this was in the Charlotte Sun Herald.   I am writing someone, just need to figure out who.   Dolomite

It is a gas issue.   Your problem is likely because you have a M16 carrier and shooting steel cased ammo. The steel cased stuff runs at a lower pressure and lower velocity than quality brass cased ammo. Are you running a heavyweight buffer? If so toss it and go back to a standard buffer. This will likely fix the issue. If it doesn't then the only way to fix it is to drill out the gas port until it runs the steel cased ammo. But when you do that you might run into a problem of over gassing with quality ammo.   How used is the phosphate BCG? A used bolt is a lot looser and cycles better than a brand new BCG. Also, are both BCG the same? Is the Bn version an M16 carrier? The extra weight of a M16 carrier, along with the underpowered ammo, could be causing it to short stroke. (I actually suspect it) It sounds like the gun is under gassed with the Bn bolt carrier which tells me it is probably a M16 carrier.   What I would do is drill out the gas port until your guns cycles the steel cased. Then I would install an adjustable gas block. I would adjust it so the steel cased cycles. Then when you go to brass cased adjust it again. You want just enough gas to cycle, no more. And when you get a gas block adjusted correctly the felt recoil will be reduced as well.   Also, make sure to really clean the chamber. On more than one occassion a cycling issue has been resolved by cleaning a dirty chamber, especially after shooting steel cased ammo.   Dolomite

Maybe this was what the Mayans were talking about. I bet they didn;t count for leap years or daylight savings time :)   Dolomite

What are you going to be using it for?   There are a number of great scopes for $150 or under. If you are not going to be hunting with it I would grab a scope with some magnification to it. I would say max magnification at least 12x or even higher. I really like a 25x Mueller I had on one of my guns. Hawke makes a pretty nice scope for the Hawke makes a pretty nice scope for the money as does Vortex.   It is a little high but a Mueller APT is a really nice scope as well. Mueller scopes are very clear. I would compare them to a Leupold VXII as far as clarity goes. Mueller has a great warranty as well.    Dolomite

  RIF, check my first post. :)   Dolomite

Next they will say that up to 100 miles from an international airport is also considered the boarder. When that happens there will be a lot of areas that are under these zones.   Dolomite

Sharpie? Dolomite

They are popping up everywhere now. Walmart has been getting them in all the time but they do not sit on the shelf.   Dolomite

Again, casting is a great hobby and can significantly enhance the enjoyment of our sport. It can reduces costs by 90%+. This wasn't meant to sway anyone away from casting but to inform that there are risks. And just like we are safety conscience when doing anything else with risks, like handling our firearms, skydiving or when driving, we need to be safety conscience when casting.   I felt what I was doing was good enough because I did wear a mask anytime I was cleaning lead and wore a mask about 50% of the time when casting clean lead. With the exception of a couple of times when I got a face full of smoke, from a distance, I felt my exposure was minimal. I am going to rethink a few other ways I may have been exposed. I did touch lead with my bare hands and that will change now. I suspect that may have contributed just as much as, if not more than, inhalation.   In the end I am going to treat lead like it is a dog turd and try to avoid smelling or touching it.   Dolomite

I don't have a temp gauge yet. I am getting ready to build a PID. I did have a IR thermometer but it was erratic. Dolomite

Most days there is nothing in there, imaginative or not. This week though I have a lot on my mind. At least two guns to throw together. Dolomite

Must be because there is nothing there. Dolomite

I am also interested in hearing any real world experience with this stuff.   Dolomite

Check these out. Exciting stuff for AR owners. The 1-4x 24mm is going to be under $200 and the 1-4x 24mm Throw Down PCL is going to be under $250. I really like the PCL version because of the reticle and the first focal plain. Dolomite

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/254182/2/Morristown-Mystery-Residents-report-earth-shaking   It wasn't an earthquake but it was strong enough to damage houses with the rumblings.   Dolomite

He is playing with fire. If it is put to a vote, win or loss, there will be a lot of democrats out of a job in 2014. I think the reason why there hasn't been a vote yet has just as much to do with the democrats not wanting to vote as the republicans not wanting a vote. Nobody wants to touch it because of the shake up after the 94 AWB.   I think if there is not a vote we are going to get hammered in the mid terms. I think a vote will bring out enough gun owners to make a difference in the mid terms.   Either way we are going to have a hard time in 2014. Not because we won't vote or we don't have enough votes but because the democratic voters believe that voting more than once is ok. Personally I would love to see all voters marked with indelible ink when they vote.   Dolomite

I think the two biggest things that would have prevented it would have been making sure the fumes were being pulled away from me and the use of gloves. I did neither.   Dolomite

Doctor didn't seem to indicate any permanent damage.   Dolomite

Where are you located 380?   Dolomite

He has found a market for him to make money and he is using those children as the means to line his pockets.   He doesn't want to make a statement yet he does this in public. I wonder who called the media?    He just wants to make a buck and I bet he is the top wage earner in his nonprofit.   Dolomite

Just make sure to pull air from the pot and away from you. And if you touch it use gloves.   Dolomite

6.8 AR uses a program like MS Word to write his posts in then he just copies and pastes it. There is nothing you, or the board, can do to correct the problem.   Dolomite

Let me start by saying casting is fun and makes shooting less expensive. It is also very satisfying to know you took raw materials, or what is essentially that, and created a bullet from scratch. It is another facet of reloading that is just a normal progression for most people who shoot a lot and reload.   With that being said use precautions if you cast anything using lead. Do whatever you can to minimize exposure. And if you do cast make sure to check your levels to ensure your precautions are enough. I thought mine were enough but they were not. The test costs less than $100 and ensures you know exactly where you stand.   What happened to me:   I have been casting for about a year. I have never really spent more than 20-30 minutes every week or so casting. I have always felt fine and I did take precautions by wearing a mask. That is the way I have been casting for this past year.   Then things changed the first week of January when I got a new bullet mold. It was of a bullet I designed for use with the 300 Blackout. And because I was so excited about the caliber, and my new mold, I needed to cast morethan I have even cast before. At this time I substantially ramped up my casting. And I think it was during this time I increased my exposure beyond safe levels. I did make sure to wear a mask most of the time, but not all the time. I was always outside for all of my casting and almost always had a breeze so I thought I didn’t need to wear a mask. I never wore gloves either and routinely touched the lead but I always made sure to wash my hands before touching anything else. When done casting I always took a shower immediately afterwards. I will say that the times I was working with “clean” lead I rarely wore a mask because I thought there were no concerns with working with clean lead. I thought I was doing enough to keep myself safe.   By the end of second week or so I began to feel not right. Iwas nauseous almost every day and for most of the day. On top of this I just didn’t feel well and was just lethargic. I had muscle aches as well as having a short fuze when dealing with people. I thought it was because of the weather or I was getting sick or maybe a reaction to my medications I take. I really didn’t think it might have been the lead exposure until a little over a week ago. I was making ingots from wheel weights. I made sure to always wear a mask because it produces a lot of smoke but there were times when I would step outside to check and get some smoke in the face. It was only a brief moment so I thought it was nothing to worry about or I would try to hold my breath which never worked.   The day after making ingots I woke up and had a “tick” in my chest. When it first happened I got really scared as it took me to my knees but stopped almost as quickly as it had come on. I spoke to some nurses as well as looked up symptoms and all indicated it was not life threatening. And it subsided really quickly over the next day or two but it was still there. It did not correlate to my heartbeat but it was a painful “tick” so I went to the doctor. He said it was not related to the heart but could have been an aggravated nerve ending in my chest. I explained to him I suspected my lead exposure because of how I had been feeling and he said it would take a lot to get enough to show up. But we agreed a test would clear up any confusion.   Now that I look back my symptoms all matched lead exposure. I had my nausea, nerve problems, irritability and now that it has been a week and a half since I cast last the ringing in my ears has subsided substantially. And the day the doctor took my O2 saturation it was low. And even to this day I feel like crap. The test was done last Friday and I got the call today. 4 units is where you lead exposure becomes a concern and mine was at 10 units. It was not high enough to warrant chelation therapy but it is concerning. And this test was taken at least a week after my last casting session. The doctor said the levels were likely higher then than they are now because blood replaces itself faster than anything else in the body. Now I am taking activated charcoal to help prevent further exposure even though it has been a week. Between that and time the symptoms should subside. I am going to be using a range hood to duct all fumes out of the area. I also plan on using a full face mask, gloves and covering as much of my skin as possible. I was complacent before but never again as lead is bad news in any amount.   I am telling you this to keep you from casting but so you can prevent exposure to lead. Do what you can to prevent ANY exposure to lead or lead fumes. Do not become complacent even if only for a moment. And finally to keep the feds out of your hair because I found out that the CDC requires the feds to be notified if I show elevated lead levels during the next test. Casting is a fun pastime that reduces the cost of our hobby substantially. But it must be done safely.   Dolomite