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Just so you know you cannot use the TGO discount along with the GearHog discount. Mine wound up being $22.85 shipped form Joe Bob Outfitters. Then with the $15 GearHog the total is $37.85 shipped. Now my lightweight AR will be under 5 pounds without an optic or 5 pounds 4 ounces with an optic. Hopefully I will have it completed for the meet this weekend at Spot's place. Dolomite

Thanks a lot. Now I guess I am going to have to buy that polymer lower I have been thinking about. No way I can even think about passing on it for $37 shipped. Dolomite

Give me a call tomorrow sometime. I think I may have not been clear. I promise I can be clearer over the phone. Dolomite

Couldn't agree more. Dolomite

Something else. Check you SD and your ES, with SD being the king. These are more critical than the High or the Low. You could have a string where you have 25 shots that are within 10fps of each other then a single, crazy round can go a few 100 fps high or low. By just looking at the high and low only the numbers can be very deceiving. I don't believe that is going to fix your issue at the moment. Dolomite

I hear it can be kind of hard to make really, really cheap brass for it. I also hear the Lee is making cheap dies for it and we all know that Lee dies suck. Good luck with your 300 BLK build. Dolomite

How about this. We know who the caniddates are by November which gives the IRS plenty of time to add their names to the front of the federal income tax forms. You check the box for your chosen candidate. So at the same time you file your taxes you vote. After all if you are not filing taxes and paying your fair share you should not be allowed to vote on who gets to use those tax dollars. Dolomite

For CQB distances twist and projectile weight generally doesn't matter. A bullet will not become unstable within inches of the muzzle. It generally takes some distance for that to happen and that distance will likely be well beyond CQB distances. And by CQB distances I mean less than 25 yards. I will say you want the least stabile bullet that will fly straight to your intended target though. That way it doesn't matter the type of bullet you are using, FMJ or HP, it will tumble inside of biodegradeable target. For a 7 twist gun that will be used for CQB I would use the heaviest bullet I can, like a 77 grain. Because it will generally tumble inside of the target and be devastating because the distance is so short there is still a lot of velocity left. As a matter of fact you could use 62 grain at the same distances and although it may not tumble the velocity will fragment the bullet. For a 9 twist I would also use a 77 grain bullet because it will, without a doubt, tumble inside of the target. And with 62 grain the same can be said as well. And with both bullets the velocity will fragment them. Now these recommendations are with FMJ bullets. With modern rounds like the Hornady TAP the twist is not as important. Those rounds will expand, tumble and be very devastating regardless of how fast they are spinning. Even in a very fast twist a modern HP will fragment down to velocities well below what you would find at CQB distances. For plinking find the bullet you are likely going to use most then choose a twist rate which works well with it. In 90% of the cases I recommend a 9 twist. The reason is they will shoot 55 and 62 grain bullets, the most common. They will also shoot the lightweight varmint type bullets as well as heavier bullets. I shoot 69 SMK's all the time with zero problems. No matter what when choosing a twist choose the slowest twist that will fire your heaviest bullet. You do not want to overspin your bullets. The reason is when you are spinning a bullet faster than it needs to be then even the smallest imperfection gets magnified compared with a slower twist. Think of it like an out of balance tire, the slower you go the less noticeable it is but increase the RPM's and it gets worse. This is what happens when you over spin bullets as well as the fact centrifugal force can rip the jacket from the core if RPM's get too high. Dolomite

Provide the plantiff with a .10 bag, if it is really that bad give her two and call it good. Or how about this, just bend her over like she is trying to do to the 11 year old and his family. She says she accrued $150K in medical bills. I be a lot of it was cosmetic surgery that she wanted before the ball hit her. And then there is the undisclosed amount for punitive damages. This should not hold up in court because the child did not do it maliciously and the women assumed responsibility when she attended the game. Dolomite

So if she is seeking money for her loss of sex does that make her a prostitute? I mean she is suing for obviously loosing some sort of earning capacity. I would be willing to bet she lumped the baseball injury into the injuries sustained by the headboard during sex. The courts are not the problem, they are required to hear every suit brought before them at least once. Now upon the initial hearing of the case the judge can dismiss it or allow it to progress. The problem is the pro bono laywers that sue on behalh of someone else that is the problem and the judges who don't have the intestinal fortitude to dismiss a case that should be. The lawyers are the ones who stand to make the most out of a case like this, especially if it drags on. I was once involved in a class action suit and after the attorneys fees I received less than $2 to compensate me for the thousands of dollars that I apparently lost. Not saying all lawyers are bad but there are some ambulance chasers in the world. Dolomite

Bullet length has nearly everything to do with it. The reason why we went to 7 twist in the first place was to stabilize 63 grain tracers which are at least 1/4" long than standard 62 grain pills. Stabilizing a 77 grain bullet in a 9 twist has to do with velocity and how they are constructed. The ones with polymer tips are shorter, as far as determining length for proper twist, than all metal ones. It also depends on the barrel itself. It seems some barrels tolerate heavier bullets than they should which is why Caster can shoot 77's out of his CZ with great success. I am sure it also depends on jacket thickness because jacket material is lighter than the lead core. I am not saying all 9 twist barrels will stabilize all 77 grain bullets but with a barrel that tolerates heavy bullets and a bullet that has a polymer tip shoot 77 grain bullets, and doing it accurately, is completely possible. Velocity has a lot to do with it as well. A 9 twist will stabilize a 77 grain bullet at 2,800 fps better than one leaving the muzzle at say 2,400 fps. A slower twist also increases velocity as well as increases barrel life. There are plenty of reasons not to over spin your bullets. Dolomite

How much was your trust again? More importantly did the lawyer look at what I sent you? It might be worth it just to avoid the death hassle transfer. Dolomite

It would seem that it would be transferred to the person getting your house or your wife's jewelery providing they are relatives of some sort. I am pretty sure you cannot have it transferred to someone who is not a relative even though they may be getting your stuff. This is for an NFA item that is owned by an individual. Here is the form to conduct the free transfer: http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5320-5.pdf I have also heard rumors that the ATF denies these free transfers. On a trust then all that happens is the physical possession is done to another trustee. No need to do any transfers. Dolomite

Slower twists for a given bullet tend to increase accuracy over faster twists. If you look at the benchrest crowd they almost always use a twist that barely stabilizes the bullet they are using. Just because a 7 twist barrel shoots 77 grain bullets doesn't mean it is ideal. I recommend 9 twist 90% of the time for AR owners. The reason is it will shoot 99% of the bullets the average AR owner is going to shoot which is either 55 grain or 62 grain bullets. The 8 twist will shoot 100% of the bullets that can be fed from a magazine. The other 10% that I recommend 7 twist to are those that are building a long range AR with a LONG barrel to shoot HEAVY bullets with no intention of shooting lightweight bullets. If you have a short barreled 7 twist gun you have the worst of all worlds. Too short of a barrel to get the MV you need for the bullet to fragment in the target and too fast of a twist for the bullet to tumble once it hits the target. At least with everything that would feed from a magazine. The 62 grain bullet when fired out of a 7 twist gun will not tumble at any velocity. At closer ranges the velocity will cause the intregrity of the bullet to fail and fragment. But that is with ranges inside of 200 yards with a 62 grain bullet. Beyond that and there is not enough velocity for the bullet to fragment. It is generally accepted that a FMJ bullet will not fragment below 2,600-2,700 fps. Now modern designs can help some. And when you are spinning a bullet faster than it needs to be then even the smallest imperfection gets magnified compared with a slower twist. Think of it like an out of balance tire, the slower you go the less noticeable it is but increase the RPM's and it gets worse. This is what happens when you over spin bullets as well as the fact centrifugal force can rip the jacket from the core if RPM's get too high. Dolomite

Now I wonder where you heard, or didn't hear, that at? LOL For anyone watching videos about suppressors, they do not translate well. For some reason they always sound louder on film than in person. I think it has something to do with the fact certain sound frequencies are not able to be heard by humans but the camera's electronic microphone does hear them. Then it translates into a frequency that humans do hear. Dolomite

The polymer lower would save 7 ounces. Trimming the barrel would have saved 4 ounces. I would rather have the extra velocity than save 4 ounces. I could do without the forward assist but I like having it. Not for dirt but for chamber checks. When doing a check on the loaded chamber you pull the bolt back partially and if their is a bullet in the chamber you do not want to eject it. So you either ride the bolt back forward or just release it. But in either instance the upward pressure of the loaded magazine can slow the bolt enough to prevent a full lock up. So you use the forward assist to finish the job. Not really sure how much it would save by not having the forward assist. Dolomite

I just read the velocities on their brochure. I am pushing a 62 grain bullet to 3,070 out of a 16" gun using the SMP 842 without signs of pressure. Dolomite

People have been asking so here are some quick pictures I took. It is 5 pounds, 11 punces as pictured. Everything is off the shelf with nothing "custom". The Carbon fiber free float tube knocked 12 ounces off the aluminum tube I had on there before. I haven't fired it for accuracy yet but that will hopefully happen soom Dolomite

Now that makes more sense. Because SMP 842 is closer to H335 than CFE 223. It is still not the same though. Dolomite

I used to load to the rifling with my Savage and it shot well enough, .5". Then one day I was shooting some different loads that were loaded to the lands. Those rounds shot miserably and turned in groups that were over1" at 100 yards. I got so disgusted that I didn't want to shoot the ammo any more. The only other ammo I had was some rounds for my AR that were loaded to mag length. There was a huge difference between the two in length and I honestly thought they were going to shoot bad as well. In the end I shot several .3" groups using this ammo that made a big jump. All guns are different, some like short jumps while others long jumps. Weatherby have throat lengths that are among the longest out there for a factory gun and they shoot great. There are also certain loads that seem to do well in all guns. That is why FGMM shoots so well, it is a known sweet spot for most gun. What you need to do is do a ladder test with the rounds loaded to factory length. Then you need to do the same ladder test using different lengths. It is also important to seat the bullet off the base of the ogive. you might need to open the seater pin slightly to do this. I made a seater that is only .002" smaller than the bullet. Dolomite

May want to check this thread out OP regarding the booster puck: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/47924-saiga-12-gurus/page__p__754879__hl__booster#entry754879 The MD Arms booster puck is actually aluminum and only lasts a few hundred rounds then you have to beat it out of your gun. It will cause more problems than it solves in the end. Mild steel is even too soft for this part. Only a hardnened steel part will survive there. Your gun should run fine without the booster puck. If not I bet you have a Tapco hammer installed. The are notorius for causing cycling issues. because the hammer face is too tall and drags really hard on the bottom of the bolt. Dolomite

There are a couple of reasons to have a forward assist. First is if the chamber gets a bit dirty the the bullet will not chamber all the way. The second and more common way it is used is for this. When doing a check on the loaded chamber you pull the bolt back partially and if their is a bullet in the chamber you do not want to eject it. So you either ride the bolt back forward or just release it. But in either instance the upward pressure of the loaded magazine can slow the bolt enough to prevent a full lock up. So you use the forward assist to finish the job. I admit I have used it for both but mostly for the later scenario. I always do chamber checks so for me a FA is something I use regularly. Dolomite

Where did you buy them? Dolomite

Metal mags tend to be cheaper than Magpul mags. http://www.aimsurplus.com/catalog.aspx?groupid=14&name=AR15+type+Rifle+Magazines Dolomite

I have had to use that method with 1911's before. Especially with reloads. They will stop 1/8" shy of lock and so you give it a good smack on the rear of the slide then continue firing. Dolomite