bushmeat

So what does this mean for all the folks who put in SRM sealed pistons and Surecycles?

I just posted about Blazers not grouping and your remarks about plated bullets intrigued me. Could there be a difference in how plated bullets vs. jacketed bullets behave in the Glock's polygonal bore? Could that be the reason for the inaccuracy you've experienced?

I've used Blazer aluminum cased 9mm in 115 and 124 gr versions in the past and found they shot well in my Glock 19. Picked up a batch recently and they just would not group. Tested Remington UMC, WWB, Federal Eagle and Hornady XTPs alongside and no problems. Anybody else have a similar experience with the Blazers?

Les, basically you now have a dedicated .22 upper. I use my Ciener conversion in my competition gun. So I get the same trigger feel and sight picture for .22 practice as I would for .223, just not the muzzle flip. Stingers shoot to POA at 25 yards, so I don't even have to adjust my sights. After removing the conversion unit, while shooting .223 through the bore will indeed clear out the gas tube, it will just deposit that gunk into the bolt carrier. I prefer to squirt Action Cleaner or Brite-Bore through the gas tube and just let it drip out. That helps clean the muzzle brake as well.

Using a Rock River NM 2-stage. Breaks at 4 lbs, just slightly lighter than my Glock trigger. IMHO, especially when transitioning from pistol to rifle, this setup reduces the chances of doubling or premature firing.

I'm running an 18" with rifle length gas tube. Started out with using a standard carbine buffer and it ran OK. But installed an H3 on a buddy's advice. It does feel smoother and is marginally more accurate. When chronoed, I found velocity spread significantly lessened. Guess the bolt is locked for a longer period and this has an effect.

BTW, since you asked about buffers: I ran a standard carbine buffer behind an 18" barrel and rifle gas and it worked pretty well. However, installed an H3 on a buddy's suggestion and got an accuracy improvement with reduced velocity spreads.

I would go with fluting. It will save weight, aid cooling and maintain rigidity.

Picking up on the thread for the optimum slug for the FN SLP Mk1, I'm wondering whether anybody here has tried a rifled choke and whether that provides a significant accuracy benefit over improved cylinder.

Wolf slugs give me about an 8" group at 100 yards using I/C choke. Brenneke KOs are good too.

I have the heavy piston and shoot 3inch 1 7/8 oz. #6, 2 3/4 1oz slugs, bulk (Wal-Mart) Win and Federal #8s and Remington Gun Club light recoil #9s. Quite a range and yes, it cycles everything reliably.

Did that April match push through and is there one scheduled for May?

Was reading this month's issue of "Garden&Gun." It's usually a good read, a southern lifestyle thing, lots of articles on country life, shotguns, bird dogs and barbecue. Saw an article by Tom Brokaw on bonding through hunting with his two Labs. Unfortunately, he states "I had edged back into shooting again after a hiatus brought on by the lethal consequences of 1968, when two of my heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were gunned down." So basically, Brokaw stopped hunting because he somehow equated it to assassination! Incredible! Yet, should we be surprised to read such drivel from the anchor of NBC? Anyway, despite covering numerous other assassinations and wars in the intervening years, Brokaw was somehow able to overcome his repugnance to guns relating that he had "moved up from the Remington Wingmasters" of his youth to over-and-under Berettas and Purdeys at exclusive shooting clubs in New York.

I must be blind then. I've twisted that focus ring every which way and can't find that 200yd dot. But no matter, it gets me hits anyway. As a confidence builder this scope's hard to beat.

Just got the Burris XTR on the AR PEPR mount. Pleasantly surprised it seemed zeroed from the factory. Shot dead on at 25 yards and needed just a click right at 100. Am confused about the reticle though. The papers with the scope clearly show three dots within the horseshoe but I can only, for the life of me, see two. Spoke to a Burris rep and he said there should be three. Am I just blind? This issue aside, the BDC works pretty well. I know it's calibrated for 62gr. load but I shot 55s and 77s and hit 10x10 steel plates all the way out to 400 yards. As for the missing dot indicating 200 yard POA, I just bracketted the steel plate between the center and six o'clock dots and rang it. Not too concerned about the illumination washing out in bright sun at distance. Seems to work well up close.

+1 on the heavy piston. My SLP Mk1 had cycling issues when new despite having been taken apart, cleaned and lubed. Did another tear down and polished the tail end of the bolt where it goes into the socket of the recoil spring. Re-lubed everything and made sure light piston was installed. Ran 100 rounds of Wal-Mart bulk Federal #8s, then a couple of boxes of Gun Club Light Target #9s, without a hitch. Took it apart, cleaned and installed heavy piston. Runs everything.