cottyw

+1 Ice is the heat! It fit better when I installed the plug first and then the well.

TA01 with JP iron sights on the free float tube at the 2 oclock position.

I forgot about this thread. So here is what I did to get some of the benefit of a comp without all the blast. I cut off some of the chambers. Here at work I had a lot of opportunity to look at comps on work guns. Some soviet and some US. Everything from 105 to DISKA. A lot of them used a one chamber designs. It is a compromise. I get some of recoil reduction but without all the blast. I found I could further tune the break by slowly opening up the front hole.

I’ve got tears running down my cheeks!

Someone please take a .40 case and see if it will slide over the bolt on an AR15. Will

Do you think the 6.8 case head diameter would fix this problem?

xdrocker, Thanks, good tip...I will try to simulate and play with it. Who taught you? Will

I wonder if the XCR and Masada will be included?

Even if the military does not pick it up couldn’t it find a home in the Law Enforcement community? This is how we got 40 S&W which is what most IPSC/USPSA guy’s use.

I like the round (7.62x39) I just don’t like the platform. I have had to use a lot of them lately for training and self-defense. The problem is the safety. I have even tied a loop on the selector lever but it is hard to get your finger in under stress. Most of my counterparts carry the weapon without a round in the chamber. I have personally treated 3 indigenous soldiers who accidentally shot themselves in the foot, peaking over building walls with their finger on the trigger. I know the AK is a good rifle and have seen it prove its worth in battle. The ergonomics are difficult and I think that’s why it is limited in 3-gun. This type of discussion helps me frame arguments as a professional so when I have a chance to talk to those at the top I can make a cogent argument. Separate issue: Would the size of the 6.8spc cartridge prevent it from going over the top of the bolt and alleviate that type of catastrophic malfunction? Would an op-rod from a gas piston prevent it with standard .223 cartridge?

Great article here: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/the-us...troversy-03289/

Good posts guys, I am seriously considering putting some of this tax free money toward a XCR. It would support all the people supporting 6.8. Will I shoot it in 3-gun, probably not unless it’s more of an IDPA/tactical format. Will

Eric, Sent PM Will

I think the real problem with the AR is the magazine. I have shot about 4 in the last year. I put a hole in them so nobody else tries to use them. The magazine on an AK is built like a tank. The most catastrophic malfunction on the M4 is when a round jumps up over the bolt. You have to use a pocketknife to get it out, but thats why they give us a backup pistol. For as long as US GIs have been duking it out at close range they have all carried three weapons like Samurai. Rifle/shotgun, pistol and a knife. Owe, and somebody needs to tell that elderly gentleman we don’t use full auto for regular troops anymore. Standard practice is two rounds at close interval, from the shoulder and with optics.

too funny