BitchinCamaro

Very cool. What happens if you switch bullet profiles in the future?

How are you liking the SD3g? I bought mine because everyone else had one-loved it after installing it and testing, but found the pull to be surprisingly creepy on long range targets. I remember thinking to myself "really?...really?" while keeping my sight picture on a 300 yard steel popper and waiting for the sear to disengage. It's pretty nice on the close up stuff though.

Uuuuugh. I'm dreading your post when you put that thing on a scale. I know my tac-irons rifle is gonna be heavier .

It turns out that getting sort of unfit over the winter was a big contributor to not moving smoothly or with control at speed. I'm not normally a six-pack fitness freak, but I've been there, and I'm aware that I'm relatively core-weak at the moment. I contacted a personal trainer-friend and she suggested this: http://youtu.be/I57C1jvcNTY?t=1m43s and warmed up with this: So 15 minutes 3 times a week and I'm already seeing a massive improvement in consistency with my horizontal transitions..Right now I'm ~.5 splits on 8 clays all day, everyday. .3 is still touch and go, but I'm getting into my full summer workout routine so hopefully I'll be consistent by the next match or 2. Maybe the answer is core instead of ballast.

Consider running what you have now and get all your reciprocating weight reduction done later in one stupid, horribly expensive purchase and be done with it. Not to say that there is anything wrong with the taccom products (I have load 2s and they're great- my shotgun times suck slightly less now!). It's just that if you're going low mass for recoil benefits, then you're going to realize that lighter is better (to a practical limit). For instance, check out the buffer bounce video above. Watch a segment where the BC bounces- then compare some part of the rifle (like the edge of the eotech) to the background trees. Notice the overall recoil of the gun. Now go to the segment with no bolt bounce and compare the same point. Or just experiment with mid-weigh stuff now and get a baseline before you drink the kool-aid and go with a JP Lmos and SCS. Love mine!

From a science background, that's a classic I haven't heard in years. Loled!

Blood in the water for this thief to go to jail and get passed around like a ragdoll. Pehaps he can get sentenced to wear a shame sign at the next gun show - "I steal guns and sell them to honest people". Please update (when it's legally appropriate for you to do

Mossberg CS over the phone isn't confidence inspiring, but their execution is great. I had a problem with my earlier JM. I sent in a receiver, they sent me a whole new shotgun. Good times.

As far as carrier bounce goes, it's going to be a balance of mass and spring rate, which mathematically is balancing carrier momentum with the kinetic energy imparted to the system on the forward stroke, respectively. For a given input (gas setting), a reduction in mass is a directly proportional change in momentum, but the change in kinetic energy is not; -assuming the same buffer spring rate, the entire system moves back further with less mass, thus storing more potential energy in the longer stroke -the longer stroke imparts more speed to the mass on the forward stroke, which increases KE by the square of it's value. So, a light mass with a light spring may bounce because the proportion of it's momentum and KE are less than optimal. Again, this is an opinion. I'm wrong all the time.

Soooooo, I just wrote 5 paragraphs here trying to explain the physics of my explanation and realized that I wasn't even a 1/4 of the way through. I'll save that for another thread I suppose! In short, for me, priority for controlling your cycle is gas block > reciprocating weight > spring rate. A bone stock gun with a fancy gas block is going to reap the benefits of it's parts way before a rifle with a stock gas block and lightweight bits on the inside. That's just an opinion based on math and confirmed with experience. This is what I posted on another thread:

FWIW, my syrac gen 1 clamp on works fine. I suppose there is a little gas "bleed" around the top as evidenced by some carbon, but not any more than most detent styles. I shoot it suppressed and it gets crudded up pretty good, but nothing a little penetrating oil doesn't break up. My adjustment screw is anti-seized.

What are you trying to accomplish with the buffer weight again (you may have stated it, but I got lost in the syrac chatter)? If it's overgassed as is, then that's a problem that needs to be addressed independently of the buffer weight or spring rate. Tune it down with the gas block. If you then change buffers for the sake of lowering reciprocating mass, you'll likely be overgassed again with a light buffer, so tune appropriately. If there are cycling issues,then consider spring rates.

Awesome prices on the 5x20s, but I already have one! I might wait for a black friday sale to see how the 1x4 and 1x6 look.

After a long talk with JP and dusting off my old Physics textbooks, I (and JP) decided to run a heavier than stock spring rate with lightened reciprocating guts. A heavier spring rate gives the bcg enough force to get back into battery while keeping the reciprocating length and momentum to a minimum during both strokes of it's cycle. It's true that for a given displacement a stronger spring will give a mass more velocity (and thus, momentum) relative to a lighter rate pushing the same mass. But if you limit the backwards stroke initially with a heavier spring rate (for a given gas volume), then there is an overall reduction in displacement and limit to the velocity on the bcg's return to battery- a convenient and directly proportional limitation to momentum. That's my approach at least. Mechanical recoil is reciprocating inertia. Reduce the inertia first, then limit the maxima of momentum for given masses by limiting input forces into the system (gas volume and pressure), and spring displacement. Light buffer springs might cycle fine, but the math isn't optimal for rabbit farts.

They made a Titanium one?

Use a right side charger!

I missed this part. The cases are unlubed? Every case should be lubed, carbide or not- especially for a progressive. 9mm is sooooooo easy to lube. Put on 2 surgical gloves, smear or spray some lube of choice between your hands, and roll brass between your hands by the fistfull. It takes less than 4 minutes to do 1000 cases this way, and it pays off in spades for time as it is put it through your press. Try it. 5 mins. Any lube. I've used a light smear of Mobil1 in a pinch. Poseidon, I'm using a LNL and prior to that I used a Lee Loadmaster, both with carbide dies. Just a light lubing of all your cases is mandatory to keep things running smoothly on a progressive. Even a little bit of sticking makes the progressive operation more herky-jerky and compromises the action at all your stations.

Slippery...slippery...slope...

He're some bulk blasting ammo- http://www.sgammo.com/product/cci/1000-round-case-40-cal-sw-cci-blazer-180-grain-fmj-ammo-3591 http://www.sgammo.com/product/wolf-performance-ammunition/1000-round-case-223-rem-55-grain-fmj-wolf-polyformance-ammo-2009 Bulk with brass cases (trade your brass with Freedom Munitions for a discount in the future) http://www.sgammo.com/product/wolf-performance-ammunition/1000-round-case-223-rem-55-grain-fmj-brass-case-non-magnetic-wol http://www.sgammo.com/product/federal/500-round-case-40-cal-sw-180-grain-fmj-federal-american-eagle-ammo-ae40r100 Slugs: http://www.sgammo.com/product/12-gauge/80-round-can-low-recoil-12-gauge-275-inch-1-ounce-slug-ammo-fiocchi-12flrslu Weidly enough, the only thing they're out of stock of is birdshot: http://www.sgammo.com/product/12-gauge/250-round-case-12-gauge-nobelsport-275-inch-75-shot-1200fps-target-load-ans1275

Another vote for SGammo.com . They managed to keep their prices reasonable over the past year, and their shipping is fast and reasonable.

I'm shooting more than just ARs through this can. My Mosin doesn't have that much shift at 100...or if it does it's within the normal "group" of milsurp ammo . I'm not doubting that the M1's tension can cause that much shift, I just wanted to make sure that the shift wasn't a symptom of misalignment. After waiting and obsessing for a year, I'm just as diligent about baffle strikes on a stranger's suppressor as I am on mine.

This doesn't happen to everyone? I'm halfway to 100k on my glock and the first shot is manageable, but always different than the rest of following. Part of it is the trigger pull, for sure, but there is so much other "stuff" that is happening getting your sights up to target from the draw that I figured the first shot requires a bit more work before I can break into a rythm of hits.

Are there any pics of the new one? I switched back to the Miculeck because it was plain lighter (and works fine). I'm interested to know how the taccom looks/works.

Wow. I have a little less than 1" rise at 100 yards with the can on. What can and mount are you using? Have you checked your mount alignment? It sounds like your barrel shoulder isn't square to the bore.

I just cleared a Suppressed Armament Ti .308 can- use it multi caliber. http://www.suppressedarmament.com/ I really like the super low weight. Suppression is good- imagine the sound of pulling a quick disconnect hose off of an air compressor but magnified. Their prices went up $100 after I bought mine. Does it "suppress"? Compared to nothing? Yes. Compared to a comp? MOST DEF. My friends razzed me about "needing" a can, but despite the hassle and cost, it's still going to be way cheaper than prescription hearing aids when I'm older. Now that I finally have mine, they're saving their pennies.