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I think it’s just one of those quirks with this quirky rifle. I had a lot of shells get jammed in the chamber after firing. Those were a bitch to get out. My bolt release is still ridiculous to release. So much so that I may extend it or just do away with the lock back on empty and just charge with a new mag if it doesn’t “work itself out”. Ive had some other small issues but it seems to get better on its own the more I work the gun. Time will tell

Got my RIA Magnum condom heat shield installed today!

Is it all rounds in the mag or just the first? Or are you leaving rounds in the mag for any amount of time before you try this...say couple hours or anything where the first round gets distorted? I’ve found some odd things about this gun when not firing it but it seems like it runs fine under live fire

So side by side a brand new carbine spring was 3 coils shorter than the factory spring...at least mine is. So your six coils off the softer factory spring may balance out to the same thing as 6 off the stronger shorter carbine spring. I’m going to try my jp silent spring and see what happens. I have the whole spring pack that’s not being used besides the lightest one. See how that plays out...

I cut off .930”. That still left me a tiny gap so I could time the comp if I needed to. That is with using the locknut still. Off you ditch the locknut just add that back to it. To measure the cut I backed the choke out to be even with the shroud as it site inside a bit, screwed the choke on without the shroud and wrapped a piece of tape around the barrel, pulled the comp and measured from the choke to the edge of the tape. If you keep the locknut just screw that on too and do the tape there...

I ordered the spring kit for like $15. I think it said 4.5 lbs

My stock spring was quite longer than the carbine but it was less compression. And yes before I cut the carbine. Wonder why they keep changing things on these?

I’ll measure when I get home.

If I would have known that the lock ring alone would not hold the comp still I would have cut the shroud longer and tossed the lock ring altogether...too late now. The lock ring is a little smaller than the comp and the shroud so you have to taper the end of the shroud or you have a big edge dropping down to the ring and then back up to the comp. comp and ring are close but not exactly the same. Once I refinish it you’ll never know the difference

Cut coils off a carbine buffer spring. Or use the stock spring complete

I cut my shroud so it fits to the comp and transitions better. Apparently the long handguard comes with a new shroud that threads on the muzzle

Here’s my two cents. I started with the taccom buffer and the cut spring. Failure to eject, over and over and over. I put the stock buffer and spring break in and kept having problems until I found what I thought was the ammo that the gun liked. It got better. I could tell an obvious difference between the two buffer setups though. The factory setup isn’t bad at all. Ben considering how fast and how many shells you can run through in a given time frame. But...the taccom is just so much softer. Back to the “ammo it liked” ...it wasn’t the ammo after all. It was the round count. By the end of my time shooting, I went back to burn off three more boxes of the Winchester bulk junk that we all end up buying. The 1200 FPS crap...same stuff that wouldn’t run the gun more than one round at a time when I started. Burned through all of that with barely any problems. Bottom line, run the hell out of the gun and use the taccom combo. Imagine being the first person to own this gun and nobody to ask! Lol

Oh...that’s a different story then. Thanks

I cut the end of my shroud so I could still use it as the nut but still use the comp. so with a longer hand guard I should still be able to use my shroud. I’m assuming that they mean you can’t use the small nut without the shroud because there would be no way to tighten the nut as it’s down inside the long handguard right?

Last one...tooth and nail have drop in triggers listed at 4-5 lbs. do you think it’s really just the jp spring kits and not so much the rest? Personally mine feels pretty smooth just heavy as hell...

Wondering why the long handguard on advanced tactical say it doesn’t leave room for the comp? Maybe this only applies if you did not cut down the barrel shroud. The one with “holes” instead of “slots” looks like it may block the gassing through the handguard. Anyone have one of these yet?

Anyone with the 19’s have an issue getting shells past the “clamp”? Mine get to 12 rounds and stop. I was just going to push something through to bounce the spring and lifter back and forth. Try to smooth out whatever is catching

I’m wondering if the longer handguard is wider than the stock one. There’s no room inside the original

I guess you can loctite it on as you can technically clean the gas piston through the hand guard. Typically i throw my gas parts in the sonic cleaner after a match but this guy may just need to be different

I do want to cover the gas block area though. The handguard gets really hot and the gas vents out right there. Too tight for an internal baffle though

From beginning to end was a complete transformation. I noticed lots of black specs inside the raceway for the bolt carrier. Assuming that’s the poor finish on the inside coming off. I assume that’s why it needs the break in. I can resolve that. Just need to get that comp to stay put.

Alright alright! Finally got to shoot this thing. I would have been extremely pissed if I hadn’t already seen and read to run a bunch of rounds through the thing right off the bat. First box of shells, fte every time. Kept loading more and of different brands/velocities. The taccom buffer wouldn’t work right off the bat so had to put the stock one back in. After about 100-150 rounds it was running like a top. Occasional failure to feed but I think the mags need to break in too. Got rained out a bit early but I threw the taccom buffer back in inside the truck and loaded up a full mag. Jumped out in the rain and did a mag dump no problem and the bolt finally locked back with that buffer! Extremely happy now!

Swapped the tubes...it’s a little better. Swapped the buffer and spring back to factory...better yet. Now realized that the bolt release takes a small hammer to actually release the bolt on lock back with either spring. Screw it! Taking parts to the range tomorrow and just dumping ammo down the thing. Will see what works, what doesn’t, and if I’m shooting it at the match next week.

Ok so the factory tube is about three turns shorter than a milspec carbine tube. Maybe this is why taccom recommends changing it out. That’s about 3/16”