Ryan N Posted February 23, 2016 Author Share Posted February 23, 2016 Great points about the gas block placement. I will pay special attention to it when I reinstall it. I'm a machinist and should have thought about the linear placement of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmshozer1 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Got this response today. I called and arranged payment. A photo I took shows that gasblock was indeed up against the shoulder. I wasn't aware that was a no no. Here is the message: "Your Gas Block has been inspected. We will need you to call our office to arrange payment for return shipping. Joe was unable to find anything wrong with your Gas Block but he did replace all the components of the adjustment system. It does look as though you may have your gas block positioned with the back of the block up against the shoulder, this can cause gas to leak. Please be sure to space it .025 from the shoulder when you re-install the Gas Block." Got this response today. I called and arranged payment. A photo I took shows that gasblock was indeed up against the shoulder. I wasn't aware that was a no no. Here is the message: "Your Gas Block has been inspected. We will need you to call our office to arrange payment for return shipping. Joe was unable to find anything wrong with your Gas Block but he did replace all the components of the adjustment system. It does look as though you may have your gas block positioned with the back of the block up against the shoulder, this can cause gas to leak. Please be sure to space it .025 from the shoulder when you re-install the Gas Block." Curious, Why will this cause the block to leak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan N Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) It must be normal to blow carbon out the side hole. LOL. Edited February 24, 2016 by Ryan N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well I am NOT sticking up for anyone, and some of this sounds excessive, but almost all gas "blocks" leak. It is darn hard to seal 50,000 psi!!! Clamp on blocks do pretty good. Pinned blocks a la "G.I." do alright, and set screws through the bottom leak a bit, BUT if the carbine is functioning 100% what does it matter??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan N Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well I am NOT sticking up for anyone, and some of this sounds excessive, but almost all gas "blocks" leak. It is darn hard to seal 50,000 psi!!! Clamp on blocks do pretty good. Pinned blocks a la "G.I." do alright, and set screws through the bottom leak a bit, BUT if the carbine is functioning 100% what does it matter??? My concern is that all the sudden when I was shooting this rifle I would end up with a lot of carbon on the inside of my hand(forward hand). It had never done this in the past and then all the sudden it started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan N Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 I reinstalled the GB today. Come to find out to perfectly align the GB port with the barrel port I had to space the GB .045" from the shoulder. The port in my barrel is .080". I originally had the ports pretty drastically misaligned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glockinator Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I want to say mine needed .030 to line up with the port on my Ranier barrel. Luckily since it was a set scre type you could just flip it over to check the alignment since the set screw and port are even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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