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I picked up a rail base from MDT. I feel like there are too many "No good" to not just try a new base.

Ordered a brick today. I still have most of the Gen1 case.

Hoping it shows up tomorrow. If it does, I'll post some results.

Tiger_Shilone said:

While I applaud the piston and have absolutely no experience with it, my experience with vudoo mag failure has neen the rear mag tab hooking into the mag release acts as a pivot point allowing the mag front side to dip down when the rifle is jammed into a bag or barrier prop.

This was partially fixed by the industry offering longer “ file to fit” mag releases that get the mag up closer to the action with less pivoting. The real problem is the mags are physically smaller than the m5 pattern magwell, allowing enough room to pivot. That is why people stick velcro or something else the the mag to take up this wiggle room and keep the mag vertical.

I have tried installing set screws with rounded bottoms in both the front and the rear of the m5 magwell to eliminate this slop. The problem with getting a perfect rock free fit then induced a non drop- free situation where the mag would hang up without physically grabbing it out. I prefer the mag to drop free by itself , so I currently am just using longer mag releases in my vudoos for competition.

These pics are a good 5-6 years old, but are still relevant


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Yessir, your info is accurate and relevant, but the data actually goes a bit deeper. Additionally, the legacy magazines that became V-22 magazines were of the proper dimensions and designed to work optimally in my original DBM, which was dimensioned off the actual Accuracy International prints, no different than the BO M5.

Outside of those two DBMs, the movement based on pressure from a bag and a multitude of other feeding issues are symptoms of greater issues that have nothing to do with the magazine at all. In fact, "grind-to-length" mag releases were a product of poor execution (adjustable releases are actually part of the problem), which again, had nothing to do with the magazine.

Lastly, the magazine should never be flush with the bottom of the receiver. There's a highly specific dimension that the top of the magazine should be from the lower radius for optimal function.

MB

Holliday said:

During my hippie days, I lived in a coed buddhist monastery as a lay-person (a non monastic). It was a ocean cliff side dwelling at the tip of nowhere. Everyone took a vow to be celibate (I thought they said celebrate). What a joke that was. Everyone was screwing, including the lesbian director. My experience was that the women were most often the initiators. I was getting hit on constantly.

You put men and women together and these things are going to happen.

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Hey! I had a dream like that once!

If enough people buy one, DbD will have a stroke…

redneckbmxer24 said:

All knowing Oompa Loompa, please show the class the Ruger Super Redhawk 45 Colt model…

Between you and dumbfuhq I’m not sure who is the more confidently stupid person on this forum.

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My favorite Ruger Super Redhawk in 45 Colt is the one with the simplified single spring action, which makes tuning the trigger pull so much easier than their other model.



-Stan

I think people get a bit too wrapped up around the roll mark. A lower receiver is just a fixture to hold the other bits in alignment. The forgings for MANY brands are all coming from a few foundries. If Anderson had a 50% fuck up rate- which they certainly did not, you’re still money ahead buying one of them over most any other brand.

I mean, if expensive stuff makes your dick hard, rock on.

I have one Anderson lower. It’s on a rifle I used for PRS. Matched with an Anderson upper housing a JP barrel that is an absolute tack driver, it was not the receiver set holding back my scores.

Are there “better” receivers? I’m gong to need a definition of “better.” The receiver I have has not been a failure point in any of the recreational/competition shooting I have used it for. All of the holes align properly for all of the bits that it houses.

Are there receivers with more features? Yes. Are there companies that make receivers with a much lower rate of fucked-up-ness? Yes. Is a $400 receiver that functions correctly “better” than a $49 receiver that functions correctly? Not in my book. Hell, I’ll go so far as to say that one $400 receiver that functions correctly is worse than three $49 receivers that function correctly and 5 that do not.

EODsniper said:

What’s the best load you have for varget? Just picked up the aeromatch bullets and realized I need the new seating stem so waiting on that. I was thinking of starting at 28 grains and stopping at 28.5 with .020 of jump.

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My once fired Alpha brass has the same case H2O capacity as my Hornady but Alpha is a much tougher brass so load at your own risk.

I started to get slight compressed loads starting at Varget 28.3gr. And at 28.4gr (~2800 fps) I'd get ~20% of cartridges with pierced primer (CCI 400 SRP) when running in my Savage SA. No pierced primer with my BigHorn Origin which has the factory small firing pin and was a consideration in my build.
Hornady 105gr Aeromatch in it's hybrid/secant profile took less seating depth vs 103gr ELDX, so you'll be riding the fine line of case capacity vs lighter bullet weight in the pursuit of speed. As many have pointed out, 2660 fps was a great node, 2830 also seems to be a very good node.

I haven't tried drop tubes but when I tried and old electric toothbrush to see if I could get the extruded powder to settle, but it only helped ~.1-.2gr before slight crunch.

0.020" seating depth without compressed load should be fine as the seating depth really had minimal effect higher than 0.005" in my development, so I'd seat it to maximum length before the bullets touch the rifling or ~0.010"

YMMV and happy shooting

BTT w/ price drop.

I went through Sierra a few years back on the tour with my daughter. The guide remarked then about how some of the machines were from the 40's. That's what I recall at least. And that he seemed pretty proud of it.

I could be wrong but that's what I remember most about that tour.

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theLBC said:

i don't know if this is what generally happens, but shame on them if it does.

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Worth more dead than alive. Puts a different spin on “assisted dying” for people who are “sad”.

DeathBeforeDismount said:

Super red hawk in 45lc is their Goldilocks pistol.

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All knowing Oompa Loompa, please show the class the Ruger Super Redhawk 45 Colt model…

Between you and dumbfuhq I’m not sure who is the more confidently stupid person on this forum.

Bump and price drop

TonyAngel said:

Man, it might seem like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel here, but the YHM R45 is a killer can for 9mm and 300BO. I also have an R9 that performs well, just not quite as well. They are cheap, have good signature reduction and actually cool pretty quickly.

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YHM, when you want a lot, but don’t want to pay a lot…

I had a 16" 6.5CM, stepped up to a 18.5" to get a little extra velocity, and now just placed an order for another 16" 6.5CM barrel for a new light weight build. Over the years, I have had three 20" .308s.

If you aren't reloading and going short short, i think its a toss up between those two. Its easier to find a variety of 308 loads in any store I've been in. I find the 6.5CM easier and more enjoyable to shoot.

Personally I don't think you can go wrong with any of the options you were considering. Just figure out if you want to compromise with lighter weight bullets to get velocity, or go heavy with more of a lob.

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public ed sucks big time. My daughter and son-in-law put their two kids through classic christian schools, wasn't cheap, ask my how I know.
My son and his wife let their two go public ed.... big difference...and eventuslly pulled them out for a better option.
Sometimes parents (and grandparents) have to make financial sacrifices to send their kids to privete schools... it makes a difference.

I hope the father in the video finds a solution.

Yeah the match filled in way more than expected. If you can't make this one, the next one is in October.

Don’t you just have to back the screw out? I feel like I remember reading the front one is there for mirage shield attachments etc. Certainly don’t use it to cam a quarter pipe into your scope base.

jabonra said:

The point of these receivers is to get the bigger mag length, you can always use a regular upper if you want to use a standard lower

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I'm not sure the driver for putting the 6 ARC in the ICAR format is extra mag length, most of the bullets I've tried in my ARCs hit the lands before 2.27" and that's part of the appeal of the cartridge design. If you're shooting heavier than 108gr ELD there might be a benefit in more mag length, but I don't think that's very big chunk of the market.

My point was in order to maximize the potential market, New Frontiers approach of having their uppers for both standard and ICAR lowers makes all kinds of sense. The response I got from PSA seemed to indicate that they would only be making 6 ARC and 338 ARC uppers that fit the ICAR lowers, and that those uppers wouldn't be compatible with regular lowers. It's not really an impact to me as tend to put together my own uppers and already have the ARCs I need, but I still think it's a missed opportunity for PSA to appeal to a wider market with their new offering.