Anyone have suggestions on how to avoid this ? Upon ejection brass is literally deformed with dents and squashed case mouth. First I was not able to find my brass at range thinking it was someone else's and someone might have stepped on it, but unfortunately it was mine.
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Good luck! Mine trashes brass pretty bad too - every time it ejects a spent case it takes pretty sizable chunk out of the base. Military small arms certainly aren't designed with the care of brass in mind!
A piece of industrial stick-on Velcro Loop (from Walmart) on the shell deflector will help save your brass.
Also: Tactical Brass Recovery One of the long frame models will work on the LMT MWS.
Also: Tactical Brass Recovery One of the long frame models will work on the LMT MWS.
Do you mean you're denting or ripping out a chunk of the rim? If so, you should probably do something to remedy that!
OP: An adjustable gas block or heavy buffer/spring combo might be solutions to your problems as well.
Agree with Sentry. You may want to contact Tubb about a CWS or carrier Weight system and a tubb recoil spring. It may be the long term solution you are looking for.
Your primer pockets will wear out before the the neck of the case will. Just sayin.
Welcome the the gas gun game. Gas gun reloading is different than bolt gun reloading. As LCjones recommended, glue a piece of soft sided velcro on the area of your receiver where the brass is being hit. It will help your case necks.
As for finding your brass at the range, I've been doing this for years on all of my AR based gas guns (223 and 308 guns). I strip a pants cargo pocket off of an old set of BDU's. I poke a small hole in the top ends of the pocket and attach a very heavy duty rubber band (loop it through) onto each end. I attach the pocket onto the scope (ocular end and the objective end) on the rifle with the rubber bands, covering the ejection port area of the rifle with the pocket. When the rifle ejects the brass, the brass ejects and lands on the bench or the ground right below the port. I've NEVER had a malfunction due to the cloth cover covering the ejection port. The gasses blown out during ejection, blows the cloth out . The brass hits the cloth and the brass is dropped right below the mag well. It works great. This will work with any heavy fabric in the size of a BDU cargo pocket.
As for finding your brass at the range, I've been doing this for years on all of my AR based gas guns (223 and 308 guns). I strip a pants cargo pocket off of an old set of BDU's. I poke a small hole in the top ends of the pocket and attach a very heavy duty rubber band (loop it through) onto each end. I attach the pocket onto the scope (ocular end and the objective end) on the rifle with the rubber bands, covering the ejection port area of the rifle with the pocket. When the rifle ejects the brass, the brass ejects and lands on the bench or the ground right below the port. I've NEVER had a malfunction due to the cloth cover covering the ejection port. The gasses blown out during ejection, blows the cloth out . The brass hits the cloth and the brass is dropped right below the mag well. It works great. This will work with any heavy fabric in the size of a BDU cargo pocket.
Are you shooting at a local range on concrete floor? I got the same with my LMT until I did the following... If you're not doing the following, then you should ASAP for reloading purposes with an AR-10 type rifle... especially an LMT.
1.) put Velcro on the brass deflector
2.) get a brass catcher ESPECIALLY IF SHOOTING ON CONCRETE
3.) some minor damage might work its way out after break in.
note my red-neck home-made brass catcher (works wonders when shooting on concrete @ range)
bitchin is not allowed with dents in the side of your brass unless you have fuzzy Velcro on your brass deflector like this pic... you need to remember, LMT is a designated war time marksmen rifle with dual ejectors.... war time = functionality & not concerned with dented brass sitting in the middle of an afghanistan desert. Every single AR of mine has fuzzy side of Velcro on the deflector. Clean off all oils from the deflector, trim stick on commercial grade Velcro with scissors, and sticker on baby
1.) put Velcro on the brass deflector
2.) get a brass catcher ESPECIALLY IF SHOOTING ON CONCRETE
3.) some minor damage might work its way out after break in.
note my red-neck home-made brass catcher (works wonders when shooting on concrete @ range)
bitchin is not allowed with dents in the side of your brass unless you have fuzzy Velcro on your brass deflector like this pic... you need to remember, LMT is a designated war time marksmen rifle with dual ejectors.... war time = functionality & not concerned with dented brass sitting in the middle of an afghanistan desert. Every single AR of mine has fuzzy side of Velcro on the deflector. Clean off all oils from the deflector, trim stick on commercial grade Velcro with scissors, and sticker on baby
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I installed a heavy buffer and havent noted issues with my brass. My ammo is a commercial reman product, 168 projectile, probably middle of the road charge, rated at 2600 fps. My brass lands 8 feet away at 5 oclock in a pretty neat pile.
I credit the buffer.
I credit the buffer.
Are you shooting at a local range on concrete floor? I got the same with my LMT until I did the following... If you're not doing the following, then you should ASAP for reloading purposes with an AR-10 type rifle... especially an LMT.
1.) put Velcro on the brass deflector
2.) get a brass catcher ESPECIALLY IF SHOOTING ON CONCRETE
3.) some minor damage might work its way out after break in.
note my red-neck home-made brass catcher (works wonders when shooting on concrete @ range)
bitchin is not allowed with dents in the side of your brass unless you have fuzzy Velcro on your brass deflector like this pic... you need to remember, LMT is a designated war time marksmen rifle with dual ejectors.... war time = functionality & not concerned with dented brass sitting in the middle of an afghanistan desert. Every single AR of mine has fuzzy side of Velcro on the deflector. Clean off all oils from the deflector, trim stick on commercial grade Velcro with scissors, and sticker on baby
That is exactly what I do as well. But my brass wasn't being deformed. I just do it to keep the finish from wearing off where the brass hits the ejection port or deflector.
+1 on the Tubb products.
