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    Pulling the trigger on a colt 6920 m4 magpul?

    Did the same thing. Got a Colt on clearance last week from Palmetto State. No dings and very happy with it. Next challenge is to find a scope that goes from 0 - 300+ yards.
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    That is my fear. I bought it to take apart, but will see. I'll be set back enough getting a scope, which I might work on first.
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Ok, so I went for the Colt 6720. I will then probably add a White Oak barrel and a new trigger, with much joyful shooting as I go. $800 is just too darn cheap to pass up a nice gun over for. The comments were like a crash course in AR for me, the breakdown of parts costs got me moving, and the...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Would Colt be better than Rock River? I really like how RR's are advertised to shoot 1 MOA. That appeals to me, then I could work on on a scope and work backwards trying to get sub-moa. Of course a new trigger, then a barrel, etc. The replaced RR parts could then be for the project of my build...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Those are about my thoughts. I realized how little I knew yesterday when I discovered that if you buy a barrel of a different length that you have to get a matching gas tube (whatever it's called) too. Complexities too are the fact that you're going to lose your tumble after 2700 fps or 100-150...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Ok, I'll have to talk to Compass Lake then. Being inexperienced, I'd like to start with a completed upper. WO only offers a service rifle upper, but I'd like to have cooler parts than that. It does seem that the prices of AR's has gone down considerably while places like WO still have high...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Because my knowledge in the area is limited so that I have only heard a little about Compass Lake, whereas I 've heard lots about WO. And the WO completed uppers cost as much as a finished rifle. $740/$685 for the two pre-bans available. If I can buy a Colt or other name brand finished for the...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    I want a very accurate AR. A squad designated marksman type of rifle with a flash hider, etc. Since I haven't assembled an AR before, I'm trying to do something within my ability. I have been interested in putting a White Oak barrel on a rifle and a good trigger. One option is to start from...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    What if all I do is replace the barrel then? I can check it myself it looks tight, but if it's not tight, what does that mean? Does it mean that the parts just aren't made for each other, or is it something that I could fix, or would it have to go off to a gunsmith? I saw a nice rifle in Wylde...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Sounds past my pay grade. Maybe it's back to looking at more WO parts that already fit.
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Thanks. I actually watched one a couple of hours ago but for an AR. I guess now I'm getting interested in the Wylde chamber, which seems more accurate and it's now how to fit an AR together. I guess if I would go with a 556 I wouldn't have this new problem, and if I didn't care if I matched a WO...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Thanks. All of the comments were very helpful. So much to figure out. Such as if you bought the WO barrel and bolt, which should be chambered for Wylde 223, but the host rifle is 556. Would you be able to put them into the existing bolt carrier assembly or would you buy a new one from WO, and...
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    How Important is it to Match a Bolt with a Barrel?

    Older posts on the board say that White Oak will match the bolt with barrel, but I don't see that on their site. So I looked at WO's complete upper receiver Service Rifle (just an upper) at $740. Service Barrel inside it separately costs $225. I don't understand the high cost. It's true that I...
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    Flash Suppressor on a Stainless Steel Barrel?

    Great post! You have convinced me. White Oak looks good, they don't have a lot of variety in their complete uppers. You have to get a 20 in barrel, which is ok, but I don't get why their twist is 1:7 instead of maybe 1:8 or 1:9 for a distance barrel. I like this one...
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    Flash Suppressor on a Stainless Steel Barrel?

    No. A flash suppressor. Why would I mean compensator when I said the other? Thanks.
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