Recent content by the once-ler

There is nothing wrong with any of the old Premier scopes. They are highly coveted and are still covered under their lifetime warranty by the buyout company. I love both of mine and have yet to be as impressed with many of the other top echelon as I have with PR.

Off center reticles or canted reticles?

I have said before Leupold are old and fat but are quickly getting showed up and have to be feeling the effects of lost profits. They do have a loyal following from the "old school" guys but anyone currently "in the know" knows that there are better options available. Not to mention the lack of...

them one piece AR barrels be unicorns cause they so hard to make

I will contact them tomorrow. thanks MLC And gol-dammit I knew a seen that Gunsmith Dan somewheres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGEvDtqXGDY

In this instance I have a barrel that may or may not be fully contoured and an extension

No ZEP is right it could be done but outrageously labor intensive and more than likely wouldn't hold up more than a few hundred rounds due to the barrel steel's softness. Just thread on a barrel extension and be done with it. BE are made by high dollar CNC machines by the hundreds those machines...

I call BS too. Most stainless barrels are pretty soft where as the extension has to be hardened to resist the constant pounding of the bolt

Yes BAT machine makes a very high quality extension

AR barrels are made from blanks. So if it were that hard there would be no AR barrels for sale

Uh the LUGS are not in the barrel they are in the BARREL EXTENSION which comes pre machined... The barrel is then threaded into the extension and threading depth determines the HEADSPACE

Ok I was told by the prior gunsmith that gas port location is critical and must fall between lands. Supposedly this gunsmith is one of the best in the country, he would have to be top notch to be working where he is.

I can't say anything as to the OP's rig but I have a 308 custom with a 19" MTU Bartlien and 20 MOA rail .92" Low Seekins 6/4 34mm and Premier 5-25x56 which after filing the cap down may only have a few thou clearance. Literally can hardly see any light between cap and barrel. But with a super...

Yea Killswitch you are right, it's quite elementary but proper placement of the gas port and making sure it falls in a groove instead of a land and making sure the measurements and placement of the gas block are correct. Chambering and threading for the barrel extension is simple and headspace...

I have a Bartlien barrel I need installed on it. The gunsmith that was supposed to do it gave up on me. I could send it to POF and have them install a new POF barrel on it but that's not what it really needs.