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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Finally took a picture of the sfar in its deer season configuration. Scopes a 2.5-15 Bushnell forge moa 30mm. Works very well besides being chunky at 27oz. Old BFG quick connect sling. Hybrid 46M suppressor with asr mount and 30 cal endcap.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Man that's disappointing. I thought it would be the scope for this gun. Re re checked my zero this weekend. Managed 3 rounds touching. Carried the rifle around on a sling for a while. Smiled the whole time.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Absolutely! Even with all the ammo used, the lapping bullets, mbt trigger, and the gas block. I got rid of an old dpms ap4 that I'd tried to make fill this role that has been sitting in the safe for years. That was a good, accurate rifle. At this point, I think the sfar is just as accurate if...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    I wonder if your issues aren't chamber related. It just sounds like a short throat or carbon ring. I've got a 280ai that I run a bit over max and when it starts popping primers, I run a bore snake through it half a dozen times and it goes back to normal. Usually see that kinda stuff in new...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Shot the Sfar this weekend in the cold with the supressor. Ran great. Bracketing the lower left corner of a 1" square, it put all 4 on the bottom edge inside the square. All ready for hunting season. Hopefully it'll get a workout thinning out the coyote population.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    It is a superlative arms vent gas block. Had it 100% vented and it was still over gassed. Maybe something failed but I also had the block forward enough that I may have been choking more gas off. Maybe the gas port wore some? I choked the gas down on restriction mode and it ran 20 rounds...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Was getting rifles ready for deer season this sunday and the sfar began having issues getting the fired brass out of the chamber. It would leave the round sitting on the mag follower backwards with the bolt locked back. We took the bolt apart and cleaned it well and added a donut to the...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    I'd say the two biggest problems with this rifle are handgaurd clearance and chamber/bore issues. A carbide cutter in a dremel and lapping bullets fixed my issues. It's just hard to start there with a new rifle. I've yet to see a production barrel not benefit from lapping bullets. The Sfar...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    The Sst has worked well for us (on whitetail) and I have family that works for hornady. So I'm sitting on 15-20k of random blems. The majority of my whitetail shots will be 100-300yrds which I think fits well into the performance of the bullet. Under 100yrds may get gruesome. I shot the...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    No. The brass looks great coming out. I dont know what change to the rifle affected that but its smooth now. The brass that did get torn up wasnt too bad as the wet tumbling took the burr off the case head. I would bet that the brass issues were tied to overpressure issues from some tight spot...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    I think the ruger has finally settled in and I've got a load for it. A 125sst two tenths under max load. Probably 2950fps.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    It works fine. It was executed poorly with terrible quality control. A different chambering wouldnt change that.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Today went well enough to test some hunting loads in the Sfar. Still have issues with the first round sometimes going rogue but less than previously. I think the left and right deviation is on me but it gave me a couple loads to work on. Setting it up for 300yrd and in hunting with 125grn...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    The handgaurd screws are 10-32 socket cap screws with 5/32 hex.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    I went looking for screws last night and for giggles pulled one out of the psa handgaurd I had run on the sfar before changing the gas block. It fit perfectly. So I've got an email to psa to ask them what size their screws are. Sad to say but you could probably get an rma, send a rifle to...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    The best of the 4 round groups but had several 4 rounders that were similar.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Would anyone know the size of the screws that clamp the handgaurd to the barrel nut? Managed to lose both of them while working on some clearance issues inside of it. On a positive note, ran the 50 final finish bullets through it this morning along with another 70 other rounds. Took some...
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    I didn't try restrictive mode. You shouldn't have a problem tuning it on that side since it goes down to zero gas.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    The adjustment set screw has some sort of stop built it. I dont know how you'd need to trim a spring.
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    Ruger SFAR small frame 308, 6.8 pounds

    Technically, you should be able to run a ar15 buffer tube and a 308 carbine buffer (I think the two tungsten weight buffers were 3.5oz) and it would have enough room to function. You'd need an extra extra power spring to mimic the original and it would probably have to be a flat wound one to...
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