Yeah it used to beat the snot out of me with the old 2-port DTA brake. The Cadex helps, but people don't like me at my local range when I mount that barrel.
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I ran all kinds of suppressors when I lived in New Zealand, but none were safe enough to run on that magnum shorty. I made one that I thought would be strong enough, but the baffle stack ended up at the 100m line. Now that I'm stateside again, no cans for me. Too bad too, because I wrote a new fluid solver that would have been handy for simulating flow through different 3D baffle designs.
Low power mode, charge that phone up Burt!
I guess I’m uncultured swine because I don’t have a suppressor 
. But in my defense, I live on a big farm and shoot by myself mostly. One of these days I’ll get one. I’m saving up for thermal, got a lot of beavers that need tending to!
. But in my defense, I live on a big farm and shoot by myself mostly. One of these days I’ll get one. I’m saving up for thermal, got a lot of beavers that need tending to! Anyone have a SRS a1 arca rail they wish to sell????
FYI…
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SOLD - Desert Tech SRS A2 covert 18” 6.5CM
I want a Hoplite, so here it goes… Like new Desert Tech SRS A2 covert with monopod, (2) SA mags, Area 419 hellfire (6.5). Factory 18” 6.5CM conversion less than 250 rounds fired total, all factory. Spuhr 1.5” (3601) and Vortex AMG mil also available, but will separate. ~260 rounds ONLY...
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Finally get my M2 after almost 6 months waiting. Can’t be happier!
As in Kiwi Dan Hardy? I ran a couple of his suppressors on my SRS back when I lived in NZ. Good group of guys.
Yes sir. Hardy barrel shots really well.
This set up is about 14.6 lb and here is the picture with 10 rounds magazine.
Klingon muzzle break.
I run an old S&B 5-25x on my Covert and at 16.2" it's pretty much flush with the end of the handguard (in over a decade it's never been an issue either).
Need advice on a optic mount. Got a new optic with 56mm OBJ and want the optic as low as possible, yet without crashing the bell into the rail system. Something with at least 20MOA built in would be ideal. Any thoughts appreciated.
I use to run the spuhr 4802 with the G2 Razor , it was tight with scope caps so I switched to the 4808 mount and gives me more clearance and a better cheek weld
SPUHR mount or the DT 30moa mount or RRS mount
Trying to stay low profile as well. So not too high. RRS looks interesting.
1.5 height would work best for you.
1.375 will clear but isn’t comfortable
Look into the Era-Tac mounts. I prefer them over the spuhr and the non-ajustable are cheaper to boot. Lot's of pics I've posted show the mounts.
Is not comfortable because because?
Very cool engineering, but not cheap that's for sure.
With less than a 1.5” mount in my opinion you have to jam your cheek down into the stock to get the proper sight out of the scope. It’s not like a traditional rifle, the rail and check piece are on the same line unlike traditional rifles. So you have to “get up there” in height to get the proper sight picture.
Ok I got you, and that's what I figured you guys were saying. So for some reason I have a weird face with high cheekbones and find the lower optics are easier on my neck. Difficult to explain without a diagram I guess. But the lower the better with me, I'm just weird. Another way to look at it is the higher I have to put the cheek rest the worse off my neck gets when sitting behind the optic in a prone position. Bottom line I think if a 1.375 height mount will work with a 56mm obj then awesome!
Ok, I was looking at their site and looked like 500$ and up. Perhaps you know of another site or source. Please post
Thanks!
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I just got an ARC qd-L in 1.5” and really like it for my ZCO.
I agree with the other commentary that much lower starts to make you crush your cheek. My comb adjustment is at its lowest and that’s about right for me. Also the 1.5” allows for a scope cap.
I agree with the other commentary that much lower starts to make you crush your cheek. My comb adjustment is at its lowest and that’s about right for me. Also the 1.5” allows for a scope cap.
Damn this looks pretty much unusable for me and my chubby cheeks. I have a A2 Covert coming from SAC (hopefully soon) and have a TT315P sitting in some ARC 1.42” high rings but thinking that’ll still be too low (don’t feel like pulling my scope off my A1 and testing it to see) Was looking at maybe jumping up to the ERATAC Two Piece QD rings at 1.65”
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Got an SRS A1, pretty much will not cycle with the 6.5 barrel in there. Bullet tips crash into the feed ramps. Kinda loads the 308 but not great. I am thinking when slamming a around it it's probably fucking up the seating depth and neck tension. I know it's an ongoing issue with some rifles, not sure what the fix is.
Have pictures
Is this with one mag or several? I start with taking the sharp edges off the feed lips where they contact the case. If that’s not enough I just open them a little. 308 has a little more taper so the bullet tips present a little higher.
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Try a different mag, one of my 10 rounders is slightly too loose in the magwell and causes the round to nosedive into the feed ramp unless I push the bottom of the mag forward as I cycle the bolt. None of my 6 round mags have this problem and the two other 10 round mags do not have this issue.
I was thinking of dremeling the ramp down a little and using some metal polish.I do the push thing on the mag as it helps, but it's not satisfactory. Happens on all my mags.
Ok, So.... After actually using my eyes to figure out the problem, I saw the crux of the issue. The problem is not in the barrel feed ramp but rather the magazines, DogTown alluded to this a few times. The stock magazines have a very sharp lip, combine that with upward spring tension and forward motion from the bolt you get sheering along the case shoulder and case body along the sharp lip of the magazine. The magazine digs in to the case and can create a lot of feed tension and bolt jam.
My solution was to dremel, and then sand with fine grit aluminum oxide sand paper along those sharp surfaces of the inner magazine lip/ramp. After doing this treatment to both my magazines I have found a night and day difference in feeding. Now feeding is very smooth with no snags when loading both 308 and 6.5. I suspect this will be further improved once I use some metal polish to bring the magazine lips to a fine polish.
My solution was to dremel, and then sand with fine grit aluminum oxide sand paper along those sharp surfaces of the inner magazine lip/ramp. After doing this treatment to both my magazines I have found a night and day difference in feeding. Now feeding is very smooth with no snags when loading both 308 and 6.5. I suspect this will be further improved once I use some metal polish to bring the magazine lips to a fine polish.
I have had to sand down almost all of my mags, and the fees lips, they were shredding my brass, which worried me about ruining my reloading dies. A little filing and sanding will help
Nothing like spending $5-10,000 on Desert Tech packages only to have to sand, dremel and file our way into making stuff work right. Gotta love it!
No offense to this gang but it's not an AI or even Tikka for that matter. But we love the SRS anyways.
Magazines have always been the weak link in the system, even though its initial design and features were a noble effort. Historically it’s a common problem in firearms, often resolved by 3rd party designs or just adopting an existing reliable mag during initial design.
For years people were saying “they should have just used AI mags” but that misses the point of what Nick was trying to do back in 2007. He basically wanted a mag that allowed longer COAL and had a shoulder capture feature. I just think he and his team just underestimated how difficult that was to develop.
For years people were saying “they should have just used AI mags” but that misses the point of what Nick was trying to do back in 2007. He basically wanted a mag that allowed longer COAL and had a shoulder capture feature. I just think he and his team just underestimated how difficult that was to develop.
