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by RMcDonald
Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:42 pm
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: Someone explain rifling to me please.
Replies: 5
Views: 1131

Re: Someone explain rifling to me please.

Ok so I have two .300blk rifles with two different rifling. One is a 8" 1/7 and the other is a 14.5" 1/8. Now I sort of get the rifling in a 5.56 but in the .300blk the bullets vary from 110gr. to over 200gr. Which is better for subs and which one is better for supers? Both will work fine...
by RMcDonald
Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:26 pm
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: Should you really build your own upper?
Replies: 43
Views: 5365

Re: Should you really build your own upper?

Here's the thing. Buy quality parts and do research. Most of the causes of non working 300blk rifles are too small gas ports or too heavy a buffer. Only problem I've ever had was with a core 15 barrel, the chamber was too tight and rounds would not extract.
by RMcDonald
Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:09 pm
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: Effective muzzle device for short barrel on 5.56 upper?
Replies: 12
Views: 3065

Re: Effective muzzle device for short barrel on 5.56 upper?

AAC Blackout flash suppressor is great for a short barrel. And also quieter than a lot of other muzzle devices. A lot of the "direct sound downrange" stuff is not actually effective at what they claim to do. I agree here. As long as the gases aren't directed directly out the sides and bac...
by RMcDonald
Wed Sep 17, 2014 6:19 am
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: WHY does 300blk cycle subsonic rounds?
Replies: 13
Views: 4410

Re: WHY does 300blk cycle subsonic rounds?

jaredfebb wrote:Thanks everyone for your answers. Very interesting. A 375 grain cycling 308 sounds like my next project... They say the scar eats anything lol

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350gr tungsten core.
by RMcDonald
Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:56 pm
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: WHY does 300blk cycle subsonic rounds?
Replies: 13
Views: 4410

Re: WHY does 300blk cycle subsonic rounds?

Firstly, it was designed to cycle subsonic loads, 5.56 and 7.62x51 were not. Case volume and bore diameter also play a role, you can generate enough gas in the 300blk case with a 220gr bullet to cycle the action and the bore diameter is large enough that enough gas pressure makes it through the gas ...
by RMcDonald
Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:52 am
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: laser engraving touch up gone wrong
Replies: 56
Views: 12148

Re: laser engraving touch up gone wrong

Aluminum blackeners only work on exposed bare aluminum, what you're seeing is the anodizing blocking the alumablack. Does the laser engraving not go deep enough to expose "bare" aluminum? It does not. Anodizing is pretty much a surface treatment, you'll notice on some areas of an AR recei...
by RMcDonald
Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:03 pm
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: Super only build... please offer info on parts n load data
Replies: 17
Views: 3364

Re: Super only build... please offer info on parts n load da

I like Wilson combat barrels, you could probably order a 20" from them as they make them for the 7.62x40WT. If you're loading for best supersonic performance and you're limited to 10 rounds you could use shorter bullets like the vmax loaded out a little longer for more powder capacity.
by RMcDonald
Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: Main Discussion Area
Topic: laser engraving touch up gone wrong
Replies: 56
Views: 12148

Re: laser engraving touch up gone wrong

Aluminum blackeners only work on exposed bare aluminum, what you're seeing is the anodizing blocking the alumablack.
by RMcDonald
Sat Aug 30, 2014 3:20 pm
Forum: General Ammo Discussion
Topic: For you Virgina Natives and the nearby.
Replies: 8
Views: 1706

Re: For you Virgina Natives and the nearby.

They definitely have the gemtech silencer subsonic in 300blk and .22LR and a bunch of cases of the Barnes VORTX, I nearly lost it when I saw so many cases, it was like I had died and gone to heaven, except it was better because I was alive in a gun shop! The people there were knowledgable too, very...
by RMcDonald
Fri Aug 29, 2014 3:47 am
Forum: General Ammo Discussion
Topic: For you Virgina Natives and the nearby.
Replies: 8
Views: 1706

Re: For you Virgina Natives and the nearby.

300Blk wrote:Need a group-buy with 72 Virginians.

I see what you did there.