Looking for a 7.5-8" barrel with a big enough gas port (0.100-0.125") to reliably cycle subs.
Any good sources? Price is a factor. Obviously, this isn't a long-range barrel... It's a suppressible truck-gun.
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Big Gas-Port 8"?
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Unless you hand load, there is no reason to go that big unless you want to be severely over gassed with supers. Unless you are running very fast powders, which factory ammo won't use, even something around .090 will be reliable without a suppressor if the rest of the build is correct.JeffWard wrote:Looking for a 7.5-8" barrel with a big enough gas port (0.100-0.125") to reliably cycle subs.
Any good sources? Price is a factor. Obviously, this isn't a long-range barrel... It's a suppressible truck-gun.
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Re: Big Gas-Port 8"?
My 9.5" Ballistic Advantage barrel has a .100 gas port.
I would imagine their 7-8" sizes would also.
I would imagine their 7-8" sizes would also.
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Re: Big Gas-Port 8"?
So does my 8" BA. And it's extremely overgassed with supers. Heck, it's overgassed with suppressed subs.Roverhound wrote:My 9.5" Ballistic Advantage barrel has a .100 gas port.
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That's why I put an adjustable gas block on mine.bangbangping wrote:So does my 8" BA. And it's extremely overgassed with supers. Heck, it's overgassed with suppressed subs.Roverhound wrote:My 9.5" Ballistic Advantage barrel has a .100 gas port.
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So did I. Just trying to reinforce dellet's statement that a .100" port isn't needed.Roverhound wrote:That's why I put an adjustable gas block on mine.bangbangping wrote:So does my 8" BA. And it's extremely overgassed with supers. Heck, it's overgassed with suppressed subs.Roverhound wrote:My 9.5" Ballistic Advantage barrel has a .100 gas port.
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Re: Big Gas-Port 8"?
I seem to remember my current 300 (8.25") has a .094 port.
I guess I'd rather go with a bigger port, and adjustable gas, than a smaller port, and have to get it drilled.
Ballistics advantage makes good barrels, I have a Hanson Profile in my 308.
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I guess I'd rather go with a bigger port, and adjustable gas, than a smaller port, and have to get it drilled.
Ballistics advantage makes good barrels, I have a Hanson Profile in my 308.
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Re: Big Gas-Port 8"?
5+ years ago all you heard on this board was "Drill the gas port at .125 and forget it. I have said a .125" port would be over gassed without an adjustable gas block but had a bunch of people tell me I was wrong. Had someone tell me my .93" port was an oversized "whisper" port and that it would not work but it did for thousands upon thousands of rounds.bangbangping wrote:So does my 8" BA. And it's extremely overgassed with supers. Heck, it's overgassed with suppressed subs.
If you do not want to run an adjustable gas block find a barrel with the smallest port you can then slowly drill it out until you get it to function with the ammunition you are using. I normally go up by .003" at a time until it locks back then I go another .003" for reliability.
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Re: Big Gas-Port 8"?
This is general advice for 16" carbine gas barrels and I'd still give it. Anytime I see someone say that about a shorter barrel I usually will dispute it.
Dolomite_Supafly wrote:5+ years ago all you heard on this board was "Drill the gas port at .125 and forget it."
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Re: Big Gas-Port 8"?
I have a 8.5" KAK and it has a .125 gas port. Use an adjustable GB to turn the gas down when needed.
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