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Not always. Lots of milspec extensions are 6061. I have found most milspec extensions, regardless of material, have rolled threads though.

I bought a few of their lightweight ones last week. They're 3oz lighter than a standard carrier and cost a lot less than other offerings. One will be going into my .458S upper as I want to reduce as much reciprocating weight as possible. The only issues I saw with their BCGs (I ordered three) were machining marks. They were not pretty but don't affect function so I don't care personally but I know there are people who complain about mill marks on non-bearing surfaces.

With that billet set, you will need to open up the ejection port to accommodate the fat case. I am in the middle of building a SBR in .458S for a pig hunt. My plan is to send 500gr bullets at 1,050 fps out of a 10.5" Tromix barrel and through a Vers 50 suppressor. Handloading the rounds was a no-brainer as I can load them for under $1/rd whereas buying them is about $3/rd. If you go down this path, the best advice I can give you is buy more brass than you think you'll need because the stuff isn't produced regularly. I bought 500 pieces of Starline which I think is more than a lifetime's worth for subsonics but with a gas gun in the field, recovering 75% of the brass would be optimistic IMO. I also plan to load the 300gr .458S TTSX which are designed to expand all the way down to 1,000 fps and open up to 0.8". Most of the projectiles you find for this caliber were designed for .458 Weatherby or other powerful cartridges so the bullets won't expand/deform/fragment the way they would in .458S since they're moving slower.

Gun owners are all about free market economics until it hits their hobby

I think the reason why they don't is the lower receivers are marked .308

As far as I know, they've spent the last year turning things around, ordering inventory, stocking shelves, etc. When I call/email, getting through is hit and miss. You might have to try multiple times.

I can have one here from LMT within a week. They're $550 shipped through me.

Omega's not a bad can but the one on the MWS is the Harvester. The Harvester/6.5C combo is silly quiet. Like, much quieter than it should be out of a gas gun. I've shot a lot of suppressors on a lot of different hosts but this one took me by surprise at how quiet it was.

Thanks! I was taken aback by that outing. That group was the first five shot group I shot after zeroing the new barrel. And it was done prone on uneven ground (I ended up building a platform to fix that a few months later), off a bipod, with no rear bag. The scope was a cheap SFP 5-15 Bushnell which I've since replaced with a FFP 3.5-21 but I haven't taken it back out as I haven't had time to do any load development for the caliber.

6.5C MWS with 120gr factory AMAX. More accurate/capable than I am.

http://crimeresearch.org/2015/06/comparing-death-rates-from-mass-public-shootings-in-the-us-and-europe/ I read that today which really opened my eyes to violence outside of our borders and put our violence per capita in perspective.

Speaking at the federal level, yes, that is legal since there isn't a transfer of ownership taking place. You can ship it directly to the FFL and they can send it back directly to you. Some FFLs will not accept shipments from non-licensees though it's perfectly legal. Now, seeing as you're a NJ resident, you should definitely look into if there are any state laws that would prevent the FFL from sending it back to you directly.

M3 PMAGs work without modification with the Tavor.

The ones I've tried so far have been fine.

Factory ammo: 77gr FGMM Handload: 75gr Hornady BTHP powered by 24.7gr of H4895 with a muzzle velocity of 2860fps

Agreed. While I wouldn't recommend jumping straight to a progressive press, a 550 or 650 wouldn't be a bad way to go. Decent production volume, outstanding customer service, and they hold their value pretty well so if you find yourself wanting to upgrade to a 1050, you'll recover most of your initial investment. I learned on a RCBS Rockchucker then bought a 1050 which I wouldn't recommend people doing since the learning curve is a little steep unless you have someone who has setup and run a 1050 there to guide you through the initial machine setup.

NFA isn't releasing that info just yet. I believe they're waiting on some patent paperwork to go through? I'm really excited for the large frame compatible lowers and uppers. A .45ACP AR would be pretty slick. That big 230gr bullet just begs to be suppressed.

Think of it as the result of a Glock 17 and a shorty AR getting together on a drunken evening. It is blowback operated but maintains the same controls as an AR. Upper, FCG, buffer, extension, and furniture are all AR too. The only drastically different part is the mag well and the LRBHO setup since the Glock mag design is so different from the AR mag.

Over six weeks since the last post?! Fine, I'll bump it with something a little different 9mm AR built on a Joe Bob Outfitters lower. The upper is our house branded forged upper but will be replaced with a matching billet upper once they are in production as the LRBHO is built into the upper. 5.5" barrel with a TiRANT9 under the 12" ALG M-LOK EMR. I'll stick a rail section on the top rail for a white light, probably another X300U. This one is actually so compact, it's about a quarter inch shorter than my 300BLK PDW build.

It's a personal policy.

Nope, never really thought about it since I carry a $1M umbrella policy that costs $140/yr.

Circling back on this, I changed powders to IMR 8208XBR to see if the smaller kernels would improve consistency. Without pump running, H4895 Avg/SD/ES: 24.7 / 0.17 / 0.8 With pump running, H4895 Avg/SD/ES: 24.8 / 0.125 / 0.7 Without pump running, 8208 Avg/SD/ES: 25.5 / 0.072 / 0.3 With pump running, 8208 Avg/SD/ES: 25.6 / 0.110 / 0.4 It looks like I'll be loading with 8208 going forward.

Let me contact him first. I know he just moved from Missouri to Texas and am not 100% on where his operation stands. He does a lot of .223 to .300BLK conversion work on the side so I'm guessing getting set up again is a priority.

I know a guy with an Forcht-driven 1050 that could do it but he's in TX.

And the plot thickens.