03-03-2020, 01:22 PM
DeanD Wrote:Don't want to mess with an adjustable gas block, I want to retain the A2 front sight. I will just drill the hole out and tap it to 6-32 or so, lightly countersink the hole, screw in a plug from a machine screw, cut it off, peen the plug to swage it into the countersink tight, file it flush and redrill it .062. Don't have to buy anything. Piece of cake. No use throwing a good barrel away because the hole is the wrong size. Old tool & die maker here plugged so many bad holes I couldn't count them. Just hope that fixes the problems. If it is too small I can always drill it a skoshi bigger. I have never had over-gassed problems before just under-gassed.
DD:
I thought you said it was a ER Shaw barrel? If so, I would get rid of it and buy a better barrel. Shaw makes decent hunting quality barrels but otherwise nothing spectacular.
However, all Shaw barrels I have seen have 'ER Shaw' stamped on them. If yours doesn't, it probably isn't a Shaw. Which means it is a no name brand that is of poor quality. Get rid of it and buy a Group Barrel off of the forum. Will save you a lot more time and you will know you have a decent if not top end barrel.
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