sorry for the delay fellas...i only have this thing on in the morning
OK, so i guess i will start at the top..LRRPF52..yes i have done a bolt test...it is a new bolt from areo and it will hold its self up....i took it apart when i got it and checked it out cleaned and oil and checked head space...everything looked good about it
grendelnubi...i am working on loads right now....i was working on them last fall and then deer season came and i just got back to it....so it is colder now than it was the last time i had it out playing....i want to have a load that works with a 95gr vmax and a load with a 120-120+ gr bullet....so i am working with the sierra 120gr pro hunter right now....i got a good load worked up with the 95gr bullet...well if i can get it to cycle reliable.... for the record my gun has a midwest industries low pro gas block, the three screw model...so it is wide open all the time
Klem..i think i have figured that the dents are a given for this cal from what i have read..and i think i am over it...would be nice if it didnt happen but if it does it does is where im at...as for the spring...i got lots of spare parts ad springs and like you said they are sheap if i screw one up...so i will clip one and see what happens...down in the low teens here so it aint happening today...lol
montana...i have not checked the chamber... but i will....i guess if i have a sticky chamber it could maybe cause or contribute to some of this stuff...i did take the extractor apart when i got the bolt and it does have the o ring under the extractor with the spring and little rubber piece in the middle of the spring...pretty stiff i thought and the corners of the extractor it self are pretty dang sharp...it does leave marks on the rim and the rim is kinda snug fitting in the notch on the extractor.....hmmmmmaybe i should give that thing a polish...kinda like slicking up the extractor on a 1911....the ejector was fine last time i looked at it i dont think it is sticking but i will check it again....along with a chamber check with a cartridge...gas test on bolt is good...stands up just fine...i dont think i have a bent cotter key but i will check that too...i did the swivel thing on the extractor when i got the bolt ..while i had it apart to do the head space check...it spun around on the pin just fine...also i did check the extractor when i had it out and like said the thing is kinda sharp and i think i remember it was kinda tight in the rim of the case...i didnt check the case head in the bolt face but i will ...i am gona take it apart and do all of these checks again.......well i started with a H1 buffer and i now have a standard buffer in the gun....and i have been thinking... i do get into trouble doing that from time to time...but i was thinking i may have went the wrong way.....the gun has never not locked open...even with the H1 buffer...so i have a H2 buffer in the mail on its way along with a couple of new springs.....also i want to say here that theis rifle only has about 100 rounds down the pipe....and i have read where they need 200+ to get running smooth....but i will say the think is slicker than greased owl poop.....like it is riding on bearings in there.....so yes i want to try the liniare comp to see if i can get more dwell and i also want to try a H2 buffer ...just for grins.....lots of stuff to check and try before i open the gas port up...i just happen to have a .1065thou reamer from the old days ....but like i said i want this thing to run... so there is no second guessing it when we are down range...so what ever it takes i am gona make it run
thanks guys....anything else i need to look at???
ocharry
OK, so i guess i will start at the top..LRRPF52..yes i have done a bolt test...it is a new bolt from areo and it will hold its self up....i took it apart when i got it and checked it out cleaned and oil and checked head space...everything looked good about it
grendelnubi...i am working on loads right now....i was working on them last fall and then deer season came and i just got back to it....so it is colder now than it was the last time i had it out playing....i want to have a load that works with a 95gr vmax and a load with a 120-120+ gr bullet....so i am working with the sierra 120gr pro hunter right now....i got a good load worked up with the 95gr bullet...well if i can get it to cycle reliable.... for the record my gun has a midwest industries low pro gas block, the three screw model...so it is wide open all the time
Klem..i think i have figured that the dents are a given for this cal from what i have read..and i think i am over it...would be nice if it didnt happen but if it does it does is where im at...as for the spring...i got lots of spare parts ad springs and like you said they are sheap if i screw one up...so i will clip one and see what happens...down in the low teens here so it aint happening today...lol
montana...i have not checked the chamber... but i will....i guess if i have a sticky chamber it could maybe cause or contribute to some of this stuff...i did take the extractor apart when i got the bolt and it does have the o ring under the extractor with the spring and little rubber piece in the middle of the spring...pretty stiff i thought and the corners of the extractor it self are pretty dang sharp...it does leave marks on the rim and the rim is kinda snug fitting in the notch on the extractor.....hmmmmmaybe i should give that thing a polish...kinda like slicking up the extractor on a 1911....the ejector was fine last time i looked at it i dont think it is sticking but i will check it again....along with a chamber check with a cartridge...gas test on bolt is good...stands up just fine...i dont think i have a bent cotter key but i will check that too...i did the swivel thing on the extractor when i got the bolt ..while i had it apart to do the head space check...it spun around on the pin just fine...also i did check the extractor when i had it out and like said the thing is kinda sharp and i think i remember it was kinda tight in the rim of the case...i didnt check the case head in the bolt face but i will ...i am gona take it apart and do all of these checks again.......well i started with a H1 buffer and i now have a standard buffer in the gun....and i have been thinking... i do get into trouble doing that from time to time...but i was thinking i may have went the wrong way.....the gun has never not locked open...even with the H1 buffer...so i have a H2 buffer in the mail on its way along with a couple of new springs.....also i want to say here that theis rifle only has about 100 rounds down the pipe....and i have read where they need 200+ to get running smooth....but i will say the think is slicker than greased owl poop.....like it is riding on bearings in there.....so yes i want to try the liniare comp to see if i can get more dwell and i also want to try a H2 buffer ...just for grins.....lots of stuff to check and try before i open the gas port up...i just happen to have a .1065thou reamer from the old days ....but like i said i want this thing to run... so there is no second guessing it when we are down range...so what ever it takes i am gona make it run
thanks guys....anything else i need to look at???
ocharry