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Lefties rule...but cannot find parts...
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#21
10-16-2019, 08:26 PM
Another dumb question...on a YHM flip up sight, what is the size of roll pin used to affix the gas tube to the sight/gas bloc? Can I run down to the hardware store and get any 'ol roll pin of the correct size, or are they of a special type or material... Thx!!!
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10-16-2019, 10:49 PM (This post was last modified: 10-16-2019, 10:51 PM by VASCAR2.)
From that chart, gas tube roll pin 0.312 long, 0.081 diameter. Commonly available 5/64 size pins (0.078) seem to work fine and pins obtained from various parts vendors measure the same as common 5/64ths pins.

I found this by using google. You should be able to find this pin at Ace Hardware or an auto parts store.

Years ago I bought spare detents, springs and roll/compression pins for the AR-15. I owned several AR-15?s and most of my Friends plus all the other Troops were issued AR-15?s. Those spare parts came in very handy but didn?t amount to much money.
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#23
10-17-2019, 12:53 AM
Excellent...and I'm thinking cheaper than mail order... Thx much...off to the hardware store in the AM...
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#24
10-17-2019, 02:17 AM
Do you work at or own a commercial gun shop....At Faxon i looked at 240 items that came up for a ambidextrous barrel ext search...i prefer a nickel boron coating again thank you so much BRB OKC
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10-17-2019, 09:41 PM
idflyit Wrote:Do you work at or own a commercial gun shop....At Faxon i looked at 240 items that came up for a ambidextrous barrel ext search...i prefer a nickel boron coating again thank you so much BRB OKC

Naw...just a guy building his first AR...Gunsmith I bought my lower from recommended them for barrels... Email them and see of they have a barrel with nickel boron...
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#26
10-18-2019, 03:23 PM
I found this at RED X LEFT HAND RXA BOLT CARRIER w/KEY....I doesnt say a caliber...Is this the PART you are talking about??? Are carriers CALIBER SPECIFIC...thank you so much...you are helping me BRB OKC
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#27
10-21-2019, 04:09 PM
Let me be more clear...can a left handed 6.5 grendel bolt be put in a left haneded .223 carrier???? thx to all in advance BRB OKC
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10-21-2019, 04:46 PM
idflyit Wrote:Let me be more clear...can a left handed 6.5 grendel bolt be put in a left haneded .223 carrier???? thx to all in advance BRB OKC

Yes. It's a left handed bcg
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#29
10-21-2019, 08:43 PM
We build left hand (ambi) 6.5 Grendel Barrels too.
"Precision - The Pinnacle of Perfection."
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#30
10-26-2019, 11:49 PM
Ok...all done... No range report yet, maybe tomorrow... https://grendel123.imgur.com/all Hope this works...
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10-26-2019, 11:51 PM
https://imgur.com/eMrIiP1

Another stab at posting a photo with Imgur...
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#32
10-27-2019, 12:57 AM
Looks good, I’m interested in seeing your range report.
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#33
11-26-2019, 08:21 PM
FYI....Leftie Maxim bolt headspaced just fine on Faxon barrel...at least on my build... Range report coming soon...did not want to shoot until I got the thing headspaced...YMMV
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#34
07-16-2020, 02:34 AM
Hi all - I'm building a 6MM ARC AR, and looking to get a 6.5 type II lefty bolt - Maxim seems to be the only place I can find them. Does anyone know if Maxim bolts have any kind of coating/treatment other than phosphate?

Thanks in advance -
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