My setup is probably the same general weight (w/o barrel) as yours. I’ve got tungsten instead of brass, which is about 2lb heavier but I don’t have the Dina brass rail. I prefer 26” instead of 28” and have been running M24 barrels for the last few go arounds. Balance is just about right, any more barrel weight and it might be nose heavy.

My vote would be 26” and go with the standard CRB contour instead of 1.25 straight.

Black cerakote is dead sexy, but only if you have a black muzzle brake .

If you’re a huge AvGeek like me, anything from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics:

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Basic user said:

I do know it's adjustable; it just never really locks up, but that's not the whole problem. I broke my wrist a while ago so the strength isnt 100%. Even when I semi tighten this thing, for some reason it's way harder to loosen than it was to tighten. I know, it's odd.

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That makes sense, I do find that there is a pretty fine point between too tight and too loose. I disassembled mine and cleaned and lightly greased all the washers and found it to be bit smoother after that. The other thing I’ve been working on is learning to be okay with a slightly looser bipod cant tension. Too loose is much easier to shoot with than too tight, especially when under time pressure.

When they first were talking about the 7.62x51 ICSR, I knew someone had been smoking crack and wasn’t familiar with weapons or Infantry MTO&E, or lessons-learned over the past 130 years.

Then they switched to the 6.8 NGSW and stuck with a x51 based cartridge with .473” case head, which is a non-starter for most dismounts in the squad and platoon.

We’ve been needing a true intermediate cartridge solution for at least DMs and LMGs for ages, with the biggest missed opportunity being the .276 Pedersen in the 1930s, followed by WWII and the 1950s service rifle development that doubled-down on .30 Caliber.

One of the things that emerged in all of this was a discussion about cost. The biggest cost is actually ammunition shipping weight, where billions are spent in moving pallets from manufacturing centers to distribution hubs, then to ASPs or deploying or deployed units, then down to the Battalions, Companies, and Platoons.

6.8x51 makes that worse across the force since it’s obviously a lot heavier and bulkier than 5.56.

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Anybody, need em gone

ToddM said:

Read on another forum that SK ammo prices are expected to go up 20%, Eley 10%

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can't find most sk st + and RM anyway. gonna suck for RF as no domestic that i have used is worth a F. also,was thinking on a 7.62x39 rig-auto or bolt. ammo prices there will be hurt steell,norma,bellom,ppu etc. wonder whether gun prices may become rational due to less use and buying because of > ammo prices. not gonna help CZ,howa,tikka etc $s.

I will take this per our comms.

Offers need em gone

XP1K said:

Ha. I had a 308 I was about to rebarrel so I didn't really care about it. Previously this barrel had shot a .0xx on one occasion and several groups at or just under 1/4" over the course of its life.

After watching that video I chucked the cleaning rod up in the Dewalt and went to work on it. There was some really fine light cross hatch in the bore in a few places but it didn't seem to affect the way it shot. But I won't do it again.

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In the video you linked I really wish he'd have put his money where his mouth was and done it with a brand new barrel, and not a shot-out (4.5K?) tomato stake.

Maser said:

My, how they change their tunes.

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