Got an 18" 338BR barrel done up for my rifle last week. I had to make a new gas block for it since the pressure available is much lower than the 308 or most of the others. It works really well and cycles reliably. Haven't had much of a chance to put it on paper yet but I'm happy its working with the subsonic 300 gr matchkings. I fired 10rds of supersonic 180gr loaded to 2400fps in the 18" barrel. Worked fine too. My gas adjuster has holes around the edge and I cut a slot in the handguard to reach them with an allen key or other small probing device. No need to pull the fricking handguard off to adjust. Thats the way it should have come from the factory. Can't use a screwdriver down the handguard with a can on.....stupid to be putting you're hands up front even without one installed.
This week I got the 6.5X47 Lapua barrel done using the gasblock I took off the 308 barrel. Haven't had much time to do anything but run a few through it with the can on it. Mostly its working but occasional hangups in the ejection port mess the feed up. Looks like the detent in the ejection port is dragging things. With the cover off its ejecting plenty far so the gas is fine. I'd like to keep my brass a little closer where I can find it though and that means making the cover work. According to others on various boards a little polish should take care of it. This barrel will be fired suppressed mostly but should also work unsuppressed.
I'll post more when I get to shoot it more.
Frank
This week I got the 6.5X47 Lapua barrel done using the gasblock I took off the 308 barrel. Haven't had much time to do anything but run a few through it with the can on it. Mostly its working but occasional hangups in the ejection port mess the feed up. Looks like the detent in the ejection port is dragging things. With the cover off its ejecting plenty far so the gas is fine. I'd like to keep my brass a little closer where I can find it though and that means making the cover work. According to others on various boards a little polish should take care of it. This barrel will be fired suppressed mostly but should also work unsuppressed.
I'll post more when I get to shoot it more.
Frank