I just acquired a Palmetto State Armory 20" .308 PA-10. The Upper is Gen-2, and the Lower is Gen-3. So far, all looks well and I'm looking forward to shooting it sometime in the next few weeks. It's the "Space Cannon" Lower, and the receiver Artwork/FCG Inscriptions have me grinning a lot; I had no idea when I made the purchase...
I bought the 20" instead of the 18" because a friend has had issues he diagnoses as over gassing, and I wanted to see if the Rifle Length Gas System improved on the problems he's having with the Mid-Length system. In an earlier topic, I have received advice to check BCG overtravel, and to alter the buffer and spring if that's an issue. I'm trying to avoid that with the 20" Upper. My intention is to run this Upper with IMI 150gr and 168gr for the most part.
The Bushnell 4.5-18x40 Drop Zone BDC 308 scope is inbound from Optics Planet. Just a hunch, but these scopes have disappeared from at least one site (Amazon), and I'm wondering if they may be getting phased out. I have one mounted on a 24" Savage Bolt gun and it's bang on for steel out to 300yd so far with the IMI 168gr Semi-Auto Match.
I bought a pair of 20rd Hex Mags as part of the purchase, and they insert and detach fine. But they also seem to require a longer bipod, which may not be so agreeable with shooting off the bench.
While looking for additional 10rd mags, I keep running across reviews that cite problems running various mags in the PA-10. Some suggest mods, some just trash mouth the PA-10.
Obviously, there are a lot of them in circulation, and one assumes that most if not all their shooters have found mags that do the trick successfully.
So, who can bring a positive ending to this topic?
To restate, I'm looking for trouble-free 10rd mags to run in my PA-10.
TIA.
Greg
I bought the 20" instead of the 18" because a friend has had issues he diagnoses as over gassing, and I wanted to see if the Rifle Length Gas System improved on the problems he's having with the Mid-Length system. In an earlier topic, I have received advice to check BCG overtravel, and to alter the buffer and spring if that's an issue. I'm trying to avoid that with the 20" Upper. My intention is to run this Upper with IMI 150gr and 168gr for the most part.
The Bushnell 4.5-18x40 Drop Zone BDC 308 scope is inbound from Optics Planet. Just a hunch, but these scopes have disappeared from at least one site (Amazon), and I'm wondering if they may be getting phased out. I have one mounted on a 24" Savage Bolt gun and it's bang on for steel out to 300yd so far with the IMI 168gr Semi-Auto Match.
I bought a pair of 20rd Hex Mags as part of the purchase, and they insert and detach fine. But they also seem to require a longer bipod, which may not be so agreeable with shooting off the bench.
While looking for additional 10rd mags, I keep running across reviews that cite problems running various mags in the PA-10. Some suggest mods, some just trash mouth the PA-10.
Obviously, there are a lot of them in circulation, and one assumes that most if not all their shooters have found mags that do the trick successfully.
So, who can bring a positive ending to this topic?
To restate, I'm looking for trouble-free 10rd mags to run in my PA-10.
TIA.
Greg
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