Supported Bolt Carrier Group Hype of Not?
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I figured I’d give you the respect to tell you to reread things with a more literate eye and get your foot out of your mouth before everyone woke up and saw you’d made a fool of yourself.
This is where I believe most of the disconnect on this thread lies.
A guy building one accurate rifle for himself is going to be willing to spend much more time than someone paying for a gunsmith to work on possibly hundreds.
I personally bed my barrel extensions and true uppers, but I have a very methodical process to do it. I can’t imagine the cost of paying a gunsmith to do it across dozens or more uppers.
I shoot my gas guns in local PRS type matches as well as gas gun specific matches. Mag fed .223 to 800+ is not the same as single loaded to 600.
I’m all for innovation and testing to squeeze the best accuracy possible, and have done a lot of myself. However my situation is completely different from Sinister’s and can’t base my builds around what he did nor can I fault him for building a certain way.
so i dont really know who Sinister is (seems to be given some deference by others here) and i dont know who you are, but your above statement slid by a lot of people already on here, and even though it did, its very inaccurate.
in DI and piston guns, whether it be gasses directed at the gas key by the gas tube, or a metal rod acting on a point similar to the gas key, the carrier and bolt are both "pushed" back at the same point on the carrier. if someone is saying there is tilt induced by this, its done similarly by both DI and piston guns.
now, what you claimed would be accurate for 9mm ARs and 22lrs which are direct blow back operation. and not direct impingement, like traditional ARs.
well, technically, yes, but the force of the gas has to be turned down in the key. so you have a force component that hits rearward at the gas key elbow.
The gas is directed between the bolt and the bolt carrier causing both to want to move away from each other. The bolt gas rings only provide a seal between the two. The bolt cant move forward so the pressure drives the carrier rearward causing the carrier cam slot to push on the cam pin rotating and unlocking the bolt.
anyone know what a free body diagram is? The force from the gas impulse is not entirely parallel with the bore.
you cant have the force from the gas tube parallel to the centerline of the BCG, hitting into the gas key, which is above the line of the bore, and say that all the force is only acting along the center of the BCG.
well, we are discussing carrier tilt in a system using gas from an explosion. If someone is worrying about carrier tilt, and its significant enough to have "tilt", then the forces acting on it must not be insignificant.
and the answer is yes, exhaust would "push" your car into the ground, but it is insignificant and cannot be notice when compared to the force that gravity enacts on a vehicle whose mass is several orders of magnitude higher than a BCG.
and how can you call the gas force insignificant, when its the only force acting on the system, ignoring the spring force propelling the firing pin, and he force of the propellant at the bolt face when the lugs are locked.
There are a few ways to center the bolt carrier group in the center of the upper with the firing pin hole coaxial with the center of the bore. Make a carrier with a large flange at the back end, bush the front end, and conically face the carrier to fit the end of the extension (a la LMT).
The carrier can't lock up so tight it prevents reciprocation to function.
You have three force vectors that change with every shot: the action spring pushing from the rear; the force of the magazine spring from the bottom (which varies at every shot from 30 to empty); and the force of the hammer as it hits not only the firing pin but pushes the carrier group into final battery.
Each and every mod can incrementally add to consistent lock-up.
The self-centering flange on the front end of an LMT enhanced carrier which mates into the receiver extension recess (M16):
AR-10/SR-25:
You can get anti-tilt buffers designed to help reduce tilting off-axis (advertised for piston rifles but can be used on direct-gas carriers, they fit into the rear of your carrier):
If I were to do anything else, I'd buy an LMT switch-barrel upper. You get the advantage of a long, heavy barrel shank secured to the upper over a longer distance at the cost of weight. Turn the barrel down in the front to compensate and you get a little more sinoidal whip.
The President's Match shoot-off at 600 yards at Camp Perry, fired with a sling, no sighters, 4.5X scope:
The carrier can't lock up so tight it prevents reciprocation to function.
You have three force vectors that change with every shot: the action spring pushing from the rear; the force of the magazine spring from the bottom (which varies at every shot from 30 to empty); and the force of the hammer as it hits not only the firing pin but pushes the carrier group into final battery.
Each and every mod can incrementally add to consistent lock-up.
The self-centering flange on the front end of an LMT enhanced carrier which mates into the receiver extension recess (M16):
AR-10/SR-25:
You can get anti-tilt buffers designed to help reduce tilting off-axis (advertised for piston rifles but can be used on direct-gas carriers, they fit into the rear of your carrier):
If I were to do anything else, I'd buy an LMT switch-barrel upper. You get the advantage of a long, heavy barrel shank secured to the upper over a longer distance at the cost of weight. Turn the barrel down in the front to compensate and you get a little more sinoidal whip.
The President's Match shoot-off at 600 yards at Camp Perry, fired with a sling, no sighters, 4.5X scope:
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It is no surprise that the world is going to hell with the way we talk to each other, when we're supposed to be on the SAME side. I often wonder what would happen if certain groups showed up at a range together and realized who each other is, lol.
I'm near Tampa myself. Want to get a beer, smile, and call each other assholes?
LMAO, I know you live near me, I'm the one who told you to bring lube for Grandma in your infamous thread. A beer would be awesome although thanks to my ex-wives alienating everyone near them, I've learned to do quite well without any friends
.Thanks Sinister, I appreciate your explainations. This thread has been informational and entertaining to say the least.There are a few ways to center the bolt carrier group in the center of the upper with the firing pin hole coaxial with the center of the bore. Make a carrier with a large flange at the back end, bush the front end, and conically face the carrier to fit the end of the extension (a la LMT).
The carrier can't lock up so tight it prevents reciprocation to function.
You have three force vectors that change with every shot: the action spring pushing from the rear; the force of the magazine spring from the bottom (which varies at every shot from 30 to empty); and the force of the hammer as it hits not only the firing pin but pushes the carrier group into final battery.
Each and every mod can incrementally add to consistent lock-up.
The flange on the front end of an LMT enhanced carrier which mates into the receiver extension recess (M16):
AR-10/SR-25:
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You can get anti-tilt buffers designed to help reduce tilting off-axis (advertised for piston rifles but can be used on direct-gas carriers, they fit into the rear of your carrier):
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If I were to do anything else, I'd buy an LMT switch-barrel upper. You get the advantage of a long, heavy barrel shank secured to the upper over a longer distance at the cost of weight. Turn the barrel down in the front to compensate and you get a little more sinoidal whip.
Well, I'm still scratchin' my head waiting for someone to post up some targets from the same gun with different BCG's that show any measureable improvement, or no improvement at all.
Cause so far, I haven't heard anything definitive one way or the other.
Trends, maybe; some "ought to's" but no data.
MM
Cause so far, I haven't heard anything definitive one way or the other.
Trends, maybe; some "ought to's" but no data.
MM
Barfcom called, they want their thread from ten years ago back.
W/o evaluating the barrel snugging procedure from the BCG change, there's no way to know how much improvement can be attributed to the BCG vs just the barrel bedding, since he made both changes at once.
I don't think the improved BCG's hurt a thing, but I've still seen no definitive evidence that they make a measureable change either.
I don't think the improved BCG's hurt a thing, but I've still seen no definitive evidence that they make a measureable change either.
Great article... certainly makes me feel better about Truing receiver faces and Loctiting in barrels.. Lol
I just got CMC enhanced BCG's in both 308 and 5.56. ( Flare tail and extra exhaust port on both ) might have to see if there is a benefit in precision.
I realize it is more a matter of the sum of all parts... but, I is worth a try !
Lost of interesting conversations in this thread, but if I'm building and actual AR its getting an LMT EBCG. I've tried Lantac, rca titanium, surefire, lmt, colt, bcm, toolcraft, im sure there are more i cant think of.
Lmt combined with a kynshot and tubbs flatwire gives me such a soft shooting platform by increasing lock time (befoee the bolt opens). That combo is like nothing else ive found and thats pretty much my biggest hobby. Is testing and combining all the fancy shit they make for ars and other guns.
Let me ask you this. If you get .2moa from a carrier designed to prevent anti tilt. Is that worth 20% more recoil? Guess it depends on the application.
Out of the ones I've tried ive never seen a noticeable change in accuracy. That could be me as a shooter. But that still makes it not worth it for me and my application.
Lmt combined with a kynshot and tubbs flatwire gives me such a soft shooting platform by increasing lock time (befoee the bolt opens). That combo is like nothing else ive found and thats pretty much my biggest hobby. Is testing and combining all the fancy shit they make for ars and other guns.
Let me ask you this. If you get .2moa from a carrier designed to prevent anti tilt. Is that worth 20% more recoil? Guess it depends on the application.
Out of the ones I've tried ive never seen a noticeable change in accuracy. That could be me as a shooter. But that still makes it not worth it for me and my application.
Why do you think that carrier (assuming same nominal weight) will give 20% more recoil?
Unless you are assuming a weight increase.
Besides, that's what's adjustable GB's are for........................
MM
You'd just have to shoot it or try the build. Kynshot compresses during unlock and again when buffer bottoms out. They think it may again when bolt slams home but not proven yet. Check out amphibians work on arfcom. It shoots smoother than a setup on the edge of reliability.
20% was conservative because I knew someone would call it out. i think .2moa was probably giving the anti tilt a little more than it is worth as well. I would say recoils less than half as much as my next properly gased Midlength ar with h2. It just dosent move...at all.
I would say the only thing that is slightly worries me is the reliability of the hydraulic system. I know other hydraulic buffers have had issues before. Doubt it would make it into a home defense or Duty setup
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Given the massive improvements in shocks for trucks I’m surprised someone doesn’t hire a racing shock company to design a hydraulic buffer for the AR that times all of the functions of the action perfectly.
Yeah, I like the concept but for me, hydraulic buffers (and for that matter the SCS from JP) fall under the same category as adjustable triggers & adjustable gas blocks. Just something extra that could fail.
Guess I didn’t realize those SCS’s were failing? I thought everyone’s beef was that they are expensive.
So the theory, from what Proof was suggesting in the article is that rds that feed from the left side of the magazine will chamber slightly different than the ones from the right, due to carrier tilt.
So load up a magazine with 20rds and shoot at 2 different targets, alternating 1rd at a time at each target. Then load up 20 rds and shoot 10 at each target but not switching targets until you have a 10 shot group on one target.
Measure the groups and see if there is any correlation between the first 2 groups and the last 2.
So load up a magazine with 20rds and shoot at 2 different targets, alternating 1rd at a time at each target. Then load up 20 rds and shoot 10 at each target but not switching targets until you have a 10 shot group on one target.
Measure the groups and see if there is any correlation between the first 2 groups and the last 2.
and shoot another group with single feed from a sled.
With respect to DI and Piston uppers, where is the bullet when something starts to move in the action?
Lock time not dwell time allows the barrel to move before the bullet exits.
With respect to DI and Piston uppers, where is the bullet when something starts to move in the action?
Lock time not dwell time allows the barrel to move before the bullet exits.
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