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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
AR15/10 Rifles
AR 10 DPMS feeding issues
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<blockquote data-quote="C-130 Dude" data-source="post: 2520304" data-attributes="member: 122991"><p>Gregg C</p><p>To be clear. Most rifle length gas tubes are:</p><p>(Lets not deal with DPMS Gen 2 here.) Armalite AR10 is 15.5 inch long.DPMS gen 1 is 15.125 inch long.Now I have bought both. I have found folks use Armalite bcg with dpms length gas tube. Not good. And the other way around. Measure the length of your gas tube to be absolutely sure which one you need. I have also found a brand new gas key on the bcg is loose. Not tightened properly or staked properly. The web has lots of pics on this subject and how to fix. Pretty easy to do. It happened to me. New gun 0 rounds through it, loose gas key. Fixed issue, and it worked great. Didnt i feel dumb. Gas leaks a real bitch to find. Try reading that message I sent you. It long, but full of good process to find your issue. Go slow and follow process. Get real familiar with proper nomenclature. It's required to stop misunderstanding. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="C-130 Dude, post: 2520304, member: 122991"] Gregg C To be clear. Most rifle length gas tubes are: (Lets not deal with DPMS Gen 2 here.) Armalite AR10 is 15.5 inch long.DPMS gen 1 is 15.125 inch long.Now I have bought both. I have found folks use Armalite bcg with dpms length gas tube. Not good. And the other way around. Measure the length of your gas tube to be absolutely sure which one you need. I have also found a brand new gas key on the bcg is loose. Not tightened properly or staked properly. The web has lots of pics on this subject and how to fix. Pretty easy to do. It happened to me. New gun 0 rounds through it, loose gas key. Fixed issue, and it worked great. Didnt i feel dumb. Gas leaks a real bitch to find. Try reading that message I sent you. It long, but full of good process to find your issue. Go slow and follow process. Get real familiar with proper nomenclature. It's required to stop misunderstanding. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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