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AR15/10 Rifles
gas port size
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<blockquote data-quote="kfreeze" data-source="post: 2866068" data-attributes="member: 79596"><p>I've not dealt with tons of barrels by any means, but I've had to send a few new ones back to have gas ports drilled larger. The one thing that I have learned through all of the builds that I have done is to never mess with buffers, springs, and etc. Just use a good click adjustable gas block and be done with it. All of the other stuff is people hoping for a cheap fix and theirs never works perfect like when I get them to put a good adjustable gas block on. Just start with it almost closed and open it slowly until the bcg stays locked back after you shoot on an empty mag. Then if you really want to do yourself a favor for loading your own ammo, when you order a new barrel ask them to open the gas port an extra .010". X-caliber is happy to do it by tha way and thanked me for telling them that I was going to use an adjustable gas block so they could make it work perfect for me. (There is so many variables with powders and loads once you go away from the milspec stuff that they can't control, so they design their gas systems to work with certain things). The other best thing that I can tell you, besides the good adjustable gas block, is to call and talk to the people that will make the barrel that you want and talk about the specifics of what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kfreeze, post: 2866068, member: 79596"] I've not dealt with tons of barrels by any means, but I've had to send a few new ones back to have gas ports drilled larger. The one thing that I have learned through all of the builds that I have done is to never mess with buffers, springs, and etc. Just use a good click adjustable gas block and be done with it. All of the other stuff is people hoping for a cheap fix and theirs never works perfect like when I get them to put a good adjustable gas block on. Just start with it almost closed and open it slowly until the bcg stays locked back after you shoot on an empty mag. Then if you really want to do yourself a favor for loading your own ammo, when you order a new barrel ask them to open the gas port an extra .010". X-caliber is happy to do it by tha way and thanked me for telling them that I was going to use an adjustable gas block so they could make it work perfect for me. (There is so many variables with powders and loads once you go away from the milspec stuff that they can't control, so they design their gas systems to work with certain things). The other best thing that I can tell you, besides the good adjustable gas block, is to call and talk to the people that will make the barrel that you want and talk about the specifics of what you want. [/QUOTE]
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