Recent content by Bear451

I was in Buds the other day. I have purchased several firearms and lowers there, but I will not be buying anymore from then. They have tripled the price on pmags, over doubled their ar15 and ak prices, and ammo has over doubled. Mentioned this to an employee, he agreed, saying he wouldn't buy...

Just happened to walk into my lgs the day I got my refund. Had been looking at building a 300 blackout upper for one of my AR s, but had pretty much given up the idea for now. Asked if he had anything interesting in. Just so happens he got a DPMS lr308 in just before I got there. Wasn't a 300...

I've done several guns with various colors of duracoat. Easy to apply, looks good. I think the problem alot of people have with it is not prepping correctly, or not allowing it to cure fully before heavy use. Duracoat dries quickly, but needs about 6 weeks to cure enough for severe duty. Did my...

Haven't done any with a 22, but the rubber band method works very well on my ar. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

Has the same thing happen to me on my doublestar ar. I was shooting reloaded ammo at the time and apparently one of the cases had not resized properly. Jammed everything tight. Luckily one of my buddies had a lot more experience than I, mortared it just as described, popped right out. Sent from...

As I understand it, the 223 and 556 rounds are nearly identical, but the 556 specification can stand higher pressures, so you can shoot 223 safely in a 556 gun, but not the other way around.

My first press is a Pacific, don't know much about it, just had it about 2 Weeks. Just starting to reload and got the press and a bunch of other equipment off a friend for almost nothing. works well and is very sturdy.