AmericanBob
Expert
Just took my first shots out of my 308 AR. This is my first venture into the large framed AR platform so excuse the inexperience. This is a factory Aero upper and lower, Aero 16 inch barrel, mid length gas system, standard Aero gas block, Magpul UBR stock so tube length is 7.75", KAK bcg, and Armaspec silent captured spring buffer. The barrel I had cut to 14" and had my suppressor mount pinned and welded on. Trying to make it slightly more compact for chasing pigs in the swamps of southern Georgia.
Now that that is out of the way, the rifle is hoot to shoot. Unsuppressed it runs like a dream, an amazingly loud and flashy dream. Suppressed started out ok, but after about 15 rounds it started skipping over the top round in the magazine. It will lock back on an empty mag, but won't pick up the next round on a loaded mag.
Any of you heavy shouldered shooters have any experience with this? Is it as simple as a heavy buffer and spring to slow the bolt down or do I need to look at something else? And yes, I should probably have had an adjustable gas block put on before the pin and weld, live and learn.
Now that that is out of the way, the rifle is hoot to shoot. Unsuppressed it runs like a dream, an amazingly loud and flashy dream. Suppressed started out ok, but after about 15 rounds it started skipping over the top round in the magazine. It will lock back on an empty mag, but won't pick up the next round on a loaded mag.
Any of you heavy shouldered shooters have any experience with this? Is it as simple as a heavy buffer and spring to slow the bolt down or do I need to look at something else? And yes, I should probably have had an adjustable gas block put on before the pin and weld, live and learn.