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Open up the gas port.
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Does anyone know of any simple fixes for under gassed Galil's?
Open up the gas port.
don't do this. Not until you've at least MEASURED it. The diameter of the gas port should be around 1.8mm. You can get a ballpark figure using the back end of a drill bit the same diameter.
Anyway, ORF receivers are notorious for bad QC and bad heat treatment. I have built a Galil on one. The first receiver was too soft and the shoulders the bolt lugs sit against were improperly cut, leading to engagement of one lug but a ~25 thousandths clearance on the other. Who knows what other kind of problems they may have.
Also, what kind of damage is the brass getting? If it is a big dent on the side, then that's pretty normal actually for an AK family rifle. That's from the brass hitting the edge of the dust cover on it's way out.