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Posted: 6/29/2003 11:41:02 AM EDT
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Gene spent 100s of thousands of dollars designing the 3 rings. Im not going to screw it up.
Mc farland rings go in the bin with the Defender, accuwedge, titanium F.P., Chink carry handle scope. arms #2 mount. GG |
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Posted: 6/29/2003 11:48:04 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Gun Guru: Gene spent 100s of thousands of dollars designing the 3 rings. Im not going to screw it up. Mc farland rings go in the bin with the [red]Defender[/red], accuwedge, titanium F.P., Chink carry handle scope. arms #2 mount. GG Pardon my ignorance but what is the Defender? |
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Posted: 6/29/2003 1:50:17 PM EDT
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Quoted: Originally Posted By Gun Guru: Gene spent 100s of thousands of dollars designing the 3 rings. Im not going to screw it up. Mc farland rings go in the bin with the [red]Defender[/red], accuwedge, titanium F.P., Chink carry handle scope. arms #2 mount. GG Pardon my ignorance but what is the Defender? It's a little blue D-ring that fits over the extractor spring to provide more tension. Costs about $14.00, a Wolff XP extractor spring does the same thing for a lot less. IMHO. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 8:11:50 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Originally Posted By Gun Guru: Gene spent 100s of thousands of dollars designing the 3 rings. Im not going to screw it up. Mc farland rings go in the bin with the [red]Defender[/red], accuwedge, titanium F.P., Chink carry handle scope. arms #2 mount. GG Pardon my ignorance but what is the Defender? It's a little blue D-ring that fits over the extractor spring to provide more tension. Costs about $14.00, a Wolff XP extractor spring does the same thing for a lot less. IMHO. Thank you. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 12:23:46 PM EDT
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I have seen M16's run on one gas ring. I have no idea were the other two went but the thing ran great. I look at it this way. Three is better than one. If one of the three fails the other two pick up the slack.
Another fix for a non-existing problem |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:40:07 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Gun Guru: Mc farland rings go in the bin with the Defender, accuwedge, titanium F.P., Chink carry handle scope. arms #2 mount. GG Don't forget to throw the P.O.S. "HellFire" in there too... |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 11:28:07 PM EDT
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My original rings set up in my eagle arms before they became armilite,,, broke fairly early on,,, actually they didnt break one of the three was bent to a 90 degree angle when i replaced them with a mcF one peice ring and ran that one what seemed forever, I personaly will continue there use until i cant get them anymore. And yes i use an accu wedge also!
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Posted: 7/1/2003 7:59:22 AM EDT
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GunGuru, why did the arms #2 make your list? I thought arms had the best mounts available...
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Posted: 7/1/2003 4:16:22 PM EDT
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Dammit I new I forgot something, Yes the Hellfire trigger.
the arm#2 is a high quality piece but put the sight too high. therefor it was useless for me & a waste of money. I tried to sell it to my bro for $55 so I could buy a #39 which is the BEST. He bought a #2 and found just like me it is too high. GG |
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Posted: 7/1/2003 7:44:16 PM EDT
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The gas ring in my Armalite sh** itself one day at the range...one of the Highpower shooters there gave me the McFarland rings...they've been on there ever since, so they must work hehehe...and they were free!
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Posted: 7/1/2003 10:57:47 PM EDT
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Quoted: I have seen M16's run on one gas ring. I have no idea were the other two went but the thing ran great. I look at it this way. Three is better than one. If one of the three fails the other two pick up the slack. I see 1-2 M16's a year that fail with 3 gas rings and need them replaced. The one piece gas ring works very well and I use them in M16's and AR16's. I am amazed that one gas ring was able to work by itself, but in a fairly new gun, I suppose it is possible. Hmmm... In fact I might try it just to see it work/not work. |
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Posted: 7/2/2003 12:10:46 AM EDT
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When I do change out rings I switch to the one piece set up. Then I don't have to try and offset the gap alignment. They seem to work really well. |
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Posted: 7/2/2003 7:55:36 AM EDT
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I would not have believed that an M16 would run on one standard ring but I saw it with my own eyes. I have taken just about every one of our M4's out, aligned the gas rings, and could not get them to fail. Maybe I am just having great luck but I don't think so. On the other hand I have had to replace my share of gas rings that have worn out. This is the most common repair that I perform on our M4's.
If the McFarland works for you use it. Personnaly I do not see it as an improvement over the three ring set up. |
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