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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:16:37 PM EDT
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You feeding it Mexican ammo? Seems to cause a lot of problems with gas.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:19:30 PM EDT
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Are you running a can?
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:19:41 PM EDT
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Quoted: You feeding it Mexican ammo? Seems to cause a lot of problems with gas. http://instantrimshot.com/ |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:23:08 PM EDT
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No can.... 11.5 heavy barrel Bushy. I've never had this problem in the 13 years I've had this rifle.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:26:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: You feeding it Mexican ammo? Seems to cause a lot of problems with gas.  |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:28:45 PM EDT
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... Once again, another outstanding Avatar. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:31:29 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: ... Once again, another outstanding Avatar.  |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:33:19 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: ... Once again, another outstanding Avatar.  |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:36:50 PM EDT
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Nolwenn is my girl of the moment.
  No idea what's wrong with that rifle though.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:37:16 PM EDT
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Gas in the face usually means lots of back pressure (a can) or a poor chamber seal like excessive head space, or oversized chamber. running wolf (or other steel cased ammo) can mimic the oversized chamber symptoms because the case is not as elastic as brass and you get a poor seal.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:46:12 PM EDT
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Gas in the face usually means lots of back pressure (a can) or a poor chamber seal like excessive head space, or oversized chamber. running wolf (or other steel cased ammo) can mimic the oversized chamber symptoms because the case is not as elastic as brass and you get a poor seal. What about worn out gas rings or maybe an old gas tube? I kinda suspect that if either of those two wore out gas might start escaping to weird places. Since it's an 11.5", and I understand those to be somewhat over gassed, I guess it could keep running even though it was blasting a bunch in his face? |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:51:07 PM EDT
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Have you made sure it's plugged in, and have you tried rebooting it?
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Posted: 1/6/2012 11:51:29 PM EDT
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Gas in the face usually means lots of back pressure (a can) or a poor chamber seal like excessive head space, or oversized chamber. running wolf (or other steel cased ammo) can mimic the oversized chamber symptoms because the case is not as elastic as brass and you get a poor seal. What about worn out gas rings or maybe an old gas tube? I kinda suspect that if either of those two wore out gas might start escaping to weird places. Since it's an 11.5", and I understand those to be somewhat over gassed, I guess it could keep running even though it was blasting a bunch in his face? I don't really know, the worn rings sure sound like they could cause such problems, the only way I see the gas tube causing a problem is if the tube has a hole or is even broken off in front of the gas key but if the gun is running good I doubt that is the problem. |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 12:00:45 AM EDT
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Gas in the face usually means lots of back pressure (a can) or a poor chamber seal like excessive head space, or oversized chamber. running wolf (or other steel cased ammo) can mimic the oversized chamber symptoms because the case is not as elastic as brass and you get a poor seal. What about worn out gas rings or maybe an old gas tube? I kinda suspect that if either of those two wore out gas might start escaping to weird places. Since it's an 11.5", and I understand those to be somewhat over gassed, I guess it could keep running even though it was blasting a bunch in his face? I don't really know, the worn rings sure sound like they could cause such problems, the only way I see the gas tube causing a problem is if the tube has a hole or is even broken off in front of the gas key but if the gun is running good I doubt that is the problem. I think the gas tube has a little bulge on the exterior diameter near the end that fits into the gas key. Over time, this wears down... What I figure is that, if it's the gas tube, the bulge has worn down and now some of the gas blasts out around the key when it cycles. My guess was that if this were the case, the overgassing of the short system would still cycle it. You've got a good point about the chamber seal though. I didn't think about it earlier, but when I shoot kinda wimpy steel cased ammo through my Mauser, like the Romanian surplus stuff, lots of propellant gases and crap get blasted back into the action. |
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Posted: 1/7/2012 12:32:51 AM EDT
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Take it apart and perform an autopsy. That's really the only way to determine what's wrong.
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Posted: 1/7/2012 5:20:57 AM EDT
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what about gas port erosion causing excess gases to escape barrel? I could see the gas rings being worn but not directly causing gas to escape to the rear and not out the ejection port. Check all these areas (gas port you cant really check w/o bore scope) and I think it should narrow itself down. Good luck
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