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To: Manly Warrior
and get the bolt speed up to fast you run into the problem of out running the magazine spring
19 posted on 11/17/2018 6:05:28 AM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Chode

And the bolt catch spring. I shoot Service Rifle High Power, and many of us use heavy loads with 75/77 mag length for short line and rapids, and 80/82 or even 90 for 600. The best solution in my experience for the AR15 system has been a Tubb Carrier Weight system and a CS flat wire action spring. More inertia to move, and a slightly stiffer spring to resist, bolt carrier moves slower but with more force, brass life ( when you use Lapua brass, brass life matters) increases, reliability improves ( most matches are no-alibi events, so if you kit fails, each lost shot costs 10 points in a game where the winners are decided not by points but by Xs). Superior Shooting Systems makes these components.

BTW, I also use the same rifle in 3 gun and steel/PRS, and bolt speed has never been an issue- hits count, follow up shot in action/precision games often are the result of misses ;>)


20 posted on 11/17/2018 7:03:28 AM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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