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I also I n the pic post I didn't accu-wedge I distinctly said wedge.
That's not playing fair. LOL
it was a joke sparky. A joke aimed at WC, not you at that. Wedge away makes no difference to me. I am sure your rifles are solid and reliable. You seem to take much more care in fitment than I ever did back when I was building ARs. Not necessarily a bad thing, especially if it makes you happy.
In truth, I used to wedge my guns back 20 years ago or so. I hated high shelf lowers because they meant I had to trim soooo much off the wedge. I finally stopped using them after one time too many having to find a punch to break down my rifle. I actually started trimming the detent springs for a while to make the take down pin easier to get out.
Now I am boring. I have built everything I wanted to build, and have converted 5 of my builds to SBRs. Besides those SBRs, I sold off everything else that wasn't factory Colt. I don't think I have pulled the trigger on an AR in over 3 years.
I don't even remember the last AR I built, but I know I had to go to a buddy's shop about 6 months ago to use his vise because I sold my vise with my house that I sold two houses ago.
You have a distinct lack of understanding. You claim I said stuff that I did not, and cannot understand simple statements that I make.
I never said that I fixed it.
Without the piece of silicone, the rifle functioned properly.
Add the piece of silicone and the rifle ceased to function properly.
Remove the piece of silicone and the rifle once again functioned properly.
I explained this multiple times, and you and one other are failing to understand it.
I never said bend, I said moved. You agree that the $2 piece of rubber will move the upper and lower receivers apart. That’s why the looseness stops; the upper receiver is forced UP to the limit it can, usually dictated by the takedown pin in the rear takedown lug of the upper receiver. Moved or displaced, not bent or distorted. This is also why the takedown pin can be difficult to remove and insert when using the Accu-Wedge; moving the upper receiver up to create tension can cause a misalignment of the takedown pin in the lower and the corresponding hole in the upper receiver.
Typical responses fromcmshoot
I used to take your armorer advice for the law, but the thing is you're so "matter-of-factly"(pretentious) about everything it's hard not to dismiss it.
This reminds me of that thread about crushing magazines because they allegedly caused the gun to go 1/2moa off...
It ain’t cocky if you can back it up. There are things that I know, and know well. As an Instructor, there are topics that I’ve been certified by the state of Georgia as a subject matter expert on. You wanna hear me get pretentious……..
Just because your ego won’t allow you to listen to someone with vastly more knowledge that you doesn’t mean they are incorrect; it means you are ignorant. I do not mean ignorant in a derogatory way. I mean it in the dictionary definition:
lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified.
There’s no shame in that, unless you let yourself feel ashamed. You could write entire books on subjects that I am ignorant of……..the topic at hand ain’t one of them.
When I listen to my mechanic explain what‘s wrong with my truck, I don’t think that he’s pretentious. I recognize his greater wealth of knowledge on the subject, listen to him, and learn what I can.
I'm following. I haven't witnessed failure caused by bolt drag from an accu wedge, but I have seen scrapes on a bolt carrier and receiver extension from it. I imagine eventually it would have either worn in or caused a catastrophic failure.
Having enough play for the BCG to hit the lower receiver extension(under any circumstance) is not proper function in my opinion. Maybe that's the difference. I didn't misunderstand a single thing you said.
And your people skills are lacking. Good thing you're a good gunsmith.
