The story of my overgassed DD MK18 & DD CS
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Naphtali
So what other benefits, if any, did you notice? And would you consider those benefits great enough to be worth the hassle / risk of swapping parts for a smaller port size in a gun where overgassing is not an issue?
The Recoil impulse is now manageable, it's super pleasant to shoot where before I hated it. I've shot slugs out of shotguns that were more pleasant than this over gassed MK18.
my brass is now deflecting to my 4 o'clock where before it was to my 1 o'clock.
Off the recoil management alone it was definitely worth it. Over gassing also wears the Gasport in the barrel itself will start erode from the inside out. A properly gassed gun will also provide longevity of the parts and the gun.
I played with all the buffer and spring combos you could imagine nothing helped this gun only the new barrel did, I have been waiting for Grant to get some of the Colt 10.3 inch barrels in so I can replace it but Daniel Defense finally agreed.
I'm sure if I shot cheap ammo it wouldn't have made a difference but I don't shoot wolf or Tula just M193, M855, and Black Hills 77.
SBRs are a different beast and if they don't shoot right they suck. I hated my MK18 before with the DD birdcage, and now it shoots softer than my BCM 11.5 with the BCM comp.