Originally Posted by
MWAG19919
... when I had to eject a live round from the chamber it was stuck in there pretty tightly. It wasn’t every single time, but the three times it occurred I had to lightly mortar the gun. I can’t quantify the force but it was barely more than the weight of the gun.
... a handload of mine (62 gr FMJ, LC brass). Every single round passed a .223 chamber gauge as soon as it came off the press, and the 2 live rounds I recovered passed the gauge a second time (I could not locate the third round).
The upper is a factory stripped DD MK18 upper with a Toolcraft NIB BCG. I’m not sure if it matters, but the buffer is an A5H0 with a standard rifle spring (I’m pretty sure it’s a BCM spring but it could be Vltor too, can’t remember).