I ran a handful of steel cased ammo I'm sure, but not much. Generally all brass cased. I wonder if there wasn't a bad/soft batch of gas tube. It took me quite a while to figure the problem out.
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I'm running an H in my 14.5" Daniel Defense mid-length. H2 would would have issues with steel-cased ammunition. I worked down to an H and problems went away. I mostly shoot 5.56 or quality hand loads in this rifle, but want it to run anything I put in it.
My two 16" BCM mid-lenths with H2s had issues with Tula, Wolf, etc so I'm running carbine buffers in them. The H seemed fine, but I only have a few H buffers, so those are in carbine gas systems and the 14.5". I really couldn't tell much difference in the way the guns run between the H and Carbine, so no reason to by more Hs for backup guns.
All my buffers and springs are Colt or BCM for what its worth.
H2... Me likey a smooth shooter
I used FrogLube for a while. Under most conditions, and with regular use it's a great lube. I love the fact that it stays where you put it until fired. I used it all last year and did lots of shooting with great results. The "gummy" problems I had heard about never made much sense to me until recently. I didn't do much shooting this winter, and had several guns sitting unfired for around 4 months. Took them out for a class in January and it didn't go well. Whether from sitting up, the cold weather (temps in the low 20s), or a combination of both, the FrogLube had basically turned into something resembling molasses. Caused several issues until it heated up and thinned out again after working through a mag or two.
I wouldn't recommend it for guns that will be treated and put away for any length of time, and I wouldn't recommend it for anyone in cold climates. Personally, I just moved on. I loved a lot about the stuff but the stipulations overpower the benefits to me. I'm back to good ol' Mobil 1 for now, although I am testing Fireclean and RandCLP on a couple guns with good results so far.
That makes sense. I mean.... I've only observed it in the desert environment. But watching it set up a little when it cools off made me wonder about it in actual COLD weather.
I'm using one of the JP Enterprises captured buffer/spring setups. Runs smooth as a bowl of exlax and no more cheese grater noise. Lol
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All kinds of reports of that stuff gumming up guns everywhere but here.
The instructions are ridiculous and the claims they make are so far fetched I don't see how anyone with any common sense thinks it would be a worthwhile PITA.
I've never tried the stuff myself, but I don't need to. You tell me to hit my gun with a hair-dryer, and smear on some vegetable grease that will soak through the finish and into the pores of a hard-ass steel gun, and disappear, only to return again (a visible amount nonetheless) when I shoot the gun... Yeah.