I'm glad you found a setup that works for you. I would be interested to hear the details on which components you went with, particularly the barrel. Always nice to see mfg's properly sizing their gas ports.
I hear what you're saying about the old straight set screw gas blocks... I had a JP on a .308 build, and it is nothing I would trust for a fighting rifle or anything like that... but I went with a SLR sentry on my recent SBR build, and it is a great design. It has detents with click adjustments, which solve the problems of the screw self-loosening, and allows for repeatable adjustments for switching between suppressed/unsuppressed.
"This motto may adorn their tombs
(Let tyrants come and view):
We rather seek these silent rooms
Than live as slaves to you."
Lemuel Haynes, 1775
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