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Thread: Shooting AR with no gas rings (video)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Glockster View Post
    So....we may be onto something here.

    If your carbine is overgassed and a heavier buffer hasn't solved function problems, then maybe remove the gas rings and go back to square one with the buffers?
    I think I pointed out in an earlier post that removing the rings would allow carbon to build up in the expansion chamber and up into the barrel extension and around the bolt lugs/extractor. So, in the long run its a bad idea and I believe it will eventually decrease reliability if it doesn't immediately. At a minimum it will increase the difficulty of cleaning.

    If there wasn't a reason for the rings they wouldn't be there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kdubya View Post
    Agreed. So, who's up for the test?
    Removing the rings won't prove anything. There are a number of ways to address problems caused by an, ostensibly, over gassed rifle. None of them include removing the gas rings.

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    This is all very old news. You don't want the issues that arise from a poorer gas seal, there's many deficits there. If you fall within a combination that presents an excess of gas for your system, then it's better to meter that gas better by starting at the base presence of that pressure opportunity towards a later one for a few reasons. There is a given for that with this system that accepts some timing/mass/spring functions working within a certain relationship. A possible extension to that could be in tailoring some total reciprocating mass or masses within acceptable ranges for function primarily, but within a functional relationship with spring tensions for timing events.

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