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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    It could have been worse. They could have pubicly admitted to snatch testing.
    Sounds like my last weekend in New York City....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Here is something you need to know about Bushmaster (older ones for sure) and your local bubba gunsmith (who doesn't know AR's). Bushmaster chambers are well-known to be non 5.56 (i.e. .223). So chances are that gage was correct.

    You don't want to use those gages on true 5.56 chambers (like Colt) for example because you will get false readings.
    An interesting topic, with some interesting info. Sort of sums up/answers some of the questions I had about an older 'hand-me-down' mutt, Bushy upper/Oly lower from the early/mid-90's. (It's not the first time I've seen this opinion, either, this is just the first day I've been able to post.) My dad told me he was never comfortable with shooting 5.56 from it, and wasn't sure if it would pass headspace testing with a gauge. We used a .22LR conversion kit in it for the majority of its range time. I thought it was just because of the savings, vs. firing hundreds of rounds of 5.56 through the Colt (also handed-down to me) every time we went shooting. I recall the few times we had fired 5.56 from it, we had all kinds of jam/feed failure problems. Now I'm thinking twice about it, even after some minor repairs...

    After acquiring it via a sort of 'early inheritance' and stripping it down, I found that the gas key, despite being 'staked,' was quite loose. I thought maybe that was why we had problems with it before. So I tightened it up, and really staked it, but have been hesitant to push my luck with this rifle. The more I read on it, the more I think I may just keep using it with a .22LR conversion kit, for cheap plinking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dragon88 View Post
    Those primers look normal, they are no where close to being flattened. Don't listen to people who know what the **** they're talking about. Your rifle is fine and as you say, functioning without issues. Buy lots of ammo, shoot it a lot, and enjoy.

    There is plenty of absolute bullshit on Youtube and on the internet regarding maintenance, as well as upgrades if you decide to change something down the road.
    Fixed that for you.

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    [QUOTE=BuzzkillKY;1017661]
    Quote Originally Posted by fdxpilot View Post
    You have to realize that this particular forum tends to consist of more serious AR users, who don't have much good to say about cheap, low quality weapons, even when made in large quantities by allegedly respectable companies. Your BM is worth only slightly more than what you paid for it.
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    I understand that position. I'm a guitar amp "snob" myself, and a builder/pro tech, and I could spend ALL my time going on to those forums and criticizing the mass-produced corporate turds that people waste their money on, and why this or that amp is going to fail, sound like crap, etc.

    But not everyone out there is looking for the absolute best thing money can buy, they just want something that works for their needs. That's where I am with this AR. I'm not going to a war zone, I'm not going to shoot competitively, just iron sights (for now), paper targets, and some plinking on occasion. Just fun.

    The point of my OP is, is this thing going to blow up in my face? The fact that I might have a 223 Rem chamber is useful information. What someone thinks of this company or that, or my "local bubba" gunsmith, is not. The fact that "bubba" isn't an AR expert is why I'm on here, at least in part.

    So, what's my best next step? Is there any easy way to tell if my bbl is from the "mislabeled" period of BM? Can anybody here tell from a photo? Should I get a "civilian" 223 Rem field gauge, and just avoid 5.56N? Is the (partial?) flattening of my primers even a bad sign at all, or is it a Federal ammo "soft primer" thing?
    With the understanding that it's a plinking rifle and not to be relied on, find someone with a Christiansen 5.56 chamber reamer and get it reamed out to 5.56, then you won't have to worry about it. This removes the chrome, which would ordinarily be a bad thing, but for a plinker it doesn't matter. That will fix the overpressure problem and make it safe to shoot 5.56 through it.

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    Why don't you save your money on gages, find a gunsmith with a 5.56mm gage and have him check it? At least then you'll know what you're dealing with.

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    Pics please

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