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    Chamber help

    So I figure this is an easy fix but to be fair to my friend I wanted to ask you all if my proposed solution will fix it. He blatantly ignored my advice to buy a BCM and bought a dpms instead for the price of a colt mind you.

    Out firing the other day we brought steel cased ammo. Cheap at cabelas so don't burn me. Anyways the gun cycles the fmj fine but sticks casings and blows primers on the HP stuff. Now I know that its Def the ammo there but my first question is if Ned's 5.56 reamer would fix this? My next question is if someone nears south Dakota would be as so kind to let me borrow theirs. Or if someone would be willing to mail one to me for his barrel?

    I do understand that the moral of this story is friends don't let friends buy crap ars.
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    Well you can only talk so much until they just ignore you

    PM me your address I'll let you borrow a 5.56 field gauge, should give you a baseline before you go buying a reamer.

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    Man you are fast and I Dang sure appreciate your help. I established that it is a 223 chamber so I can't use your gauge much. I hope I didnt waste your time tho.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost__1 View Post
    Man you are fast and I Dang sure appreciate your help. I established that it is a 223 chamber so I can't use your gauge much. I hope I didnt waste your time tho.
    Gotcha, sorry if I missed that. Nah man, no worries.

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    I hate to break the news to you, but that gage will do nothing for the issue. You need a true 5.56 chamber gage like Ned C. makes. You insert it into a clean chamber and if it sticks then the chamber is too tight.

    If it falls free then it is a 5.56 chamber. FWIW- I have personally checked DPMS barrels and they are tight.

    The chamber reamer removed a fair amount of substance from the chamber. Don't assume that it is the ammo. Blown primers and stuck cases are all signs of tight chambers.



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    Right I assume that the problem is more the barrel actually. I was talking about how it cycles the fmj stuff and not hollow points. Same brand and weight but the biggest thing is the chamber.

    I was hoping someone would possibly have neds reamer near me but even the gunsmiths around here. It's amazing that I live 20 miles from places like black hills ammo and carbon as well as a number of custom rifle builders but am still having trouble finding one. I try to stay with quality barrels so I have no need to buy one. I was hoping someone here had one to rent.
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    When I refer to the barrel I am actually talking about the chamber. Some people believe that the reamer will cause harm. I'm not going to get into that. But, the alternative is either sell that barrel and get a real one or accept that you will have to yest your ammo out every time to make sure it works.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost__1 View Post
    Right I assume that the problem is more the barrel actually. I was talking about how it cycles the fmj stuff and not hollow points. Same brand and weight but the biggest thing is the chamber.

    I was hoping someone would possibly have neds reamer near me but even the gunsmiths around here. It's amazing that I live 20 miles from places like black hills ammo and carbon as well as a number of custom rifle builders but am still having trouble finding one. I try to stay with quality barrels so I have no need to buy one. I was hoping someone here had one to rent.



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    I too meant chamber when I say barrel. So IG I know your position on dpms but are you saying its the wrong move to ream the chamber and instead you would just buy s new barrel. I have told him that eventually needs to do that but it is unlikely to happen now. He and frankly most around here lack the tools to change a barrel. I could do it by jimmy rig but if its not a dire situation would rather not. He already feels taken after I showed him what he could of had for 1400 bones. I think his only option is a new complete upper or to salvage the barrel he has and ream the chamber. Which worst case scenario is to have to buy a new upper anyway. I should of mentioned the circumstances better. He'll go with my advice and i'll go with someone like yours.
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    Not wrong, but economicaly it doesn't make sense. The chamber reamer costs 240.00 and that's alot for a one time use considering you can get a good barrel for close to the same.

    If you can locate one or have someone do it for a fee then by all means.

    Did he really pay 1400.00 for a DPMS? WTF?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost__1 View Post
    I too meant chamber when I say barrel. So IG I know your position on dpms but are you saying its the wrong move to ream the chamber and instead you would just buy s new barrel. I have told him that eventually needs to do that but it is unlikely to happen now. He and frankly most around here lack the tools to change a barrel. I could do it by jimmy rig but if its not a dire situation would rather not. He already feels taken after I showed him what he could of had for 1400 bones. I think his only option is a new complete upper or to salvage the barrel he has and ream the chamber. Which worst case scenario is to have to buy a new upper anyway. I should of mentioned the circumstances better. He'll go with my advice and i'll go with someone like yours.



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    Def why I'm hoping that someone is willing to rent or loan me one. No way am I buying one. I will stick to known trusted manufacturers. He didn't get taken to the cleaner too much he also got a bsa red dot. Lol ;-)
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