couple months back I took my AR out for the first time after installing a new low pro gas block and midwest industries T12. I did not do the installation of either.
While at the range i was running into failure to ejects and failure to loads. Initially I thought it might be a gas issue. After not being able to run 20 rounds consecutively i gave up and went home. Once home i went to remove the rail only to find the set screw completely stripped. At this point i was madder than hell and said screw it and put it in the safe.
fast forward a few months and i've finally got up the motivation to f with it again. Got a set of screw extractors and it pulled it right out. So i unscrew the rail and here comes more issues. Two of the gas tube holes in the barrel nut the rail screws onto are now one, and there are pieces of metal floating around in the others.
Biggest issue. Something looks off. i could see that the gas block is canted to the left. so i shoulder the now de-railed weapon and sure nuff it is, and it looks like the tube may be kinked a bit.
is this normal? isn't the gas block/tube supposed to be center line over the axis of the bore?


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