I am just about convinced that that gunsmith is right, Added data And more, answering comments

this rifle is cursed.

Just to go over this: DPMS receiver, 20" .308 barrel, rifle gas system, Superlative adjustable gas block, I bit the bullet, found a H4 buffer for a decent price and it's paired with a extra extra heavy buffer spring.  I took it out early in the week, and with the gas block venting at just shy of its complete capacity I got 22 rounds with no problem, then it started stovepiping.  With the empties ejecting at 3 o'clock.

Thinks I, 'Maybe it's when it gets dirty that it starts it again', so when back home cleaned it thoroughly and lubed, then today took it to the range to try again.

Nope.  Same problem from the start.

So I'm out of ideas.  Other than finding a open-minded priest.

Added: 
Had a standard gas block when all this started.

I did get a new extractor/spring set, as a bunch of people mentioned that as a possibility.

Ejector is the same, but has been checked on function.

Works great bare, but add the backpressure of a can and this happens, with all indications being overgassed.
I have built several AR15s in the past, none of them had such a problem.

Blarg, dammit.

2nd Added:
Obviously there's something about adding the can on that's triggering this.  Annoying as hell.

And to Anonymous, somebody mentioned the gas port itself possibly being the problem, and it's on the list to check soon as I have time.

Again, folks, thank you for the comments, personal 'This happened', and other information

This has apparently got a lot of lefties in an uproar

Bluesky is in full panic. A full on exposed API has revealed thousands of people who signed up for the GTFO Ice site. Full names, phone, and zip codes.

Yeah, need to make some space

So here's some stuff saved up

Further sign of disaster in Washington,

And a sign of hope from Sweden, of all places

And yeah, I'll bet that has all the right people screaming in agony

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A double-barrel 1911?

Definitely unique, but personally, no.

Speaking of "NO", this Dem candidate in Michigan who, it seems, has confessed to illegal voting.  Among hating where she lives now.


Found this piece of video on the most recent Trump attack, and- well,

Everyone seems to have been thinking "Ok, this part of the job's over", which let the guy rush past them.  With a shotgun.
Definite failure of mindset, I'd say.

Speaking of failed mindset, are they finally going to get rid of Starmer over there in (fG)Britain?  And if they do, just what Labour asshat do they think will do better?  And will the people start actually throwing all the traitors and backstabbers out?

And is it too late to stop the damage?

Damage?  Like, as the headline puts it, the acting ATF head very literally sleeping with the enemies of the 2nd?

It’s pretty easy to say that the violence is coming overwhelmingly from the Right if you overwhelmingly edit out any political violence from the Left.

Now I need to get some actual stuff done.  Hopefully.

"What? More feds who lied about health and safety and where that virus came from?

 And you're surprised?"

The Biden 'gun dealer' rule is dead

And had he not been a gun bigot of the first order it never would've existed.

One more thing done.

And another Democrat plays "We must ban ALL THE THINGS!"

using what seems to be their big bugaboo lately: 'military grade'.

Interesting, isn't it, that they simultaneously bitch that the guy couldn't pull it off, but whine about a pump-action shotgun and a very old-style pistol?

And, if you're like this man, you forgot

what those men died for; because "I know better than they"

And, speaking of backstabbing politicians,

A different opinion on Pam Bondi as AG

Which includes this:
The public theater...the Epstein files fiasco, the congressional grillings, the slow-bleed perception that “Trump’s enemies weren’t being prosecuted fast enough”...was the predictable noise generated by an entrenched apparatus that weaponizes leaks, redactions, and procedural sabotage the moment it senses its own exposure.

Bondi absorbed that fire so the next occupant of the office would inherit dockets already primed, evidence chains already hardened, and a bureaucracy already blooded and compliant.

She was the breaching charge.

The follow-on force...now under acting leadership that can move with fewer Senate constraints and fresher political capital...gets to deliver the kill shots.
I think some of her work, that seemed to be very soft on the 2nd Amendment, was a problem.  She did get some things done, and it's possible that she wasn't intended to be the long-term AG.  

Different opinion, as I said.

Commenter named Orr wrote that

The real test will be Prince William; King Charles “Muhammad” will not be around much longer. 

Just as Elizabeth II’s father and mother rescued the image of the Royals after the Abdication, William could preside over Britain’s own Reconquista - Sudety/Pomorze/Śląsk - Bag and Baggage, following his great-grandparents, George VI and his own Queen Elizabeth, who rendered essential support to Churchill during the War….
From some things William has said, I don't know if he's going to be much help.  We'll see.

CMP is selling 1903 rifles again

Rebuilt with suitable parts and new stocks.

Well, that was surprising (added data)

Had a chance to hit the outdoor range, and one thing I did was try the Federal 190-grain Subsonic ammo.  Set a target at 100 yards, and no holes in the paper.  Set up a target at 50, same.  But the dirt jumping from the berm makes me thing that hit way high.

So I got some handloads the rifle had been sighted with and tried them, right were should be.  

I'll save the rest of these until have the paper with me for a big target so a hole that's off the target will at least tell me where it hit.  

Added: These had been shot at 30 yards for accuracy, and had similar point of impact to loads- factory and hand- using the Hornady Sub-X bullets.  At distance I can see them being higher POI, as they have higher velocity and that nice pointed bullet, but damn...  Like I said, use the rest on a bigger target so I can see any higher holes without question.

'The Most Volatile, Complex and Dangerous Threat Environment'

 I would say he's correct

From Dive Medic: yes, it is a way to respond

Only way?  There are only two real ways to respond: chew the drunk out, badly enough he goes away, or what the guy did.

He has a followup here

Oh yes, the left acted like psychopaths after the latest assassination attempt on Trump

because so many are psychopaths.

And now we have lots of leftist politicians insisting "I am unaware of this rhetoric you say Democrats used."

Yeah.  Right.  

Such stupid Britain has become.

And the left would love to do it to us here.

After the young girl presented her testimony, Sheriff Tim Niven-Smith — the judge presiding over the trial — told her she shouldn't have been carrying weapons in the first place.

"I hope you reflect that it's not a good idea to carry weapons in the city of Dundee," he reportedly said.

"There is no such thing as a defensive weapon; there are only offensive weapons," he added.

This was a 13-year-old girl who had comments like this thrown at her, who had just seen her sister thrown to the ground by these two, and who knew damn good and well that the system protected more than a few of these monsters.

But the judge decided that, while on the stand, it was a wonderful time to claim there's no such thing as a defensive weapon, only offensive ones.

This isn't by accident, either. 

Of course not; the control freaks do nothing of the sort by accident..

Speaking of shooting, ran across this a bit ago and didn't have time to read through

or post on it: Gunfighting and Neuroscience: Why Using Your Front Sight Might Kill You.

He's talking about looking at the front sight as you're raising it to face a threat instead of keeping your vision on the threat.  Take a look if you have time, see what you think.

Had a chance to shoot something new this weekend,

a S&W M&P II Compact.  9mm, 4" barrel, 15 round magazine, and like most things anymore optic ready.  This one had a Holosun green dot sight.

I'd have to say, I'd carry one.  Changeable backstraps to better fit your hand, good trigger, and it put them where you wanted them.

About that trigger: the take-up portion was a touch rough, but this being a new one I'd suppose it'll smooth out a bit with use.  When you hit the break point, it had a definite stop, then a clean break.  For slow stuff it was easy to shoot, and for quick repeat shots I didn't notice the rough.  It worked very well for me, and if I was getting a new pistol this is one I'd definitely consider for carry.

Total about 50 rounds through it.  No, not an in-depth range test,  a good tryout.

Something I'd wondered about:

Ilhan Omar and her husband are both muslim; so what the hell were they doing with a winery?

Sybil Ludington

There damn well should be a statue.  A better-known one.

Ah, those wonderful people on the left after another attack on Trump and others

That's a small part of this post.

Same kind of people either raising funds for the enemy, or approving of it.  You'd expect better of them?

And, almost immediately, leftists were screaming it was a set-up by Trump.

Holy crap.

Yes, Blogger is doing it again,

no telling why.  The 'appeal' has been made, we'll see what happens.

And yes, it's been that way before since this started: "Make your changes(we won't tell you what caused this) and we'll see if we can take this off."  And there's zero way to comment or protest to them.

Yeesh.