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Hello again everyone:
I forgot to mention one important thing when I described the installation of the AR-15 barrel.
Before installing the barrel, it is a good idea to smooth out the cartridge feed ramps.
If you take a look at your barrel, you will see that the barrel extension has a series of "teeth" The bolt, of course, locks into the barrel extension.
But the two teeth at 6 o' clock form the left and right feedramps.
When a barrel is new, these feedramps can have sharp edges. So it is always a good idea to smooth out the feed ramp edges. Wrap a small piece of fine sandpaper around a lollypop stick, toothpick, punch or similar object and and carefully smooth the feedramps.
You don't have to go crazy. Just gently smooth the feedramps. You don't want to remove any metal. You want the feedramps to be smooth so that the bullet noses don't get hung up on the ramps.
Mad
I forgot to mention one important thing when I described the installation of the AR-15 barrel.
Before installing the barrel, it is a good idea to smooth out the cartridge feed ramps.
If you take a look at your barrel, you will see that the barrel extension has a series of "teeth" The bolt, of course, locks into the barrel extension.
But the two teeth at 6 o' clock form the left and right feedramps.
When a barrel is new, these feedramps can have sharp edges. So it is always a good idea to smooth out the feed ramp edges. Wrap a small piece of fine sandpaper around a lollypop stick, toothpick, punch or similar object and and carefully smooth the feedramps.
You don't have to go crazy. Just gently smooth the feedramps. You don't want to remove any metal. You want the feedramps to be smooth so that the bullet noses don't get hung up on the ramps.
Mad