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Just picked up the custom AR build I've been waiting on for over a year and a half...
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<blockquote data-quote="wylekyote" data-source="post: 1753320" data-attributes="member: 4455"><p>I was at the range again today to finish zero'ing in my reflex (even though I'm probably swapping tomorrow...) and shoot a few rounds through my MarkII because I'm taking a NRA Pistol Instructor Course this weekend and wanted to be ready for the qualification testing. Anyway, the gas block came loose again. It started out where the pmags wouldn't lock in easily, then it started failing to fire and having trouble extracting (live) rounds. I was letting a friend shoot it at the time so I went to take a look and felt the quad rails wiggle so I knew immediately what it was, and I didn't have the allen wrench with me and the gun was freaking HOT obviously so I waited until I got home and fixed it again. Can I put some like blue lock tight on those little set screws on the bottom of the gas block (and would that have been something he should have done to start with when building the rifle?)? Or are there any tricks for keeping that gas block where it needs to be? I tightened them down as snug as I felt comfortable with with that small of an allen wrench (pretty darn tight) last time and it obviously failed quickly, I tightened them a bit more this time but I'm not anywhere near the point where I feel like I can rely on that rifle 100% in a life and death situation (like how I feel with my Glock 30). I'm hoping I can get it to that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wylekyote, post: 1753320, member: 4455"] I was at the range again today to finish zero'ing in my reflex (even though I'm probably swapping tomorrow...) and shoot a few rounds through my MarkII because I'm taking a NRA Pistol Instructor Course this weekend and wanted to be ready for the qualification testing. Anyway, the gas block came loose again. It started out where the pmags wouldn't lock in easily, then it started failing to fire and having trouble extracting (live) rounds. I was letting a friend shoot it at the time so I went to take a look and felt the quad rails wiggle so I knew immediately what it was, and I didn't have the allen wrench with me and the gun was freaking HOT obviously so I waited until I got home and fixed it again. Can I put some like blue lock tight on those little set screws on the bottom of the gas block (and would that have been something he should have done to start with when building the rifle?)? Or are there any tricks for keeping that gas block where it needs to be? I tightened them down as snug as I felt comfortable with with that small of an allen wrench (pretty darn tight) last time and it obviously failed quickly, I tightened them a bit more this time but I'm not anywhere near the point where I feel like I can rely on that rifle 100% in a life and death situation (like how I feel with my Glock 30). I'm hoping I can get it to that point. [/QUOTE]
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