poikilotrm wrote:Does it have to be a hand load? Geco factory loads would most likely be perfect.

I can't find Geco where I am so load data would be preferable.

I have an original Sterling Mk5 that I'm having a bit of trouble with locking on the sear with factory ammo. Most of the time it works fine but on semi I will occasionally get a double because the bolt doesn't catch the sear, and I'm looking to avoid this. With really weak ammo like Winchester white...

I believe Aguila Colibri are no powder and are only using the primer as propellant. I doubt you will find any combination that will cycle that. Also I think they're moving out at like 400 fps, sure it's quiet but at some point your diminishing gains make it fairly pointless. Throwing lead balls by h...

alordnapa wrote:Once you get a stock bolt kind of working with a lighter spring, you have problems with the lighter spring having trouble pushing the bolt into full battery.

Ahh yeah that makes a lot of sense.

CCI Quiets cycle my stock 10/22 occasionally. Couldn't this be accomplished with a lighter recoil spring?

I have some purchased baffles and a tube to mate with an AAC booster. Baffles are incomplete of course but they don't have an interlocking method and I don't know if there's a practical way to give them one. They're fairly basic as far as K baffles go. I will need to mic them both again as I forget ...

Smokey wrote:What type of baffles are you making and what caliber are you shooting?

K baffles for 9mm.

What is an acceptable tolerance for baffle clearance to the outer tube? I understand that .060 is considered standard for bullet clearance but let's say a baffle has a .005 gap between it and the tube body. Is this factored into the +.060 bullet clearance already or should it be added to that figure...