Charlotte the flyer wrote:At the risk of sounding like a broken record on every .308/7.62 straight pull thread, does anybody know what they are like on extraction?
btw, I think that Garands are coming soon as well (according to a certain companies facecrack page (same people who are bringing the M14s in?)). For people like me who have never fired full bore with a gas system, I don't mind the 'neutered' straight pulls.
I've had mine for a few years now; on extraction some stuff is sticky, some isn't.
Old standard RG was reasonable; L42 RG155 tended to be a bit sticky (But shot very very well), MEN was always bloody tight (had to go 'Mexican Match' with the MEN ammo)!
168gn bullet behind 42.5 gns of Varget works fine both in the accuracy and operating efficiency stakes.
I modified my charging handle with a small extension just to help with those 'sticky' ones.
Btw, I've got a Harris bipod for mine.