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Clark · August 27, 2012, 10:29 AM

mehavey,
AR15s are not great for a wide range of loads; they are gas operated without adjustments, and they have extractor and ejector features in the bolt face.
Sometimes they seem to stretch brass on extraction.

Ruger #1s are different. They have breech faces with only a firing pin hole.
They will extract anything, and do it after the brass has cooled for a second.

Maybe that accounts for some of our differences.

August 27, 2012, 10:29 AM	#21
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	mehavey, AR15s are not great for a wide range of loads; they are gas operated without adjustments, and they have extractor and ejector features in the bolt face. Sometimes they seem to stretch brass on extraction. Ruger #1s are different. They have breech faces with only a firing pin hole. They will extract anything, and do it after the brass has cooled for a second. Maybe that accounts for some of our differences. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?