Hey guys,
I received the last of the parts I was waiting on yesterday and put the beast together last night. I have a couple questions...
I didn't enlarge the ejection port...I have rattle room for a cartridge and it ejects ok (hand cycled) without hitting on the edges of the port. Do you think this will fly or should I enlarge the port anyway?
Do these use crush washers for the muzzle attachments...there really isn't that much shoulder and the flash hider Mike converted to work on the 450 timed out very well when just tightened down by hand...so I just used loc-tite and hand tightened only. I guess if it looses up...I'll have to go another route, but I don't think it will.
I made a Vid of the build process but it didn't turn out well. Poor lighting, shadows , and the work being performed isn't center view. I still may edit it down to something that maybe tolerable to watch. I'll post some pics when I get around to digging the camera out.
I can't wait to get her to the range.
EDIT: Oh bugger...I still need a 450 magazine or at least find a singleshot follower to use in the meantime
Did I read on here somewhere about getting away with using a certain type of 223 follower? I have a couple AR mags that have anti-tilt followers in them and the 450's load into the mag ok...the last one has to "scoot" to the middle when it hits the mag lips...but I don't want to try it if it won't work.
I can see the 450 bolt coming in handy for a wildcat round that uses a 30-06 sized bolt face and falls under the "223" length. Maybe some in the BR line.