Thanks for the link Steve. BTW, the chick with the tats is Sheri Johnson, and not married to John. Not sure about the other gal who was packaging up the carbines.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill
Methinks the DPMS gang skips one or two of those QC steps.
and probably by order of the corporate Lean Gurus...
I'm about decided to buy one of their uppers to build a 18" 5.56 carbine/hunter, as the quality is unquestioned. on a different rifle I may go with a DD .300 Blackout barrel, to replace the CMMG of uncertain parentage.
Thanks for the link Steve. BTW, the chick with the tats is Sheri Johnson, and not married to John. Not sure about the other gal who was packaging up the carbines.
Friend Jason,
Thanks for the heads-up on Sheri Johnson. I just naturally figgered when she was flashing around a SBR and saying "This is what I use on John when he doesn't do what I say" .... sounded like a wife.
Kinda sounded like Karen. Sometimes, my name starts with an "A"
Heck I've got way more tattoos than she does, but she is still HOT.
I just sent you a PM, by the way.
God Bless,
Your buddy Steve
"God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us" Saint Augustine of Hippo - AD 397
You can't go wrong with DD. I have no problem buying PARTS from DPMS, it is just the way they put stuff together, and their barrels are a pig in a poke, unless you are paying for one of the SASS models. I had one of those that would drive nails.
Never knew a top name to use go/no go, but then again they say hold to within a few thousandths on the chamber reaming with special gauges. I've never had a WOP chamber off more than a thousandth so they are trying to do good there. But I see they are seemingly just swapping bolts to find a fit, not cutting each chamber precisely. And trying only to stay within nato tolerances which is pretty large tolerance.
Did not appear to index the barrel to drill the gas port, but some think that doesn't matter.
Did notice that on uppers ready to go, it seems there must not be a market these days for an upper without a zillion fuggin rail slots.
Video does show that so much of the AR is simply a monkey putting parts together that about anyone can do it.
None of the above is meant as negatives, just noting how simple the beast really is. Yes I have strong opinions though...
Wonder what the sales pitch is RE hardness before and after stress relief, thats pretty much a given on how it works and what the results are going to be. Nothing that needs to be tested every barrel. Might be like douglas noting air gauged as something to be impressed about, but there isn't a thing to be impressed about with a douglas barrel, gauged or not IMHO.
Do they totally machine their own barrels or use blanks from someone else that they do the rest on?
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
Do they totally machine their own barrels or use blanks from someone else that they do the rest on?
John used to work for PacNor, and AFAIK has PacNor make his stainless barrels to his specs in an after-hours/non-officially PacNor arrangement of some sort.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill
Thats interesting to know RE Pac nors. I've had good luck with them but they aren't my top pick, but seem to mostly be very good tubes with a few junk ones in at times.
Could well be too that his specs are higher than standard PN tubes.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
If you click on "AR barrels", at Pac-Nor's site, it sends you to Noveske's site, which does suggest they have a relationship.
I do like the NSR handguard they offer, which comes with detachable rails, so you can use the ones you want and delete the rest.
Anyhow, tomorrow I'm testing a new Colt 6940 and the AR10 with its new 18" Rainer Arms Ultramatch barrel, which should be interesting. Also some new .308 hunting loads
Originally Posted by rost495
None of the above is meant as negatives, just noting how simple the beast really is. Yes I have strong opinions though...
I confess I started dabbling with an AK recently. Yikes what radically different mindsets went into designing them. Surprisingly, I think the AR is easier to work on. The AK is in a word, crude, and trying to get parts to fit back together is harder than I expected.
I still dabble with the AK, I have a aimpoint mounted in a RS mount on it, I hate the ergonimics, I hate that its not as accurate or easy shoot as my AR's, I like it because it casts a heavier bullet, does not seem to need much if any care what so ever. The trick is the optic. I keep thinking I am going to try and swap it for a 300 BO upper at a local gun shop. Its a pretty nice AK made by Chris Butler from Arsenal stock.
Seriously, aren't the Noveske gals and the snarly little dawg a total HOOT. Having been a successful business owner, I can tell that John runs a very happy ship.
Good on him!!!
God Bless,
Steve
"God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us" Saint Augustine of Hippo - AD 397
Twice now, I've driven out to Dougas Ridge Rifle Club with the Noveske and a couple of hundred rounds of Hornady 75-grain Match ammo. Both times, my range has been over-run with the sight-in crew idiots.
Both times, there were like thirty to forty cars & trucks, kids running around, dogs barking and everything but clowns and a Ferris Wheel.
Friends, I'm afraid it's going to have to wait until the hunting season insanity is over. Prolly after elk season.
It would be very, very nice to simply take my brand-new Noveske out to the range and be alone with that wonderful lady for a long shooting session. I'm really looking forward to it.
I take her out literally every evening and fondle her. My Golly, that is a gorgeous little rifle
God Bless,
Steve
"God Loves Each Of Us As If There Were Only One Of Us" Saint Augustine of Hippo - AD 397
Their factory is a about a half hour up the freeway. When I was there last they were just as happy and hard working as in the video.
I bumped into John one day at work a few years ago, and he was a great guy. He was genuinely interested in how his product was preforming in the real world.
Noveske rifles are more known as hard working, tough as [bleep] rifles. They offer their carbines with M249 barrels which will really up the round count for the high volume guys. Don't know the break up of their overall sales but it seems they have a high percentage of military/law enforcement sales.
Noveske is making the new Nosler AR-15. I've been shooting one since June, off and on, and it averages around .6 at 100 yards with the factory Nosler 55-grain Varmageddon ammo. It will do a little better with some handloads, but not by much.
The Nosler/Noveske has an 18" medium-weight barrel with a 1-8" twist. It's made by Pac-Nor in their "spare" time with Novekse's buttons.
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