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7/25/2006 9:26:51 AM EDT
How important is it to align the gas tube with the bolt carrier gas key on a new upper build?  I still notice rubbing no matter how much I try to align it.
7/25/2006 3:57:40 PM EDT
[#1]
How important is it

So it doesn't jam

Rubbing on the left/right/top?
7/25/2006 4:52:46 PM EDT
[#2]

Quoted:
How important is it

So it doesn't jam

Rubbing on the left/right/top?


+1

if its rough to fully chamber or pull back, then it needs to be alighned more...
7/26/2006 7:46:26 AM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
How important is it

So it doesn't jam

Rubbing on the left/right/top?


It's rubbing on top.  I think I worked out all the side to side drag.  I tried using a piece of gas tube to align, but it aligns differently once you have the real tube pinned into the front sight.  Figured it out.  The old cheap handguards I was using were somehow pushing up on the gas tube and making it rub.  New quality handguards took care of the problem.  
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