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The pics help a lot.
It was not due to the gas key making contact with the back of the receiver like i thought. You most likely got a bad pistol RE.
The difference between a mil spec RE and a commercial one (and pistol REs AFAIK) is that a mil spec RE has the threads raised by a die being displacing the metal. Commercial ones have the tbreads cut into the RE removing much needed material for strength.
I think the threads were too deep or the wall tnickness too thin on you pistol RE.
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I think mk13 is onto somrthing as well.
PSA is known for having too many varieties and it being a burden upon the buyer to read the fine print for what is specifically being sold and not assuming anything about what they are buying. In other words, did your pistol lower specifically say it was mil spec or that the receiver extension tube was mil spec, or even 7075 for that matter?
Not a PSA bash, but an old, and maybe not repeated as much nowadays because it's a bit of a given, issue.
The unholy trifecta (7.5", radical firearms upper, surpressed) coupled with a commercial spec receiver extension and/or 6061 aluminum and standard carbine buffer/spring combo was too much.
Measurement differences between mil spec and commercial tubes.