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Did you use the reduced spring? Those things are ok I guess but I've been wary about removing my solid OEM spring. No, I'm using the factory spring

I was finally able to get back out to do some more testing with the V-plug. I originally thought was that the plug was still covering the gas ports too much on the #1 setting even after backing the plug out a full turn from the bottomed out position. It turns out that I may have been right. I backed out the plug another 2 full turns from the bottomed out position, and I was able to shoot 3" slugs with absolutely no problems on the #1 setting. I also shot about 250 light Federal loads on the #5 setting at this backed out position, and I didn't have a single problem the whole day with al

When I bottom out the plug, the position is just about to the "-" position, but it's not quite there. So I have to back it out almost a half turn to get to my first "-" setting, and then I adjusted the settings from that point when I was shooting. That was my interpretation of the directions, but correct me if I am wrong. What I was saying before is that I was going to back it out another half turn from there, so maybe that will open it up slightly.

I used the Winchester Super X slugs.

I recently got the MD Arms v-plug for my S12 to increase reliability with light loads. The #5 works great and I'm getting pretty strong ejections. I've probably put 100 light federals through it so far without any issues, so the light load problem seems to be solved. I then did some experimenting with some heavier loads. One thing I found that was weird is that I was getting FTEs with 3" slugs on the #1 AND #2 settings. Even the #3 setting was giving some pretty weak ejections with the 3" slugs. I'm afraid to take it down to #4 for fear of over-gassing the gun. I clean the gas block re