allblackeverything 0 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) I recently added a 4th gas port to my gun to help remedy low brass FTE issues. I'm using an MD arms gas plug, CSS G2 puck, factory recoil springs as well as the JTE guide rod upgrade. I also had the barrel hood extension performed to fix the FTF issue with 2 3/4" shells. I guess my question is: Should I be worried if high brass (3" magnum slugs or 00 buck) eject to what seems to be ridiculously far away and high up? Needless to say I am on the lowest gas setting, but these babies are flying away about 30 feet on average. I feel like I can count 3 whole seconds after a shot before the spent shell hits the ground. I haven't noticed any mushrooming or deformation on the back of the bolt carrier or the rear trunnion. Low power shells cycle fine on full gas setting and don't go into orbit like the 3" mag shells do. Am I over-gassed? Edited April 22, 2013 by allblackeverything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
travistp 63 Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 Idk. 12 gauge 1650fps slugs on setting one on my dph plug shoot 10 ft away but no wear on trunnion or carrier except the average. I just opened ports to shoot bird shot. So I dont think its over gassed . Yet to shoot 3" magnums yet.. how do those feel by the way lol.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dubya 198 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 ^ when I first got mine and before and gas work I shot a few mags of 3" mag slugs and I couldn't believe the recoil! I'm not recoil shy either but it seemed worse than my pump supernova with 3 1/2" shells Quote Link to post Share on other sites
montec 164 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Man I love 2 3/4 and 3" shells that are over 1500fps. The more fps the more I like it. The shoulder not so much, it will wear in eventually. Alot of my friends think I'm nuts, but its what comes out the other end not what I feel that matters to me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Webphisher 2 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 By lowest gas setting you mean the lowest number or the lowest amount of gas? Not shut mine outside yet so I cant tell you how far its throwing my shells, but I do know some guns just launch brass. Check out a Sig556 sometime. My friends always joke no one will ever get me on my 3 because my brass will take them out. literally ive seen it hit and bounce 20 yards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bitters 6 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Slugs always launch out about 10-15 feet for me. I'm a little under gassed still and my low power birdshot limps out like 2 feet tops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 If they are blasting out like that, why on earth would you be using a soft spring and a booster puck? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lbsrdi 1,078 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Although I agree with that statement if it applies, I believe he said he was using factory springs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allblackeverything 0 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Yeah I'm using the factory springs. I was under the impression that those are the stiffest ones available? I will switch back to the factory puck and see if it makes a difference. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allblackeverything 0 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 By lowest gas setting you mean the lowest number or the lowest amount of gas? Not shut mine outside yet so I cant tell you how far its throwing my shells, but I do know some guns just launch brass. Check out a Sig556 sometime. My friends always joke no one will ever get me on my 3 because my brass will take them out. literally ive seen it hit and bounce 20 yards. Lowest amount of gas. Plug bottomed out and on the - setting. If they are blasting out like that, why on earth would you be using a soft spring and a booster puck? Switched to the factory puck, no apparent change. I thought I read somewhere that 1911 springs will work in these things? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allblackeverything 0 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 I guess I should mention that my gas block is slightly canted. Would this effect gas flow? I wish I knew what to look for when I bought it, and didn't really notice until I pressed off the block and saw that the gas holes were off center of the opening in the gas block. The gun originally had the adjustable leaf sight, but I removed it and am currently using the CSS barrel sights due to the canted block. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nephilim7 107 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Yeah I'm using the factory springs. I was under the impression that those are the stiffest ones available? If you want to try, I believe even stiffer springs can be had via special request from Tromix. Send them an email or PM if you are interested. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
allblackeverything 0 Posted April 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) If you want to try, I believe even stiffer springs can be had via special request from Tromix. Send them an email or PM if you are interested. Awesome, I'll give that a try! All in all, I'm pretty happy with how the gun functions now. It definitely took some elbow grease, but I feel that it is pretty much 100% malfunction free with all types of shells at this point. Edited April 24, 2013 by allblackeverything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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