{"id":9909,"date":"2026-08-23T01:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/?p=9909"},"modified":"2026-08-23T01:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T01:39:17","slug":"i-fixed-it-dooney-stuff-and-the-nfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/i-fixed-it-dooney-stuff-and-the-nfa\/","title":{"rendered":"I Fixed It, Dooney Stuff and the NFA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Greetings and Salutations!<br>Well, apparently I was correct in my analysis of the SAW malfunction the other day.  I swapped out the buffer to an H3 (Heavy) and the Orange (also heavy) recoil spring.<br><br>To fully explain.<br>After watching the first vid I pushed the other day, when the rifle was acting like a single shot, I realized that the trigger kicker was being activated (as it should be) but because the BCG\/Bolt group wasn&#8217;t being powered as stronkly as it should have been, the hammer was &#8216;riding&#8217; the BCG in, resulting in a <em>really light<\/em> strike on the primer.<br><br>Swapping back out to the heavy set, cleaning out the Riflespeed gas regulator, and resetting everything back to &#8216;factory&#8217; did the trick as you can see here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newsaw.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bada2.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9912\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;.and as you can see, the cyclic rate with that thing SOUNDS remarkably like a M-60. It&#8217;s got that cadence if you will&#8230;<br><br>That also, for those interested was the leftover 16 rounds of M855A1 that I tried to use at the range when I had it behaving like a single shot musket, rather than performing what I call &#8220;sem-full-automatic&#8221;&#8230;<br><br>ALSO!<br>Another &#8216;thing of wonder&#8217; was that on Thursday Night while I was diagnosing the issue, I went to Hoffman Tactical to check there on his blog for any tips\/info regarding the Trigger Kicker and lo and behold!<br><br>They were IN STOCK!!!<br>Naturally I took out my one remaining credit card (at 29.99% interest LOL) and put 3x of them on it right then, and there.<br><br>So they&#8217;re already in the mail, and the next weapon I&#8217;m going to drop on in is my AR &#8216;Pistol&#8217; with the 10 1\/4in barrel.  I had the H&amp;R &#8216;brace&#8217; on it, but since the SBR portion of the NFA went bye-bye, I threw a full size stock on it, and got an XM-177 Nam length flash hider for it, which makes it look like a <em>slightly<\/em> modernized CAR-15 or, as such, the XM177.<br><br>For those unfamiliar. the CAR-15\/XM-177E1 was a &#8216;shorty&#8217; variant of the M-16.  Per the wiki:  &#8220;The <strong>Colt XM177<\/strong> is a short-barreled, compact carbine variant of the M16 platform developed in the mid-1960s. Widely considered the <strong>direct predecessor to the modern M4 carbine<\/strong>, it was designed to offer highly mobile 5.56mm firepower to specialized military units during the Vietnam War.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CAREXM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CAREXM.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CAREXM-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CAREXM-768x447.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Now, <strong>my<\/strong> rifle has the A2 with Picatinny rail, and detachable handle.  Smol sacrifices but hey!  I&#8217;ll take it.  Adding the Trigger Kicker to it should be fun as well, as the vids I&#8217;ve seen of a TK running in an AR are impressive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hoffman trigger kicker IAR\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UYeLQ_T14zg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">ALL of the vids appear to run about the same cyclical rate<br>Meaning FAST AF.<br><br>It takes a bit of training to get control of it, but hey<br>THATS the fun in doing &#8216;stuff&#8217; like this<br>I call it &#8220;Semi-Full-Automatic&#8221; as it <strong>isn&#8217;t<\/strong>, by definition a converted full auto.  It just <strong>appears<\/strong> to be such.<br><br>So let&#8217;s see&#8230;<br>Other things<br>We went up to the Villages today to fetch the Dooney his (future) crib out of storage.  Yesterday morning when I woke up, he had already beaten us to the punch on first call, but the problem was he was <strong>sitting up<\/strong> in the Bassinet.  Which means he&#8217;s now capable of crawling OVER the edge of said-bassinet&#8230;  which would <strong>not<\/strong> be ideal, as it&#8217;d mean a trip to the ER and a Damaged Dooney&#8230;<br><br>So off to the &#8216;rents to pack up and haul the crib back here.  We had to take the Boat which was, to fill it from 1\/4 of a tank to &#8216;full&#8217; (added 20+ gallons) was $80 to fill, at $3.89 a gallon&#8230; <br><br> Good Lord I hate OrangeZioManBad&#8230; I <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">really fucking do<\/span><\/strong>.  Fuck that prick&#8230;. anyways&#8230;  <br><br>So, we got the crib, and the roof rack worked like a charm as expected.  The next step in the next 24 hours is re-aligning the bedroom furniture to fit the crib, as well&#8230; we have to keep reminding ourselves that he IS <strong><em>only<\/em><\/strong> eight months old, despite him being almost 10 pounds heavier and 7 inches taller than the three year old kid across the street.<br><br>I swear HIS mom had a fucking <strong>stroke<\/strong> when we told her how old Dooney is&#8230;  I was out walking him in his (the Dooney&#8217;s) stroller, and she came over to do the &#8216;Mom\/Neighbor&#8217; thing&#8230; she&#8217;s cool&#8230; not one of the Watchers&#8230;  that being said, HER kid is average for his age&#8230;  well, possibly slightly below <strong>average<\/strong>&#8230; not by much however&#8230; <br><br>Yeah, I have a Beast on hand.<br><br>For that matter, I fed all of his (Dooney&#8217;s) info (height\/weight\/head circumference\/mother&#8217;s vital stats etc) into an A.I. which came back with Dooney&#8217;s approximate &#8216;final height\/weight&#8217; later in life (age 18 is what I asked for)&#8230;  <br><br>SHEESH<br>I am <strong>soooooooo<\/strong> fucked<br><br>The A.I. told me he&#8217;d <em>possibly<\/em> be around 6&#8217;8 <em>at a <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">minimum<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (probably taller) and roughly 310lbs with a 29in +\/- neck.  It even suggested that I look at getting him into football at an early age and the like&#8230;  I&#8217;m <strong>truly<\/strong> not sure what route we&#8217;re going to go, but I know for a fact that football is <strong>brutal<\/strong> on the body over time&#8230;  I&#8217;d rather spare him, and NOT have him have to deal with the aches and pains -I- have on the daily, albeit that MY damages were done from being a fucking Grunt in the Army.  <br><br>Worst part is the kid would be a <strong>great<\/strong> addition to whatever he does&#8230; he&#8217;s just sooooo smart and good natured&#8230;  scarily so.<br><br>Either way, when I start the fundraiser for the Deep Freeze and now-3\/4 Cow, (&#8220;We&#8217;re going to need a Bigger Cow&#8221;) I&#8217;ll let y&#8217;all know&#8230;  Suggestions for the Auction\/Raffle and whatnot can be made in the comments.  And yes, after he&#8217;s trained, maybe I&#8217;ll let him freelance as a legbreaker?  Lord knows he&#8217;ll be able to rip someone apart barehanded limb-from-limb&#8230;<br><br>So otherwise<br>Got into a discussion with a couple of guys at the gun store last week.  The debate was IF the NFA as <strong>it used to be<\/strong> (i.e. a few weeks ago) can EVER be brought back?  <br><br>My answer was no way in <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hell<\/span><\/strong>.  <br><br>As things stand right now?<br><br>Pandora&#8217;s Box was not only opened, it was blow&#8217;d the Hell up, scattered to the four corners of the Erf, and then said-Erf salted behind it.  My rationale for this belief lies in that ALREADY there are SO many suppressors\/SBRs\/SBSs that have been bought\/sold\/produced in the last week there is NO WAY to account nor track them.<br><br>I mean &#8220;The AK Guy&#8221; Brandon Herrera who&#8217;s running for Congress in Texas made a video at Silencer Shop buying a suppressor on a 4473 at 1201 a.m. on the day the NFA went bye-bye.  <br><br>Multiply that by tens of thousands of hush-puppies nationally<br><br>Despite the DemoncRats and Repugnicunts, there&#8217;s <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">no way politically<\/span><\/strong> to undo this particular issue&#8230;  ANY sort of attempt to get these items &#8216;registered&#8217; is going to have MASSIVE political blowback.  Seeing that the ATF is NOT supposed to be tracking\/recording the Form 4473 (the standard transfer paperwork) then <strong>by the Law<\/strong> they should have ZERO Clue who bought what where and when.<br><br>And do NOT even get me started on the 80% &#8216;thing&#8217;<br><br>&#8216;Cos making your own firearm AT HOME, be it <strong>from scratch<\/strong>, from a <strong>kit<\/strong> or from an 80% item, <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">theoretically<\/span><\/em><\/strong> said item <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE DotGov in and way shape nor form<\/span><\/strong>.  Which from MY understanding means that home-brewed hushers, short barreled rifles, and sawed off gauges are <strong>now<\/strong> open to a free-for-all buildfest.<br><br>I mean shit, I&#8217;ve reattached my wire stock to my Skorpion, and replaced the brace on ONE pistol, and now made BOTH into SBRs&#8230; LEGALLY if you interpret the laws as such.  Until such time as I find out otherwise, they&#8217;ll remain that way, as I <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">am<\/span><\/strong> following the Law, as God intended amiright?<br><br>So your thoughts welcome per usual in the comments.<br><br>More Range Time tomorrow&#8230; Sappers is a little pissy that he hasn&#8217;t been able to be present for the SAW being fired, and he&#8217;s got a new Glock 43x he picked up for short $$$ that he needs to try out&#8230; $200 to be exact&#8230;  Bastard.<br><br>So More Later<br>Big Country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VerminSupreme-2028.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VerminSupreme-2028.jpg 788w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VerminSupreme-2028-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VerminSupreme-2028-768x936.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings and Salutations!Well, apparently I was correct in my analysis of the SAW malfunction the other day. I swapped out the buffer to an H3 (Heavy) and the Orange (also heavy) recoil spring. To fully explain.After watching the first vid I pushed the other day, when the rifle was acting like a single shot, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/i-fixed-it-dooney-stuff-and-the-nfa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I Fixed It, Dooney Stuff and the NFA&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9909"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9923,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9909\/revisions\/9923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigcountryexpat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}