View Poll Results: Do you think rounded/domed cam pins improve performance of your AR?
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Absolutely. The pin moves more freely, eliminating some friction and heat/wear
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Meh. I've read about it, but the world isn't going to end if I don't get around to it.
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WWTBLS?/I like chicken. Who else likes chicken?
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I've written a long diatribe of my jejune cogitations for you to peruse. Prepare to be enlgihtened!
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Thread: Opinion: Cam pins
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6 August 2016, 09:03 #31Senior Member
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6 August 2016, 09:35 #32
Now we are starting to get interesting! :)
A "mil spec" component might not be the same thing as a 'mil spec package'.
Just from my rudimentary gunsmithing knowledge it seems to me that parts that are made to function together tend to function better together.
That is kind of what I was getting at earlier in stating that it seems to me that a lot of the industry people now are specializing in one part here or one part there which in and of itself has a lot of benefits because they can make new products out of new materials that can be superior.
For example the new Nitride carriers with the bolts made out of something other than carpenter steel (like my Griffin one) which is made out of AISI 9310. I am far from an expert in metals and all that but what if that stuff turns out to be way the hell better than carpenter steel but costs 25% less to make? Wouldn't that be an improvement?
That said having a firearm that is hand fitted can eliminate a whole lot of variables and eliminate a lot of slop. Even things like drilling port holes on barrels... a port hole that big with a barrel that long combined with this buffer weight and that spring.... how many of us have gone through that or some variation of it?
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6 August 2016, 10:51 #33
But none of that has anything to do with Mil Spec. Something may be made with better or worse materials, function better, and even be cheaper, but if it's not made to the specification set my the military (in this case), then it's not Mil Spec. Mil Spec doesn't specify better or worse, it just is what it is, a specification.
That said, it is possible that something that improves function (or at the very least, is thought to improve function) but isn't in the spec can then be incorporated into the spec. This happens all the time across the DoD. A simple, gun-related example it the inclusion of the extractor ring and spring.
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15 April 2019, 20:38 #34New Member
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Assuming the underlying metal of the cam pin is mil spec, is what is the evidence or experience of anyone here regarding the chrome/boron coating being superior? Also, BCM has a good reputation for BCG. Is their cam pin a solid choice? Prices vary so much. Normally that is an indication of quality but I really don't know in this case.
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16 April 2019, 00:01 #35
Every AR I own performs flawlessy. I do experiment, but I usually go back to where I came from, as far as metullergy and quality of parts. I haven't had a jam, mis fire, hang fire or any thing else in years, with the exception of some .300 Weatherby mag., in for everr. Nowday's AR parts are pretty much as good as they get. I've experiment with different cams also. Stock works fine.
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17 April 2019, 19:40 #36New Member
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18 April 2019, 00:56 #37