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    Front baffle question


    Is the standard 308 front baffle the same for a left hand bolt as a right hand bolt?

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    Yes.
    The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.

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    Yes just a bass-ackwards install, guide rail on left side instead of right. The lefty 204/223 does not use the extended baffle, extended baffle is righty only.

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    Can you make a dual port target action eject out the left by flipping the bolt face over?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cowtownup View Post
    Can you make a dual port target action eject out the left by flipping the bolt face over?
    Probably not reliably as the ejector to extractor angle would be wrong. Ejector is in the bottom quadrant, flipping it over would make the case eject down. Only thing to do is try, won't take long to discover yes/no.

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    It will not. Purchase a left hand or and LRPV (any left eject bolt head). Looking at the boltface it will have the ejector on the left bottom with the extractor on the right.
    The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Evans View Post
    Yes just a bass-ackwards install, guide rail on left side instead of right. The lefty 204/223 does not use the extended baffle, extended baffle is righty only.
    Grind the guide rail off and use the RH extended baffle on a LH 223.
    "Muzzle velocity is a depreciating asset, not unlike a new car, but BC, like diamonds, is forever."-German A. Salazar

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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    Grind the guide rail off and use the RH extended baffle on a LH 223.
    Didn't like it, binds up across the port cuts on occasion. Extra bolt travel doesn't hurt anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Evans View Post
    Didn't like it, binds up across the port cuts on occasion. Extra bolt travel doesn't hurt anything.
    That can happen on any rifle or baffle. I had one particualr action that seemed more prone to this, so I took a small file and put a bit of a chamfer on the edges of the ports. This helps guide the baffle and bolt head in the raceway.

    I think I got that tip from Fred at some point.
    "Muzzle velocity is a depreciating asset, not unlike a new car, but BC, like diamonds, is forever."-German A. Salazar

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    ^^^That's it.

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    A little Imperial helps keep the raceway lubed too.
    The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well.

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