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-Ahh… The joys of shooting… What wonderful instances that one can experience…
i’m usually focused on watching the bullet leave the barrel, watching it spin as sunlight glints off the rifling marks, as it arcs towards the target. 
Well I just like the loud noise
I thought everyone noticed these things.
Maybe some people don’t shoot enough. 
I’m normally to busy flinching and shutting my eyes as the disorientating loud report scares the crap out of me. I swear, my gun goes off and I black out for a few moments. Normally I realize what is going on, pants are a mess, rifle hanging from a sling, thumb in my mouth, occasionally laying in a fetal position on the ground…
Back on topic. One of my buddies used steel bed to mate his upper and lower to a very tight fit, no lateral or front and back movement. Just a slight up and down, but not really noticeable. It was also on a target gun for NRA highpower stuff, and I think he used one of those 53.7lb steel lowers.
Your focus should be on your front sight.
Exactly.
When I shoot my UZI down at the lease, doing full auto mag dumps with the sun setting behind me, I can see every bullet during a portion of it’s flight reflecting the sun off the base of the bullet 
I’ve heard about this fix a lot of times. Currently I have no wiggle issues but just curious, does this O ring withstands the heat generated in the chamber that happens to be less than 1" appart from the front pivot? Do you have to change the O ring every time you use the rifle?
I belive its 99% impossible for the O ring to end in the FCG as its already outside of the receivers, but I think that after about 2 30 rounders you’ll end up with a melt rubber mess at the front pivot :eek:
+1 0n the Accu Wedge. I have had the same one in one of my M4’s for over 7000 rounds now, and it is still going strong. Also…there has been no deteriorzation of the rubber to get in the way of any of the trigger group. I check it every time, and see no reason to be concerned.
Tackl
So let me ask you this…
How much wiggle is too much wiggle? I realize that wiggle is acceptable, however, is there a point where it becomes unacceptable? Further, if a particular firearm has what would be deemed unacceptable slop, how does one remedy it short of replacing the upper or lower?
IMHO…“Too much wiggle” would interfere with the functioning and/ or increase wear on the rifle.
"Too much " for me is “ANY”. I like things nice and tight, and the accu wedge does that on my rifle. In reality, most wouldn’t even bother with it on my rifle because it’s pretty solid “AS IS”.
Tack
Anybody use an accuwedge on an LMT Lower (high-shelf lower). Looks like there is no room between the upper take-down post and high-shelf lower. Any suggestions?
For now Im learning to live with the wiggle, but its hard Man!
SigFan,
The accu Wedge is very pliable and alterable. I don’t have an LMT lower but am wondering that with a little “trimming” you might have some success.
The thing you don’t want to do is alter the Accu Wedge in a way that it might unseat from it’s position and end up somewhere in your trigger group! I wish I could be of more help, but I have never seen an LMT lower.
Hopefully someone else has tried this and will reply.?
My combo is a Bushy Lower (7 years old when the quality was much higher), and LMT MRP Upper.
Tack
Tack,
Funny you mentioned BM was better quailty 7 years ago. My first AR, I bought in 2/2000 was a bushmaster. I recently was at a gun shop looking over a new BM and I too noticed the quailty is not the same… not by a long shot :D.
I had to trim an Accu-Wedge for use on a Stag lower. The instruction sheet I got said you could trim it, and I trimmed from the bottom because it was easier that way. Be careful to trim a little and then test before you trim again. You can always trim more if need be, but once you trim too much, you can’t make it thicker.
Excellent point! The tightness comes from the main/ round portion of the wedge. Too thin and you have lost your resistance to the upper.
Tack
Thanks.
One more thing. When I trimmed my AW, I looked through the takedown pin hole and made note of how far the post hole was from lining up with the takedown pin hole. Mine was off by about 1/8-inch, and I knew I could trim that much without making the AW too thin.
If you put in the AW, close the upper, and cannot see any of the post hole, you might want to reconsider trimming the AW to fit. If there really is “no room between the upper take-down post and high-shelf lower,” trimming an Accu-Wedge may not be a good idea. If the AW becomes too thin, the edges of the rear post might cut through it, and you could end up with pieces of AW in the wrong places.
Anyone ever had one come lose? I kinda get alittle scared putting something inside the reciever that could cause major havoc. Fulton’s site says that Colts come/came standard with a weddgie installed, any truth to that?
Nope! If it is fitted properly it can’t come lose. Been using the same one fo years and 8000 rounds in my lower. Still tight.
Tack