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here used to be a lot of urban myths about the AR-15, and there still are in some circles. One that has been erased is short-stroking due to improper gas port size. As it turns out, it was leakage from the gas key pretty much all along. The next step was sealing the key and keeping it tight. To solve that problem, Ned Christiansen of

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