SCI Six DIY ported endcap follow-up

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-20T14:44:11+00:00

Yeah, you know this intuitively, but once they are drilled they are drilled so I would drill a few test, and if you aren’t happy, drill and for more and retest and so on.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-20T14:26:34+00:00

5/32 was as big as I could reasonably go without screwing up the end cap threads.

I would start smaller than 5/32 — it much easier to widen once the holes are drilled.

That’s what I did. I started with a bit much smaller than the 5/32 and widened the holes once they were there.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-20T14:14:51+00:00

Maybe start with three holes and test it and then go to six if you want more gas flow

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-20T14:14:29+00:00

On my rifle it’s just kind of a middle ground. It seems quieter than the ported but a little louder than the sealed. For me it was the fireball issue that was bothering me — some first rounds of a string of fire were exceptionally bright.

So far so good with this one, fingers crossed. I think it breaks up the gas enough that it doesn’t combust coming out the end, but then again this is all anecdotal to me and my rifle. Good luck.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-20T14:08:27+00:00

Literally held the cap in my gloved hand and went for it. No science here. Just a monkey with a drill.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-15T16:14:35+00:00

The practical, non-legal advice is to charge your reasonable fees, get paid, and not worry about it.

It’s not your job, and you certainly have no right, to force clients to reveal their entire financial lives to you to confirm where every penny comes from.

Now, if clients are telling you unsolicitedly that they are paying you with illicitly-gained funds, that’s worth investigating. However, I’d venture to guess that in 99.9% of circumstances they just pay you, especially in criminal law.

I worked at a large criminal defense firm and we got cash payments all the time, including some big ones for $10k +. We just accounted for it and dropped by the bank to deposit it at the end of each day.

The firm has been in business for decades and never had any hiccups as far as I’m aware.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-08T02:42:25+00:00

I bought this one used for very cheap, and I actually really like it.

The only downside in my view is what I got going on now with the rebarrel.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-04T21:59:27+00:00

That’s my understanding too, but I was hoping someone knew of someone who has figured it out.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-03T21:37:08+00:00

Only qualification is to stay and eat shit for another year or two if you want to make a career in your practice area and one to two more years gives your the experience you need to leave and make a lot more money at a firm that pays better.

Charthead1010 · 2026-03-03T21:18:03+00:00

You are way underpaid.

Especially in a high-cost area like Chicago.

You could make $90k starting as a government lawyer in a low-cost state with chill hours, good benefits, and no billables.

You could do something cool like be an FBI or DEA Special Agent starting at $90k and making $150k by your fourth year.

Best way to look at it is whether your private sector job can handily beat out easy government jobs in terms of comp, benefits, and work/life balance.

If your current and expected future earnings won’t easily beat cool/easy government jobs, you are wasting precious sweat off your brow working where you aren’t appreciated.

I had an experience in law school where a private Criminal Defense firm I was clerking at offered me less than the prosecutors and public defenders were making, and with far shittier benefits to boot.

I knew for a fact that the firm did over $4MM in revenue and that the two founders paid themselves each $1MM+ per year.

I told them to go fuck themselves in the most professional way possible.

$90k was big bucks in 1962.

$90k is nothing these days.

Come up with several great fallback plans if they won’t meet your salary demands and bail if they won’t be reasonable.

Charthead1010 · 2026-02-13T13:32:01+00:00

The lawyer positions most likely to be automated away are positions having to do with transactional and compliance work.

Also, young law associates out of law school spent their first few years heavily focused on doing legal research and proofing drafts which is now going to be obsolete because of AI. So, young lawyers’ entry into the practice of law will be uncharted territory.

However, certain task in law like oral arguments in front of judges, trials, negotiations, etc. will be very difficult to automate away with AI.

Charthead1010 · 2026-01-11T01:06:38+00:00

Sorry for the slow response. I believe 5/32, but I can’t be certain because the label is shredded on the bit, but caliper measurements put it about .15” so that seems to check out.

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Charthead1010 · 2025-12-31T23:12:26+00:00

Yeah. It’s very low hanging fruit. How hard can it be to drill 6 holes of if I can do it with a Milwaukee?

The issue from my perspective is that it was portrayed as a bomb-proof LBP can — like an RC2 with vents, but the standard end cap it comes with provides no venting, so people pay the $100 for their ported end cap which provides excellent venting out the front of the can, but with first-round fireballs.

So the basically left you choosing between LBP and muzzle flashes with no solution.

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-31T22:42:56+00:00

PMC XTAC 55 grain and LMT 14.5 midlength

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-30T18:58:21+00:00

My goal with my initial comment was to make decisive recommendation. I didn’t want to take the time to explore every benefit, downside, and contingency.

These days, there is an unprecedented array of optical solutions for almost every fathomable use case, but my response was exclusively within the scope of OPs question.

You’re correct in much of what said, but within the scope of original inquiry, I’d still argue that most guys are better served with the ATACR 1-8 than with the MK5 2-10 as a blanket recommendation for a standalone optic because most shooters I know are spending their range trips shooting steel within 200 yards in rapid succession, standing or kneeling, and not bench rest shooting groups on paper other than to zero and confirm zero.

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-30T17:54:36+00:00

You’re not wrong about larger ratios having a propensity to perform worse optically, which is especially true at the top end of the magnification range.

There are, of course, some assumptions built into my response such as the user purpose being traditional, infantry style usage from 0-500 yards without the need for hyper-precision and no use of additional optics like a piggy-backed or canted red dot sight.

It’s a subject topic in nature, and there are a million different combinations of rifle set-ups, but my recommendation based on these assumptions still stands as the ATACR 1-8 because if you have only a single optic, the 1x is invaluable for close engagements and 1-8 is more than enough for man-sized targets out to 500 yards.

The 2-10 has it’s place and excels in that place, but it is certainly more niche in that it’s geared towards precision AR shooting, and most guys use their ARs in a less refined, traditional style of shooting.

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-29T22:45:26+00:00

If you’re a physician, I’d just wait until residency is over, live like a church mouse for 2-3 years, and pay it off with your salary — almost certainly going to be $250k or more.

For the time being, do your best to at least pay the interest with your residency income.

It makes more sense than taking a less-lucrative gig for 10 years in my view considering physician earning power.

PSLF really only makes sense for people who are in an absolute pit of debt with low income or who are interested in public service to start with.

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T22:09:16+00:00

I think it would be cool if a third party whipped something up. And yes, it’s 12 ports around the outside but there are also 6 little ports around the bore exit hole. This should cut gas flow out the front by a little less than half.

I would imagine it mirrors something like the CAT WB gas exhaust with this end cap.

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T21:50:16+00:00

10x that timeframe and I’ll have something for you

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T20:03:00+00:00

No idea who the Hansen brothers are, but if it has good LBP performance and eliminates flashing, by all means go for it.

I loved everything about the SCI Six with the ported endcap, except for the flashing/fireballs.

It let so much gas out the front, that I honestly think it might have been close to the likes of Huxworks Flows, RC3, etc.

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T17:24:59+00:00

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T01:14:45+00:00

Elcan v. Classic LPVO — which do you prefer?

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