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www.fragoutmag.com bArrel The barrel is made of top-notch materials, chrome-lined and finished with a QPQ® layer to enhance hardness and corro- sion resistance. The PWS people have designed the barrel contour so as to make it weight-neutral, and avoid balance influencing the accuracy. The rifling pitch is 1-in-8 inch, be- ing the universal pitch fitting most popular .223/5.56 civilian ammo types. trigger If you buy a new rifle, it features an Advanced Combat Trig- ger (ACT) by ALG Defence. This is a good combat trigger, flu- ent with a crisp break. This was achieved by careful finish- ing and polishing of all working surfaces, and in no small part due to HardLubing (finishing the surfaces with nickel-boron, then teflon coating). The hammer and trigger are made out of 8620 steel, the disconnector out of 1070 carbon steel, while the springs are all made out of stainless steels. The shape of all parts are identical with the regular trigger group, which gives ACT a similar reliability – plus allows easy replacing with a better match-grade trigger group, which I did. The hammer spring is powerful enough to set off any primer, including hard military types – yet mild enough to avoid prim- er piercing. The trigger weight is around 3 kilograms (30 N), which is just right for a combat trigger. Muzzle deviCes Different models have different muzzle devices – one of the best in the whole PWS lineup is the FSC 556, combining muz- zle jump compensator with flash hider. The reality proves that the FSC minimizes not only muzzle jump, but recoil as well, while the muzzle flash is almost nullified. All that – and FSC is compatible with Gemtech sound moderators, to boot.