Before anyone says "take it back" its 100% a custom build, so with that out of the way heres the problem.
I finally got the chance to take my AR out today and fire its first shots. 1st mag, 1st round failed to feed..bolt comes about halfway forward (it started to feed the round) and that was it, pulled back on the charging handle and let go, it chambered. It went "bang" ejected the round and did the same thing on the next round...basically it keeps doing this. So it grabs the round, starts to feed it...then stops.
I started off with a crappy old preban hicap mag I had, luckily I was shooting in NH and my friend had PMAGS he let me use....it did the same thing. (side note, his "off the shelf" gun OCCASIONALLY did this to, but not every round like mine"
I was @ MFL so I asked if there was anyone there that could possibly spare the time and take a look at it, luckly one of the guys working behind the counter said he would. First off he said it was a little to dry for a brand new rifle and soaked the crap out of the thing (from all my reading I didn't know they needed to be as wet as he made it). It freeded it up a little, now it would only do it every other round. At one point I got so frustrated with my new expensive single shot AR that I rapid fired it...and it worked flawlessly for the 15 or 20 rounds left in the mag. And it does lock back on an empty mag(another thing that leads me to believe its not a short stroke problem)
Also the guy shooting next to our party said he said the SAME problem with his AR and once it got broken it (1000 rounds he said) it seemed to fix itself. He also said that polishing his M4 feed ramps made a difference.
Now from what I understand this isn't a short stroking problem because that would re chamber the previously spent caseing which isn't my issue. I found a few people online via a google search saying it could be the hammer dragging on the BCG (will investigate that tomorrow). So any possible imput here would be extremely helpful. The crappy part is I dont often get the chance to get to a range where I can fire a rifle to do any quick live fire tests. And here are some quick specs that could be of use to anyone that could have an idea..
16" carbine length gas system w/ a rifle length stock...and it is a rifle length spring and buffer in the tube.Both the Upper and barrel are cut w/ m4 feed ramps. Daniel Defense lower parts kit, BCM full auto BCG...and i was shooting Federal XM193.
Thanks in advance to anyone who helps me out with this one.
I finally got the chance to take my AR out today and fire its first shots. 1st mag, 1st round failed to feed..bolt comes about halfway forward (it started to feed the round) and that was it, pulled back on the charging handle and let go, it chambered. It went "bang" ejected the round and did the same thing on the next round...basically it keeps doing this. So it grabs the round, starts to feed it...then stops.
I started off with a crappy old preban hicap mag I had, luckily I was shooting in NH and my friend had PMAGS he let me use....it did the same thing. (side note, his "off the shelf" gun OCCASIONALLY did this to, but not every round like mine"
I was @ MFL so I asked if there was anyone there that could possibly spare the time and take a look at it, luckly one of the guys working behind the counter said he would. First off he said it was a little to dry for a brand new rifle and soaked the crap out of the thing (from all my reading I didn't know they needed to be as wet as he made it). It freeded it up a little, now it would only do it every other round. At one point I got so frustrated with my new expensive single shot AR that I rapid fired it...and it worked flawlessly for the 15 or 20 rounds left in the mag. And it does lock back on an empty mag(another thing that leads me to believe its not a short stroke problem)
Also the guy shooting next to our party said he said the SAME problem with his AR and once it got broken it (1000 rounds he said) it seemed to fix itself. He also said that polishing his M4 feed ramps made a difference.
Now from what I understand this isn't a short stroking problem because that would re chamber the previously spent caseing which isn't my issue. I found a few people online via a google search saying it could be the hammer dragging on the BCG (will investigate that tomorrow). So any possible imput here would be extremely helpful. The crappy part is I dont often get the chance to get to a range where I can fire a rifle to do any quick live fire tests. And here are some quick specs that could be of use to anyone that could have an idea..
16" carbine length gas system w/ a rifle length stock...and it is a rifle length spring and buffer in the tube.Both the Upper and barrel are cut w/ m4 feed ramps. Daniel Defense lower parts kit, BCM full auto BCG...and i was shooting Federal XM193.
Thanks in advance to anyone who helps me out with this one.
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