So despite too many decade shooting I only got my first AR recently. Nothing too fancy, just something I bought, not built, an SA Saint Victor. But it's doing something weird that I'm guessing someone with more knowledge of the AR-15 platform has seen before. At first I thought it might be the ammo, the bulk Winchester 55gr 5.56, but over the weekend I had someone run 30 rounds through their AR and it seemed not to have any issues.
What's happening is that some of the time when it's fired the sound is unusually loud and there is a lot more flash. At first it was only every 5 to 10 rounds, but last time out it seemed like it got about half way through the 30 round mag and then it was every round.
I'm going to get a different ammo and see what happens, but I got a fair amount of this bulk ammo amnd, well, we all know what the ammo situation is right now.
What I'm hoping for is a "ya I've seen this lots of times and you just need to ..." kind of answer, but any ideas on what I should look for would help. Thanks
What's happening is that some of the time when it's fired the sound is unusually loud and there is a lot more flash. At first it was only every 5 to 10 rounds, but last time out it seemed like it got about half way through the 30 round mag and then it was every round.
I'm going to get a different ammo and see what happens, but I got a fair amount of this bulk ammo amnd, well, we all know what the ammo situation is right now.
What I'm hoping for is a "ya I've seen this lots of times and you just need to ..." kind of answer, but any ideas on what I should look for would help. Thanks