Ar's -which parts fail and why

[stormryder]

Only thing I broke on an AR, was the extractor pin on an Olympic Arms I got used.
Been thru at least 5 ARs over the years(Colt,and home built), that has been the only problem I have ever had outside of some mags not fitting in the well.

As far as mags, I just examine and buy whats cheap and fits.
Couldn't care less about brand.
I have had cheap used $5 mags outlast top of the line ones that cost $20+

Just PMCS your rifle and stuff and you will not have a failure.

 

[dross]

Pmags is what I meant by buy quality mags anyways. If you look, you can find them just as cheap as crappy steel mags too. odd??

Price of steel.

 

[Leo]

I carried a DPMS break down spare parts kit (plastic vacuum wrapped on a white cardboard backer) with me all over the midwest and midsouth shooting matches. It seemed like a good idea when I bought it in 1996. I had a COLT HBar when I started and followed it with a couple bushmasters, one service configuration, one match. I shot enough to wear out at least 6 premium grade barrels. I replace gas tubes, firing pins and gas rings when I replace a barrel, mostly as prevention. When I sold my rifles in 2006, I had not used any parts out of that breakdown kit. Keep it clean, and use a light coating of CLP oil on the wear points, shoot quality ammo/reloads. The guys that I see breaking stuff are the ones that think they can get 30 call ballistics out of the 5.56 cartridge. I think the engineers pretty much got the bugs out of them by the time they started issuing the A2 configuration.

 

[Mordred]

the way these new ARs are made, nothing really goes wrong. I had an m16 from the vietnam days and it still worked like a charm...occasional double feed but thats easy to fix. Just keep them clean and you'll be fine. DPMS are good, don't know who told you otherwise.

 

[chraland51]

Thank you Lord for those that actually like their DPMS products!!! Bless them and keep them well. If not for these guys, I was going to toss my two into the pond behind my apartment since I was becoming so ashamed of having admitted that I actually owned a couple along with a few Cold Steel knives and Mossbery 500 shotguns and couple of Taurus pistols.

 

[dom1104]

Extractor and extractor spring, gas rings.

 

[mutt]

for god's sake man

DPMS, Taurus and a mossberg

it is a wonder you have not blown your house up with those paper mache deathtraps

I will gladly give you a five guys double cheeseburger for the whole lot to save you from harm

I have never understood the DPMS/Taurus/Mossberg disdain

I have two DPMS AR's and the only jams I have ever had were because I was using a bone dry gun in below freezing weather

little shot of CLP and I was good to go

 

[D-Bo]

I have a DPMS. I love it. DPMS is just not the new tacticool thing.

 

[jeremy]

I love a good laugh...

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

I love a good laugh...

Look in the mirror again, did ya?

 

[jeremy]

Look in the mirror again, did ya?

Dang it!!!

 

[xring62]

I am curious as to how you have concluded that a DPMS is not a top of the line AR?

I will bet that you will shoot thousands and thousands of rounds through your rifle before you have a failure of any kind.

---- Ditto ! After I broke my dpms in it was 6000 + rounds before it stopped chambering every time ,it was just the gas tube wear. Another thing to clean every few thousand is the ejector, underneath it will build up crud and wont grab the case. DPMS is great for tight specs,you'll see if you build one