And then you can rail on me for not having the money for better parts.
That said:
Took both of my AR rifles down to a little slice of paradise in Brown County on Saturday, along with a buddy and his rifle, in order to sight-in A) his new LWRC + Vortex Razor 1-6 and B) my home-build + Vortex PST 1-4. I also took along my "red dotted" rifle to plink with as well. My rifles will now be referred to as "RD" for Red Dot and "Scoped" for the, ahem, scoped one.
As said, this scoped one is a home-build. Anderson lower, upper, BCG, barrel. Probably an Anderson LPK, too, but I honestly cannot remember the brand of LPK. RD rifle just also happens to be an "Anderson Optic Ready" rifle - but with lots of mainly cosmetic mods. BCG, barrel, upper, lower, etc are all still Anderson.
Scoped rifle: Upon insertion of a loaded mag into the rifle with a closed bolt: The CH (BCM, by the way) retracts, bolt goes forward to strip a round, and that round is fully chambered as far as I can tell. This round will then also fire - but it will not extract all the way. The CH of this rifle is now difficult to retract and usually needs the aid of a hard surface to tap the butt-stock on in order to extract.
This is the same issue with the factory brass ZQI XM855 ammo that I have, same with my buddy's brass 55gr Prvi Partizan, and with my gracious host's brass 55gr reloads.
NOW: This rifle will run JUST FINE and as intended with by swapping the BCG for the one that normally lives in my RD rifle. Due to this, definitely don't think it's a gas issue. (Also, I believe that I put the "bad" bolt in the RD rifle - and also had issues - but I honestly cannot remember for sure)
SO: What's wrong with this scoped' rifle's bolt / BCG? What should I look for when I have a chance to really examine this rifle's bolt? Should I just tear down the bolt, clean/lube, reassemble, and then try it again?
Now you can A) help me, and B) make fun of me for only having an Anderson budget.
That said:
Took both of my AR rifles down to a little slice of paradise in Brown County on Saturday, along with a buddy and his rifle, in order to sight-in A) his new LWRC + Vortex Razor 1-6 and B) my home-build + Vortex PST 1-4. I also took along my "red dotted" rifle to plink with as well. My rifles will now be referred to as "RD" for Red Dot and "Scoped" for the, ahem, scoped one.
As said, this scoped one is a home-build. Anderson lower, upper, BCG, barrel. Probably an Anderson LPK, too, but I honestly cannot remember the brand of LPK. RD rifle just also happens to be an "Anderson Optic Ready" rifle - but with lots of mainly cosmetic mods. BCG, barrel, upper, lower, etc are all still Anderson.
Scoped rifle: Upon insertion of a loaded mag into the rifle with a closed bolt: The CH (BCM, by the way) retracts, bolt goes forward to strip a round, and that round is fully chambered as far as I can tell. This round will then also fire - but it will not extract all the way. The CH of this rifle is now difficult to retract and usually needs the aid of a hard surface to tap the butt-stock on in order to extract.
This is the same issue with the factory brass ZQI XM855 ammo that I have, same with my buddy's brass 55gr Prvi Partizan, and with my gracious host's brass 55gr reloads.
NOW: This rifle will run JUST FINE and as intended with by swapping the BCG for the one that normally lives in my RD rifle. Due to this, definitely don't think it's a gas issue. (Also, I believe that I put the "bad" bolt in the RD rifle - and also had issues - but I honestly cannot remember for sure)
SO: What's wrong with this scoped' rifle's bolt / BCG? What should I look for when I have a chance to really examine this rifle's bolt? Should I just tear down the bolt, clean/lube, reassemble, and then try it again?
Now you can A) help me, and B) make fun of me for only having an Anderson budget.