Un-Scientific Research Project

[Marlin]

Just to see what kind of problems that occur in our little circle. What, if any problems have You ever had with Your AR while at the range or hunting with it. No matter how small, I'd like to hear about it and what You did to correct it at the scene or if You had to wait untill You got home to fix it.

Thank You for Your participation.

[XJ]

FTE. Tore the rim off the brass (Fed American Eagle). Tapped out brass with a cleaning rod, cleaned the chamber, never happened again. Good example of keeping an old-fashioned cleaning kit handy.

FTF and FTE with lacquered Wolf in my very first time shooting my very first AR. Quit using Wolf.

Trigger pins walking on one I assembled, took it apart and put the springs in correctly :mrgreen:

[7idl]

good thing you qualified the question as "...your AR..."


cause I was an armorer don'tcha know :mrgreen:

[Marlin]

Start another thread, The might be good for a few laughs. :mrgreen:

[BadShot]

FTE and FTF on some cheapo ammo. Ammo was the reason that I can see for the issues. On the other hand I did replace a buffer spring that I felt was a bit worn out.

[shrapmetal]

i was lazy and didnt take apart my bolt all the way when cleaning it one to many times. the result was the blot seized up. good thing Lawrence from Soecitaly Sports was out shooting with me, because i am not even close to an armor but he was one in the Gaurd. he got it up and running in a few minutes. with a little banging and some oil. as well as a lot of cleaning.

he also tought me the lesson of good mags and gave me a HK mag so i could keep my FS2000 shooting. those things are really picky on what brand mag they like. it wouldnt even use the FN mag that came with it.

[Atrain]

I have never had a problem with my RRA. Not one. It only sees brass cased ammo though...wait, I did shoot one box of Silver Bear steel cased but it wasn't laquer coated.

Love my RRA... :mrgreen:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o86/Atrain_dlp/1001.jpg

[roman gnome]

Both bolts that my pistol uppers came with had weak extractor springs, which turned out to be a real pain with FTE. Replaced both with new Wolff springs, and never had one single issue since.

Ordered them online and installed at home because I didn't have any spare parts, but I promptly corrected that! [abused]

[Colorado Osprey]

I had a USA mag in a Bushy about 15 years ago and jammed an empty casing up above the bolt and mashed up the works. Had to do the drive the butt into the ground thing to clear it.

Threw away all my non GI mags and haven't had a mag issue since on any of my AR's.

I built a Model 1 pistol kit and it was missing the ejector...didn't notice until I was at the range test firing it. I had a spare B/BC...so that was an easy fix.

In my 20" Dedicated Technology precision/bench rifle chambered in 6x45 I use a brass catcher and it will sometimes cause FTE because I forget to empty the bag.

For those that don't know what Dtech does:
http://www.dtechsuperstore.com/
He designed the WSSM caliber AR's with Olympic Arms
He makes lots of alternate caliber rifles.

My Colt LE6920 had a firing pin break. Again easy parts swap and fix.

[pa_guns]

Hi

Mine keep running out of ammo ....

Other than that, no real range problems with any of them.

Bob

[XHairs]

I had a sudden short stroke issue just when I had about 3 rounds of ammo left at an outdoor range. I used those last 3 rounds to confirm the symptoms. When I got home, I found the gas rings worn and installed a new set. I did have the rings on hand when I was at the range, but had no ammo left for testing. Went back to the range the following weekend and all was well again.