Need some advice on a stuck BCG in a loaded AR

[ruthabagah]

First time in 10 years that I have this problem with a build....

Took this new one for the first time shooting yesterday, and it cycled perfectly on the bench here, but the first round got stuck in the chamber (unfired), and the BCG will not move at all. Of course the BCG is stuck firmly on top of the buffer retainer and I cannot dissemble the lower.... oh, yeah: there is one round stuck in the chamber too that doesn't make me feel safe at all.

Help!

[rtr]

Put gun on safe, remove magazine. Put left hand on fore end of gun, put right thumb and one right hand finger on each side of charging handle. With muzzle pointed in safe direction and buttstock collapsed (if applicable) slam butt of gun into ground whilst pulling on charging handle.

[RCCrawler]

Put gun on safe, remove magazine. Put left hand on fore end of gun, put right thumb and one right hand finger on each side of charging handle. With muzzle pointed in safe direction and buttstock collapsed (if applicable) slam butt of gun into ground whilst pulling on charging handle.

Exactly, had to do just that several times.

[kwando]

Ditto did that to my friends AR10

[Danimal]

I built a little chunk of aluminum that fits inside the BCG and hooks onto the lower recess face. It might be kinda tough to get in there depending on the position of the hammer, but looking at your pics it might be doable. Then with a hammer you drive as close to parallel with the barrel as you can and hopefully you can get enough force to drive it out. And as always wear protective gear and point in safe direction etc. I will add a pic here in a second.

Unless you enjoy slamming your AR on the ground risking a vertical discharge.

[spyder]

If the above mentioned ways do not work (I've had it happen), remove the barrel, push in on extractor to get the round loose, beat the BCG loose with a rod from the front that fits nicely on the face of the bolt. What happened with the one we had to do it with was a piece of the brass casing came off from the previous round and lodged itself between the carrier and the upper.

[Danimal]

If the above mentioned ways do not work (I've had it happen), remove the barrel, push in on extractor to get the round loose, beat the BCG loose with a rod from the front that fits nicely on the face of the bolt. What happened with the one we had to do it with was a piece of the brass casing came off from the previous round and lodged itself between the carrier and the upper.

He might have a real hard time with that because it looks like a monolithic upper. But I had to do that once with my 300BLK.

[Danimal]

You know looking at your picks again you might be able to break it free by putting a brass punch on your BCG through the ejection port and driving on the leading edge of your carrier because it is still back far enough. It just might take a few taps to break it free. Usually when I have a jam like this it is about 90% into battery, but yours looks like it is barely entering the barrel extension.

[Skip]

From the pic it looks like the buffer detent is riding up into the BCG.

Those are supposed to be secured by the buffer tube. Not sure if that is your root cause or not, but you might want to take a small screwdriver and push it down out of the way while you're trying to break the BCG loose.


ETA: Could this be pushing the BCG up so the bolt isn't properly aligned?

[Great-Kazoo]

I built a little chunk of aluminum that fits inside the BCG and hooks onto the lower recess face. It might be kinda tough to get in there depending on the position of the hammer, but looking at your pics it might be doable. Then with a hammer you drive as close to parallel with the barrel as you can and hopefully you can get enough force to drive it out. And as always wear protective gear and point in safe direction etc. I will add a pic here in a second.

Unless you enjoy slamming your AR on the ground risking a vertical discharge.

Very nice DIY tool. I have a small version of this. Amazing what can work as needed.
http://www.harborfreight.com/14-piec...set-60554.html