fte problem with ar15

[SMS]

Winner winner chicken dinner....SMS!!!!...it's a 9mm bolt...going to exchange it now. Thanks everyone for your help.

Whichever caliber it turned out to be...you fired 400 rounds with that bolt in a 5.56 gun? Have you been getting FTEs the whole time?

 

[kennedy]

It is way bigger than 5.56, but it is not a 9mm. 9mm is blowback and has no locking lugs. 9mm also does not have a seperate bolt head. It is machined as part of the carrier. I think SMS was right about it being a x39 or some other caliber.

Glad you got it figured out.

brain fart...that's what I meant to type....hands do their own think sometimes

 

[kennedy]

Whichever caliber it turned out to be...you fired 400 rounds with that bolt in a 5.56 gun? Have you been getting FTEs the whole time?

no, not with this bolt...old bolt had an issue and would go full auto on its own...change it out and this was the first try with this bolt...just took it back to who swapped the bolts and he made it right for me

 

[SMS]

no, not with this bolt...old bolt had an issue and would go full auto on its own...change it out and this was the first try with this bolt...just took it back to who swapped the bolts and he made it right for me

Holy hell, hope it wasn't a gunsmith or local shop! If it was, you might consider sharing....that's more than an innocent "oops".

 

[kennedy]

It was local, but an honest mistake and seeing how he made it right with me I don't feel he needs to be outed for it. people make mistakes.

 

[HackerF15E]

That's not how I expected that story to end at all!

 

[kennedy]

What?

 

[andrsnsm]

Did you test it out today and it is working well?

 

[kennedy]

I didn't get to fire it, but by cycling it by hand....it's running great.

 

[mr ed]

bolts don't make it go full auto usually.
if your having FA issues you need to look at your fire control group.