Hey all I went shooting again today, prior to today I had put around 300 rounds through my colt. Today we shot a few hundred more rounds and had two failures. Now this concerns me being its a colt but at the same time I did shoot some ballistol down the BCG not too long ago and I didn’t really wipe it down too much before shooting today. I always thought over lubed BCGs won’t cause jams but rather just splash oil all over when you shoot? What do you guys think?
Define “failure.”
Sorry about that, fail to feed
Can ya give us the details?
Mags?
Ammo?
Decent lube?
This. And an estimate of ambient temperature.
Also, h buffer or H2?
Mags were PMAGs. The ammo was federal 55 grain and I lube it with ballistol CLP.
After the first malf did you isolate that mag and take it out of rotation? And I keep my rifle pretty wet. Havent had a problem with splash (im not drowning the thing).
I did, it was a ten round mag. The second FTF was with my 30 rounder both PMAGs.
When you say FTF was the BCG closing on an empty chamber or was a live round getting hung up somewhere?
The live round was getting close somewhere. The BCG would be closed and at the pull of the trigger it wouldn’t fire. I’d have to pull the charging handle to expel the round before firing again. Happened twice about halfway through each mag.
Did you lube it before shooting today or was it residual lube from the last time you were out. When I go shooting the first thing I do is lube the BCG.
If I’m reading that correctly that sounds like a failure to fire, not feed, and looks like an ammo problem.
So you mean it’s not ejecting the spent case, ie. FTE? I’m not following.
What was in the chamber? Live round or spent case?
The round I had to expel both times was a live round. Also I didn’t lube it this time around I lubed it after my last time firing it. I rushed out to go shooting with my friend last minute.
Make sure it’s clean & lubed properly. Check the bolt & extension lugs to make sure nothing is preventing it from going into battery.
What happened when you pulled the trigger? Nothing? Click?
Nope, nothing. Actually I didn’t feel a click at all almost like I pulled the trigger when the safety was on kind of. I’m going to break it down and clean it better, maybe it’s gummied up from the oil.
It’s not fully going into battery. Give it a good look over.
Also, try the FA if it happens again. That may indicate if it’s just sticking or if there’s actually something blocking it.
Any chance we can get a picture of the lower and springs also? Just gotta make sure the trigger group springs are fine. Sounds like it is ejecting correctly and loading properly also. Were there any dimples on the 2 rounds that misfired? Were you able to fire off those two rounds when you loaded them in a mag again or into someone else’s rifle?
I’m pretty sure that this is a common thing with Californicated 10 round magazines.
I thought the OP said he had 30 rounders also?