Have seen similar with poor quality charging handles that were out of spec from the start or warped later. The gas key would rub and tear into it which retarded the BCGs ability to fully travel. Generally shavings of aluminum are found and obviously the anodizing is worn through quickly…
The BCG and other parts were replaced while he was on R/R. When he came back and went to shoot the weapon (yesterday) is when the malfunction took place. I replaced only the gas tube (yesterday).
From what I have seen of the Prvi Partizan and Bulgarian ammo here, it isn’t that great and before I reamed the barrels we had experienced about a 30-40% blown primer rate. The Bulgarian ammo was a little less.
Strangely enough I hear decent things about the 55gr. but for some reason the 62gr. faux SS109 ammo we have doesn’t work all that well in our Bushies. But, it works great as does the Bulgarian SS109 in our AR M1 (5.56 AK) rifles with no issues.