We had a walk in customer today that brought in his AR for repair. He broke the bolt catch. I asked him how he did it and he said that the hammer dropped while he had the upper and lower apart as he was attempting to fix his issues with the hammer pin walking. I asked him how many times it happened, and said only once. The bolt catch was snapped in half.
So we got a new one installed. We then looked at the pin holes in the lower to see if they were out of spec. Removing the The hammer showed us that the j pin was not installed in the hammer and the hammer pin was missing the center notch as well.
Not to be out done, the gas rings were out of spec, gas key was not staked, castle nut was hand tight and not staked. PMAGS also wouldn’t drop free from it either.
I advised the owner that you get what you pay for in an AR. He told me that it “shoots real good.”
Which is why he is in your shop, because it is so great:rolleyes:. Did you tell him that part of “shoots real good” requires a working gun. Though I guess you dont really need a bolt catch to shoot it.
Grant you just made my day. After peddling around thus far on my “maternity” leave for the birth of our second child, whew only one more week left. Anyways any comic relief is helpful to keeping my sanity with the wife and her friends always over. I need to get some man cave time…SOON! By the way what was the manufacturer of his said tack driving treasure LOL.
It must have been one of those Airsoft AR-like guns similar to what the ATF confiscated a few months ago. Maybe that is the culprit.:p:D
I would love to know what make that gun is. I tried to talk my buddy out of buyin an OLY Arms, and he would not listen. 500 rounds later, the gas key bolts were loose, and he had to put some time and money in the gun to fix what he could have avoided.
A cop buddy of mine just had to take a carbine class for Akron PD. He said there was alot of DPMS and Oly arms slowing things down. He was running a bushmaster SBR (no problems yet). They will be carrying these rifles with them on patrol once approved. I bet not many of them ever upgrade to a real rifle.
That sounds like a rifle i bought new. I fixed what was wrong and traded it. Never fired it. Going cheap doesn’t produce good results. Nickle and diming you for piece after piece sucks. A lesson learned.
Wait a minute, nickel and diming is what drives this industry. 98% of all threads contain the word cheapest or budget. Just look at all the manufacturers who make parts/rifles just as good or better than Colt at half the cost…
I agree. I make about as much as your average patrolman who has been on the force for a few years. Last year I had to buy a new lawn mower and did research on them for about a month. I hate mowing the grass and I am not into lawn mowers. The mower will never have to protect me or anyone else and it still was not the cheapest crap the stores had for sale.Makes you think.
Apples and oranges. The cops who are not gun people are still issued a quality firearm. They are used to a weapon that works, and many have no concept of buying an AR15 and thinking its garbage. Their understanding is that the AR15 is a good weapon, then they are given a sales pitch from a manufacturer or at a store that makes it sound like they are good to go with brand X.
I do this with just about everything that I buy. I think it’s just a way of doing things. You’re either: A) A person that needs it right now and believes the salesperson or B) A person who does their own research and either gets the best value or atleast doesn’t get ripped off.
These are not dept issued weapons. The officers pay for them out of their own pocket. My point is that if a person spends more than five minutes doing some research they should wonder why so many AR15 manufacters and why so many different prices? I sell performance parts to alot of clueless people everyday. Most should have done an ounce of research themselves. It is just common sense with anything you are buying whether it is a gun or a widget. Do your homework. I do not carry a gun as part of my living and have made purchasing mistakes a few years back. I have corrected these mistakes with the help of Grant and a few $$$$,but my ears had to be open and connect with my brain. I just do not beleive not being a “Gun Person” is a free pass for no sense.
It was a factory built rifle. I am going to keep the manufacturer’s name to myself. For those concerned about getting on these AR’s, if you stick with the big five (LMT, BCM, DD, Colt, Noveske) you won’t run into any of the above stupity.
Hopefully, but most likely not. When I pulled the extractor out of the bolt, the extractor insert and spring fell out. I asked him if he had removed this and he said yes. I then asked him if he realized he put it in upside down. He said no.
The weapon was also bone dry. There was not a drop of lube to be found in the weapon.
