StevieP
NES Member
Haven't been back to the range yet to re-test my .308 AR build.
You'll recall I had several failure-to-fire's with it last week. I wasn't sure if it was a light strike (under-powered hammer spring?) or something else. I took apart the BCG and cleaned & lubed it liberally (It's literally dripping wet).
In putting the BCG back together, I noticed that the firing pin doesn't just slide in & out of the bolt. It takes a bit of a 'shove' which I figure is probably normal, but figured I'd ask anyway...
If it's NOT normal, then that's perhaps why I'm getting light strikes. The hammer would have to hit the firing pin pretty hard to get it to shove the pin into the bolt far enough.
I compared it to the firing pin on my RRA AR-15, and there, the pin just slides in/out of the bolt with little (no) resistance.
You'll recall I had several failure-to-fire's with it last week. I wasn't sure if it was a light strike (under-powered hammer spring?) or something else. I took apart the BCG and cleaned & lubed it liberally (It's literally dripping wet).
In putting the BCG back together, I noticed that the firing pin doesn't just slide in & out of the bolt. It takes a bit of a 'shove' which I figure is probably normal, but figured I'd ask anyway...
If it's NOT normal, then that's perhaps why I'm getting light strikes. The hammer would have to hit the firing pin pretty hard to get it to shove the pin into the bolt far enough.
I compared it to the firing pin on my RRA AR-15, and there, the pin just slides in/out of the bolt with little (no) resistance.
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