One of the coolest AR's in my arsenal is built on an NEA receiver set. And when I say "cool" I mean, knock yer socks off coooooool!
What are your thoughts on the NEA-15?
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One of the coolest AR's in my arsenal is built on an NEA receiver set. And when I say "cool" I mean, knock yer socks off coooooool!
You are way better off with the NEA. Honestly. I have a couple NEA, I never owned the Norc's .. but seen them, and own several other Norc rifles. There is no comparison with NEA.
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quoted from another thread, chinese gun and BCM rail.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152933172693749&l=4c02b81ed2
DA556 has a commercial buffer tube, other than that so far so good
I have installed YHM diamond rails, magpul parts with no issues at all.
Recently installed BCM KMR13 rail, flawless and fit perfectly.https://imageshack.com/i/ipmNjQj2j
Certainly! Sorry it's a crappy pic, I just grabbed it with the iPad in the interest of being quick about it. And fwiw, I bought this rail a year ago so NEA has been making this style of rail for 12-18 months as Ryan said - your comment of, "it was only a couple months ago tho, nowhere near 18 months so who cares." is clearly wrong.
I never seen another rail clamping like this. If there is any other please show the picture to share.
imho it doesn't need to deform that much to clamp tight. It shows the the clearance between the rail and barrel nut is way too much.
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Runningfool
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You can tell all that from a crappy pic at an odd angle? Some of you guys must have superpowers!
And I don't mean to insult anyone's intelligence here but you aren't under the impression that the hg just slides straight on and is clamped down are you?
Trust me, I built this thing, the clearance between the rail and the barrel nut is perfect - it just slides over the barrel nut, rotates, and locks up solid. Those two hex screws basically just squeeze enough to prevent the hg from rotating out of its lockup.
i don't have super power but i means they cando it better.
If i can see the deflection on that crappy picture i bet it is more than 0.1mm which is a lot from cnc machining capabilities.
I mean that is something they can improve, to give the customer or a possible customer a faith on how good they are.
From what i see unfortunately i will stay away from them. Sorry if my comment hurt anyone.
(I would put a probably sized spacer in it if I care or simply don't bother about, it who cares.
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The problem is that you are blathering on about a subject without having the first clue how these parts fit together. The rail mount deflects that much because it has to, not because someone did a crappy job machining it.
This kind of mount fits onto the OEM barrel nut. It has to go over top of the splines on the front end of the nut and then clamp down on the smooth barrel behind the splines. That requires a larger deflection in order to get enough clamping force to make the thing rigid. Otherwise it would be loose and flop around.
I have installed several of the NEA forends and they are very tight fitting over top of the bbl nut splines but they still require a large deflection in order to clamp tight.
That's exactly what I mean, I do think that this is worth bringing to the OP attention because it is there, like it or not, it is there and that is not straight, so the possibility of something else not being straight because of it ia also there.
They could have probably minimized this simply by making the gap an "Ω" instead of a "l" at least, but I know nothing, I'm just a hater.
They could have probably minimized this simply by making the gap an "Ω" instead of a "l" at least, but I know nothing, I'm just a hater.
stumpy-kiwi
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hi guys , I am chiming in as I see only one other New Zealander is on here , ... I love my gen 2 NEA ...its a 18 dmr ... and it shoots as good as I can ... and has never failed me yet ...
as bazza said in NZ the prices are crazy ... you all ##### about price , the norcs are over $2300 in places or more , ... the NEAs came out at around $1700 , with an awesome back up gaurentee , ... my mates gen 3 wont shoot tula ammo , (wont cycle) but shoots and cycles hornady steel no probs ... my gen 2 eats all I give it , most Ar 15s in NZ are expensive , we live in an awesome beautiful country on the lower side of the earth , we pay more for a lot of things , we don't border any other country , everything is flown or shipped to us ... so when we see a great looking product with NO ITAR restrictions come into nz at a price that is better than we have seen (many thanks to nzar15.com) we will jump on it , ... I have a Canadian wife , and am glad that I have a Canadian made rifle ... now if my wifes parents conceived her whilst on a trip to the states , does that mean my wife was not "made " in Canada......
as bazza said in NZ the prices are crazy ... you all ##### about price , the norcs are over $2300 in places or more , ... the NEAs came out at around $1700 , with an awesome back up gaurentee , ... my mates gen 3 wont shoot tula ammo , (wont cycle) but shoots and cycles hornady steel no probs ... my gen 2 eats all I give it , most Ar 15s in NZ are expensive , we live in an awesome beautiful country on the lower side of the earth , we pay more for a lot of things , we don't border any other country , everything is flown or shipped to us ... so when we see a great looking product with NO ITAR restrictions come into nz at a price that is better than we have seen (many thanks to nzar15.com) we will jump on it , ... I have a Canadian wife , and am glad that I have a Canadian made rifle ... now if my wifes parents conceived her whilst on a trip to the states , does that mean my wife was not "made " in Canada......
TacticalTeacher
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Welcome aboard stumpy_kiwi! 
I was all over both North and South islands back in 2011 and I'm most jealous of all the rifles I saw at 3 gun shows in Rotorua! All the barrels were short ( I love short barrels) and threaded for silencers/suppressors ! How awesome is that?
You MUST hunt with a suppressor!
Twist my rubber arm will you?
But most of all, that trip taught me how to sort these guys out while I was in the OZ....
Okay , back to the NEA thoughts!
Here's their 2Gen quad rail that I love!
Cheers mates!
Barney
I was all over both North and South islands back in 2011 and I'm most jealous of all the rifles I saw at 3 gun shows in Rotorua! All the barrels were short ( I love short barrels) and threaded for silencers/suppressors ! How awesome is that?
You MUST hunt with a suppressor!
Twist my rubber arm will you?
But most of all, that trip taught me how to sort these guys out while I was in the OZ....
Okay , back to the NEA thoughts!
Here's their 2Gen quad rail that I love!
Cheers mates!
Barney
There is a local store that has both an NEA 22LR and 7.62 upper (no lowers on hand). I'm wondering how I would know if they are these "gen 2" or "gen ###" versions? It sounds like the quality has improved over the past few years and I'd rather be sure I'm buying something newer...
I could have just asked them I suppose but I'd rather have a way of knowing, if such exists.
tia
I could have just asked them I suppose but I'd rather have a way of knowing, if such exists.
tia
Runningfool
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- SW Ontario
The 22 and the 7.62X39 are relatively new from NEA so afaik there are no gen x versions of those, just current production.
