NEA Issues *WARNING*

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deagle2008 said:
Alright second day on the range. Another 250 rounds. What a disaster. It wouldn't extract the fired round and tried to feed another round in there so the fired casing got stuck between the gas key and the charging handle.
Also it wouldn't stay open on the last round on any of the mags. Brought it home inspected the bolt and everything else. The bolt lugs that grab onto the bolt stop are worn out and scratched. The finish on the lower is actually paint. The paint around the magwll is chipping off. Unhappy unhappy unhappy. Ill be replacing the BCG with a good brand BCG and some other upgrades.
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My goodness! the saga continues. That bolt looks like some sort of soft steel! The plastic of your mags wore off the magwell!
At this point i would just give up on that AR. I have given up on an AR way before the amount of issues you are having.
Youre gonna put 170$ for a good bcg, is it worth it?
 
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So, supposedly that bolt is made in-house, with S7 tool steel and then some sort of surface plating?








So what's the excuse now? pretty hard to blame suppliers now........
 
That is the company who does the hard anodize and cerakote for NEA.

*MALICE* said:
I thought I read they were CeraKote'ing their guns now. Subconsciously I assumed they were Cerakote'ing them over the anodizing........should have known better.......
I gather it's cheaper to Cerakote the lowers than it is to anodize them. Now you know why it's black......
Bizarre because the building right next door to NEA does the anodizing for a very well known/respected manufacturer........

That bolt does not look good. Doesn't look hardened at all.....
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Trinimon said:
I'm guessing they did not prep the receivers properly hence why it's flaking like that, if it is cerakoted. I've never seen cerakote chip up like that on such little use.
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Sigh. For all we know they are using BBQ paint.........


AMF is the company next door. They anodize for Colt Canada (see link). That's also where me and my buddy sent our 'made from a block' lowers to get anodized. They came out perfect.....and black.

http://www.aerospacemetalfinishing.com/ourservices.html
 
Yup, thats the company. NEA set them up with Cerakote last year. After machining, the receivers go to AMF for prep, hard anodize and cerakote.



*MALICE* said:
Sigh. For all we know they are using BBQ paint.........


AMF is the company next door. They anodize for Colt Canada. That's also where me and my buddy sent our 'made from a block' lowers to get anodized. They came out perfect.....and black.
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gadget said:
Yup, thats the company. NEA set them up with Cerakote last year. After machining, the receivers go to AMF for prep, hard anodize and cerakote.
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The OP's receiver is clearly not anodized under the Cerakote. Hard anodizing does not wear off that quickly/easily
 
*MALICE* said:
The OP's receiver is clearly not anodized under the Cerakote. Hard anodizing does not wear off that quickly/easily
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No, anodizing doesn't look like that at all. It took me several sheets of course grit sandpaper to sand down the anodizing on my Norc before I reached bare metal. I had to really work to get down to it.....hate to say it, but the finish on my Norc was tougher.
 
I would trade that piece of nea junk off on a norinco if you can find anyone that would take it
 
gadget said:
Clear hard anodize without a seal shows silver on aluminum. Some times with a slight green tint.
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Ok. Because the picture is not super high def, and I can't examine the colour up close, I will give the benefit of the doubt that the lower is either clear anodized or hard anodized and unsealed. But to be honest, I'm real skeptical.


You are obviously very up to date on NEA's processes (I assume you don't work for NEA or AMF?), any insight on that bolt?
 
*MALICE* said:
Ok. Because the picture is not super high def, and I can't examine the colour up close, I will give the benefit of the doubt that the lower is either clear anodized or hard anodized and unsealed. But to be honest, I'm real skeptical.


You are obviously very up to date on NEA's processes (I assume you don't work for NEA or AMF?), any insight on that bolt?
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Hard anodizing in the gun world is only black because it's dyed after the anodizing process. In it's natural state it's silvery-grey, like Gadget said.
 
Dietz said:
Hard anodizing in the gun world is only black because it's dyed after the anodizing process. In it's natural state it's silvery-grey, like Gadget said.
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I have quite a lot of parts hard anodized at work. Generally in its undyed and sealed state it is a light to dark grey depending on alloy.

Since we never leave parts unsealed i cant speak to the undyed non-sealed colour
 
most of the time it has a slight green tint before being sealed and dyed.

On the bolt, NEA should have a long talk with their heat treat and nickel supplier. Its unacceptable.

*MALICE* said:
I have quite a lot of parts hard anodized at work. Generally in its undyed and sealed state it is a light to dark grey depending on alloy.

Since we never leave parts unsealed i cant speak to the undyed non-sealed colour
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