NEA Issues *WARNING*
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Both bolts are made by NEA, the first one came with the gun and second is a replacement from NEA.
Bolts are marked by Finnish proofing house (Finnish police).
As for the defect in the chamber, it was corrected by a gunsmith (I'm guessing he made the chamber a bit larger).
How is my post odd?
Pay no attention to him.
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Runningfool
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Sorry Sumppi, didn't mean to imply anything. My statement about the post being odd on a number of levels was simply because:
To my knowledge NEA never made chrome bolts
Enlarging a chamber to solve the brass issue seemed counterintuitive
The bolt markings were not nea's
You've been here 3 years and your one and only post was that one
Now I know better
. I hope NEA sorts things out for you - it would suck having those kinds of issues anywhere, let alone Finland where it would obviously take considerable time to get replacement parts under warranty. Are there many NEA rifles in Finland? Any of your shooting buddies have them? I'm always curious when I hear about other countries importing Canadian ARs. I know there are a few NZ shooters on CGN with NEA-15s and iirc some South Africans but I had no there were Finnish shooters with them as well.
Runningfool
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Yeah, I'm just a guy who has actually owned and shot several NEA-15s and has had pretty good luck with them.
Here is something that may surprise you: my new 18" NEA-15 that I got last week...I'm having issues. I took it out on Monday and had the bolt locking back occasionally when it shouldn't have. I also had a few FTEs (failure to extract). I suspected this may have been due to the BAD lever I had swapped over from my 14.5" where it worked just fine. Anyhow after removing the BAD lever and shooting it yesterday, the bolt locking back issue was resolved entirely but I still had 3 FTEs out of 60 rounds fired. So I'm going to have to do a bit of troubleshooting on it today.
My point is, if you knew me, you'd know that I've ALWAYS given an honest account of MY experiences with MY NEA guns. And I will continue to do so, good bad or otherwise.
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Sorry Sumppi, didn't mean to imply anything. My statement about the post being odd on a number of levels was simply because:
To my knowledge NEA never made chrome bolts
Enlarging a chamber to solve the brass issue seemed counterintuitive
The bolt markings were not nea's
You've been here 3 years and your one and only post was that one
Now I know better
Are there many NEA rifles in Finland? Any of your shooting buddies have them? I'm always curious when I hear about other countries importing Canadian ARs. I know there are a few NZ shooters on CGN with NEA-15s and iirc some South Africans but I had no there were Finnish shooters with them as well.
It has already been conclusively determined that the bolts ARE from NEA.
Runningfool
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Yeah Ryan explained that 20 posts ago; the bolt markings were not NEAs, they were Finnish proof marks. Try to keep up will ya?
Sorry Sumppi, didn't mean to imply anything. My statement about the post being odd on a number of levels was simply because:
To my knowledge NEA never made chrome bolts
Enlarging a chamber to solve the brass issue seemed counterintuitive
The bolt markings were not nea's
You've been here 3 years and your one and only post was that one
Now I know better
Are there many NEA rifles in Finland? Any of your shooting buddies have them? I'm always curious when I hear about other countries importing Canadian ARs. I know there are a few NZ shooters on CGN with NEA-15s and iirc some South Africans but I had no there were Finnish shooters with them as well.
Yes, I can understand your mistake/suspicion.
I don't have an exact number of NEA's that have been imported to Finland, but I'm guessing at least a few dozen.
A few of my acquaintances have NEA's.
And I have every confidence that NEA/my dealer will make things right for me.
rajczak_kashka
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The old saying "you get what you pay for" comes to mind. It's down right dangerous to buy cheap junk in my opinion. Luckily you weren't hurt!
rajczak_kashka
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Wow !!! See a doctor dude
Putting a Kia motor in a Ferrari.......
Yup pretty much. Wish I saw this thread before I purchased it.
Don't worry, it's not as bad as they make it out to be. A few guys have had problems and the others have run away with it. My NEA BCG has worked fine for close to 1000 rounds. Even if it fails just contact NEA and they will give you a new one for free.
Well that's a sigh of relief. I'm sure a blown up bolt or BCG would never happen at a match, or cause damage to the rifle or injury to the shooter.... Who cares, NEA will send you another(lemon) for free!!
TW25B
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Of course there are better brands out there but NEA isn't as bad as most people make them out to be. There are far more happy customers than angry ones. I have a couple buddies that compete in 3-gun with their NEA rifles who have had no issues after thousands of rounds. The problem with believing everything on the internet is that the few people with problems spam the forums with their stories while the happy customers are busy shooting and can't be bothered to come on and tell everyone that it works as advertised.
I'm not saying they are all good but most of the stories of problems were from earlier products and NEA has switched vendors for their bolts and changed their manufacturing process to improve their product line. The earlier problem bolts were cracking at the cam pin, this isn't going to cause an explosion but will cause a stoppage and you're out for the rest of the day unless you have a spare.
TW you must be a very high level competitor, you make it sound like the end of the world if someone has a stoppage or doesn't have a full milspec rifle. Some people just want something cheap to play with a couple times a year at the range.
I agree with you that given the choice and if it's in the budget I'll pick high end parts and rifles every time but I think your hate on for NEA is a little unjustified (not entirely but a little). When I did my CQB course in Sept I ran my PWS for a day and a half with zero issues, I then switched to my franken AR that uses an NEA upper/lower and BCG and the rifle ran perfectly all afternoon. The other guys on the line weren't very impressed with the JP brake that I have on it but the rifle functioned great. Before you say it, I know, one afternoon is hardly a test of a product. I have around one thousand rounds on that rifle now and so far so good. I find that rifle just as much fun to shoot as my other AR's and so far it's reliable. Good enough for me so far. If I have problems with the BCG I'll be replacing it with another brand, I like the nickel boron coated units as I find them much easier to clean and they look nice
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