** Your NEA102 build **

Haakman said:
Is anyone having an Issue with not being able to use a QD sling swivel on their handguard?

My friend is trying to use the QD point on the handguard, but the QD Sling swivel bottoms out on what I believe is the Barrel extension? right where it and the barrel itself interact. The swivel touches this before the bearings on the QD swivel can engage and secure to the handguard.
When he removes the handguard the QD swivel works just fine but when its on it definitely bottoms out and can't fully insert.

This rifle is from the 2nd batch and he got it just the other week, I've noticed on some rifles the handguard starts with a m-lok slot and then the QD point then continues with M-lok, I assume the reason is to keep this very problem from happening, if the QD point is just an inch more forward it wouldn't hit anything under the handguard. But this handguard starts off with a QD point that's further back than the other style of handguard.


circled is where the Swivel bottoms out on, that's the barrel extension no?


here you can see it under the handguard.


fits fine with the handguard off.



would this be a warranty issue? are any of you guys able to use this QD point on that style of handguard?
seems like bad engineering if something like that was missed, its basically just a decorative hole as its stands now.
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I’m having the same problem on my Modern Varminter,only it’s hitting my Proof barrel.
I did have a KAC URX 4 installed though.

Anyway , I just installed a QD sling mount.
 
Dr. Hunter said:
Still having a hard time getting that barrel nut off. What tool/tools did people use?
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I posted this somewhere else, but what I did is that I chiselled it loose with a hammer/flat driver tip combo.

Hit the nut along the direction to unscrew it with a hammer/punch/flatscredrivertip and it should loosen up. If you do it gently, it shouldnt mark the nut...

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Looking at Tharkholds photos what I thought was an extension or something else appears to be all one part with the Barrel nut.

That seems like awfully bad engineering that the QD swivel hole conflicts with the barrel nut when its all original manufactured parts involved.
I wonder if that forward piece can be threaded into the handguard securing portion of the nut more to be able to get that QD swivel to properly insert.
 
Ya ended up getting mine off, used Kroil and froze it over night then screamed by the power of grey skull and beat the #### out of it with a pipe wrench. The old barrel nut has a couple scratches and nothing more that thing is a beast.
 
Haakman said:
Looking at Tharkholds photos what I thought was an extension or something else appears to be all one part with the Barrel nut.

That seems like awfully bad engineering that the QD swivel hole conflicts with the barrel nut when its all original manufactured parts involved.
I wonder if that forward piece can be threaded into the handguard securing portion of the nut more to be able to get that QD swivel to properly insert.
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Can't the forward piece has threads to secure into the second part with the holes and that part has threads to secure onto the receiver. The slr barrel nut looks like the forward piece but threads to secure onto the receiver.
 
Thought I'd just throw a few pics out of my build. Pretty much set up as I want for now.
Fab stock
Leoupold one piece base
Vortex Strike Eagle 1-8 with throw lever
Hogue pistol grip
Tango down rear QD point
Magpul sling
A2 flash hider
Magpul stubby grip
Harris 6-9 bipod
BCM gun fighter charging handle.

Pretty happy with the rifle... roughly 350 rounds zero issues.

Sorry crappy pics

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Nice looking build. I never really took much notice of it until now but the flaring on the magwell looks alot more extreme than I thought
 
Just though i'd post my rifle here.

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Shot 8 rounds today, 9th was a squib load ( my bad )
No issues at all.

I've shot a couple of ARs before and this just feels like an AR on Roïds lol
Trigger is horrible but I can get used to it.

For now I have a MOE stock and my friends Bushnell 4-12x40 on the rifle.
 
  • SLR Helix handguard
  • BCM grip and trigger guard.
  • ALG-ACT Trigger (Public Service Announcement - great trigger but always throw the purple spring away!)
  • Ferro sling
  • JP extractor
  • AAC muzzle stuff
  • SLR adjustable gas block
  • Magpul UBR
  • Flatwire buffer spring
  • SI ejection port cover.
  • Raptor CH.


Now, a few thoughts:


  • The factory trigger was possibly the worst I have ever experienced. I'm not too "trigger sensitive," but this was awful in a gritty/grindy kind of way. If they're buying these triggers from another manufacturer, they should switch. If they're making them themselves, they should stop. I have ALG-ACTs in all my other AR's....so I was going to switch anyway.
  • Barrel machining is a touch messy. Personally, I don't care....it's not a piano.
  • Internal machining on the BCG is perfect, and the bolt is nice and snug. External machining on the BCG looks like it was done with an angle grinder.....Jesus. Again, just a cosmetic thing. The gas key looks like it was made by hand..with a dull file. It is well staked, though.
  • Factory muzzle brake thing....too long, and brakes on low recoiling hunting rifles ain't my thing.
  • Safety was a bit gritty, but there was some foreign matter stuck between the detent and the safety. All cleared up....100%
  • I did have to modify the Raptor CH to fit...again, no biggie.
  • Ejection port. Mine definitely came with the "feature." I'm not too sure how this operation gets done on the CNC, but I'd be looking for ways to improve this.
  • Ran 80 (60 Hirtenberger and 20 handloads) rounds through her with one hiccup....one fail to eject/double feed (type III malf) on the Hirtenberger. Accuracy (all at 100m) for the Hirt was 3-4MOA, and the handloads (which were developed for another rifle) was 2-3MOA. All brass was thrown about 15' to 4-5 o'clock.
  • PMAG's work great, and the XCR mags work.....but require a healthy tap to get them to seat on a closed bolt.
  • The Cerakote appears to have been done well.
  • I would have preferred (and paid for) the upper and lower to be anodized to bring up the surface hardness.....
  • I'm not a fan of not having a data sheet. I'd like to know what types of aluminum and steel I'm dealing with. I'll probably have a buddy XRF/hardness test the bolt, BCG and receiver the next time he's by....just for ####s and giggles.
  • As an aside, the folks at SLR Rifleworks are an absolute pleasure to deal with.

All things considered, I'm relatively pleased.....as I got what I expected. The areas that could use improvement (that I've noticed so far) are all cosmetic (with one exception, the trigger) and don't adversely impact function.
 

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agilent_one said:
  • SLR Helix handguard
  • BCM grip and trigger guard.
  • ALG-ACT Trigger
  • Ferro sling
  • JP extractor
  • AAC muzzle stuff
  • SLR adjustable gas block
  • Magpul UBR
  • Flatwire buffer spring
  • SI ejection port cover.
  • Raptor CH.


Now, a few thoughts:


  • The factory trigger was possibly the worst I have ever experienced. I'm not too "trigger sensitive," but this was awful in a gritty/grindy kind of way. If they're buying these triggers from another manufacturer, they should switch. If they're making them themselves, they should stop. I have ALG-ACTs in all my other AR's....so I was going to switch anyway.
  • Barrel machining is a touch messy. Personally, I don't care....it's not a piano.
  • Internal machining on the BCG is perfect, and the bolt is nice and snug. External machining on the BCG looks like it was done with an angle grinder.....Jesus. Again, just a cosmetic thing. The gas key looks like it was made by hand..with a dull file. It is well staked, though.
  • Factory muzzle brake thing....too long, and brakes on low recoiling hunting rifles ain't my thing.
  • Safety was a bit gritty, but there was some foreign matter stuck between the detent and the safety. All cleared up....100%
  • I did have to modify the Raptor CH to fit...again, no biggie.
  • Ejection port. Mine definitely came with the "feature." I'm not too sure how this operation gets done on the CNC, but I'd be looking for ways to improve this.
  • Ran 80 (60 Hirtenberger and 20 handloads) rounds through her with one hiccup....one fail to eject/double feed on the Hirtenberger. Accuracy (all at 100m) for the Hirt was 3-4MOA, and the handloads (which were developed for another rifle) was 2-3MOA. All brass was thrown about 15' to 4-5 o'clock.
  • PMAG's work great, and the XCR mags work.....but require a healthy tap to get them to seat on a closed bolt.
  • The Cerakote appears to have been done well.
  • I would have preferred (and paid for) the upper and lower to be anodized to bring up the surface hardness.....
  • I'm not a fan of not having a data sheet. I'd like to know what types of aluminum and steel I'm dealing with. I'll probably have a buddy XRF/hardness test the bolt, BCG and receiver the next time he's by....just for ####s and giggles.
  • As an aside, the folks at SLR Rifleworks are an absolute pleasure to deal with.

All things considered, I'm relatively pleased.....as I got what I expected. The areas that could use improvement (that I've noticed so far) are all cosmetic (with one exception, the trigger) and don't adversely impact function.
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Did the SI dust cover fix your bonus "feature" issue? I have one here ready for mine but I'm curious.
 
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