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Don't buy a BCL 102
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Can't handle being wrong... resorts to calling people trolls... GFYS!!
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Not arguing the point that this is a regular occurrence with factory BCL rifles or that BCL has a flawed barrel nut design. I do however fail to see how that is even remotely relevant to the OP's rifle being a receiver set assembled with aftermarket parts.
Once again, does the Odin Works handguard use a BCL barrel nut?
No idea what barrel nut was used. This appears to be a common problem with bcl rifles since it keeps happening even when bcl did the assembly is all I am saying.
Definitely agree it's a common problem with the rifle. Most likely has more to do with the soft aluminum and lack of anodizing to surface harden than it has to do with barrel nut design. Simply put, these are s#!tty receivers.
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Did anyone notice if the barrel extension had rotated inside the receiver or was it still aligned TDC?
It's hard to tell from the angle of your picture but it does look like it has rotated a few degrees. Too bad it's disassembled and you can't get a better picture.
From what has been posted elsewhere on CGN, of the near 4000 BCL-102 rifles manufactured to date, 6 have been reported to have the barrel indexing problem. I don't know if this qualifies as a "common" problem. BCL is replacing these rifles.
The OP titled this thread "Don't buy a BCL 102".
He didn't buy a BCL-102. He bought a stripped receiver set, on which a rifle was assembled, two gunsmiths being involved. This rifle failed. The appearance of the upper receiver suggests that barrel indexing may have been the problem. That is an assembly issue.
Maybe the metallurgy of the 102 upper contributes to the problem. Surely the problem should have been apparent to a visual inspection.
The OP titled this thread "Don't buy a BCL 102".
He didn't buy a BCL-102. He bought a stripped receiver set, on which a rifle was assembled, two gunsmiths being involved. This rifle failed. The appearance of the upper receiver suggests that barrel indexing may have been the problem. That is an assembly issue.
Maybe the metallurgy of the 102 upper contributes to the problem. Surely the problem should have been apparent to a visual inspection.
Respectively, to be fair the receiver says "BCL 102" on it. Doesn't matter if it was a stripped receiver set or a whole rifle that he purchased, he still bought a BCL 102. I don't see how it can be anything else but a BCL 102
After his experience I think it's only right that he gives fair warning not to buy a BCL 102. Entire rifle or receiver set, they're still a BCL 102 and they're still both junk.
Just because there was only 6 posted on CGN, doesn’t mean there aren’t more.
BCL/NEA has a thread every second day about their crappy products.
At least since I’ve been here 2013.
I don’t understand how they’re still selling crap to CGN members.
And yes, I’ve owned one of their crappy AR15 sets.
BCL/NEA has a thread every second day about their crappy products.
At least since I’ve been here 2013.
I don’t understand how they’re still selling crap to CGN members.
And yes, I’ve owned one of their crappy AR15 sets.
If an AR is marked Armalite, it left Armalite as a finished rifle. If it marked Eagle Arms, it is an Armalite made receiver, exactly the same as an Armalite marked one - but heaven only knows who is responsible for putting the rifle together.
There is a real difference when it comes to warranty and liability.
That is the difference between the OP's rifle and one that left BCL as a complete rifle.
There is a real difference when it comes to warranty and liability.
That is the difference between the OP's rifle and one that left BCL as a complete rifle.
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Sometimes you have too. A lot of the barrel nuts don’t work with what you got so you need to make a wrench. I’ve made wrenches before for several odd barrel nuts now but I’ve never charged the customer the time it took me to make the tool.
I too would like to know
Yes there is a difference when it comes to warranty and liability. The fact that the OP's rifle left the factory as a stripped receiver set gets BCL off the hook. Makes it pretty easy for them to respond and pass the blame off to the guy who tightened the barrel nut.
Doesn't change the fact that the BCL receiver is made from cheap soft metal and that is what's causing these problems. Heck, they won't even disclose the type of aluminum used. That right there should be telling enough.
I don't buy into the excuse that it could have been caused by the gunsmith assembling the receiver set. BCL's own gunsmiths are having the same problem.
Anyways, the OP's problem is now solved thanks to the Stag 10. Unfortunate he got burnt. Luckily he didn't get hurt. I thank him for taking the time to give others warning.
