SRV2 Siberian Reviews

Well some of this is encouraging, I do agree that the FTF issue is most likely magazines. I have also seen some FTE issues as well. I’m still pretty in the fence about this rifle. Either way I’m waiting for the solid FDE coloured versions to come out before purchasing. Hopefully I’ll have my mind made up by then. In the meantime keep the info rolling!
 
D.Pagenkopf said:
That's good to know, I'm buying it from somebody that changed their mind though. It hasn't arrived, "weather delays" in shipping. Hope with warranty it isn't just "original owner" and BCL stands with products that have made it to other people's hands.
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BCL still suffers from the stigma of past product issues but for the most part they have tried to make it right even in the past. Sometimes s h i t happens and some people can be pretty loud when they receive bad service.

I would be shocked if BCL was unwilling to help sort out any issues that may pop up for someone that buys one of their products second hand, even if the warranty says it only applies to the original owner..... good service is going beyond what is required and at this point BCL's attitude should be above and beyond.
 
I haven't come across a solvent that works to dissolve baked on carbon built up on a piston.

Brakeclean - It will pull surface stuff off and run all over the hand guard and gun making a mess.
Varsol - works with additional mechanical action.

Bottom line is you guys with these thing are going to be constantly pulling them apart, if you want them clean.
 
beltfed said:
I haven't come across a solvent that works to dissolve baked on carbon built up on a piston.

Brakeclean - It will pull surface stuff off and run all over the hand guard and gun making a mess.
Varsol - works with additional mechanical action.

Bottom line is you guys with these thing are going to be constantly pulling them apart, if you want them clean.
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Dish washer???
 
beltfed said:
I haven't come across a solvent that works to dissolve baked on carbon built up on a piston.

Brakeclean - It will pull surface stuff off and run all over the hand guard and gun making a mess.
Varsol - works with additional mechanical action.

Bottom line is you guys with these thing are going to be constantly pulling them apart, if you want them clean.
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CLR works, but maybe not for this application. Valid points otherwise.
Depends on the coating. My POF with NP3 cleaned up real easy.

In the case of the Siberian, I don't think it's that hard to take it off and clean it if you are theguys that needs to scrub everything. The real question is how often does it need to be cleaned? Do you take the gas block off an AR?

It seems like a good rifle for the money, but time will tell. All of the available options hae issues to contend with, this one is no different. I'll keep updating as I get rounds downrange.
 
scourge18a said:
In the case of the Siberian, I don't think it's that hard to take it off and clean it if you are theguys that needs to scrub everything. The real question is how often does it need to be cleaned? Do you take the gas block off an AR?
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Thanks for the further review.
I don't think the take down is onerous necessarily, just a pain in the a$$.
Let's say you ran a class with it, you'd probably want to strip it down and clean the piston daily.
Likewise if you competed with it (say 3-gun or service rifle/carbine, you'd train with it and need to strip it before each match.

The AR (DI) isn't designed to be taken apart, as the gas tube design blows the carbon through it to the bolt carrier.
If you shot 200 rounds on that outing and that was an average, you'd probably want to clean it at least 2-3 outings interval.

I wouldn't locktite that gas plug btw - I think that is asking for trouble, especially if has a tendency of fouling with carbon.

I thought the accuracy is about on par for something like this - price point and quality-wise for what they have put into it.
 
2.5 MOA with 55 grain is standard for most of them. Of course we don't know how good the shooter is as well. I will buy one of those in a few months.
 
scourge18a said:
CLR works, but maybe not for this application. Valid points otherwise.
Depends on the coating. My POF with NP3 cleaned up real easy.

In the case of the Siberian, I don't think it's that hard to take it off and clean it if you are theguys that needs to scrub everything. The real question is how often does it need to be cleaned? Do you take the gas block off an AR?

It seems like a good rifle for the money, but time will tell. All of the available options hae issues to contend with, this one is no different. I'll keep updating as I get rounds downrange.
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I'm interested in knowing how often the gas system really needs cleaning, too. I am tempted to buy one of these and run it long enough to find out, but I don't really need another 180 style rifle at all. I've got a few WS-MCR rifles that have high round counts with minimal gas system service and they keep chugging away.
 
beltfed said:
Thanks for the further review.
I don't think the take down is onerous necessarily, just a pain in the a$$.
Let's say you ran a class with it, you'd probably want to strip it down and clean the piston daily.
Likewise if you competed with it (say 3-gun or service rifle/carbine, you'd train with it and need to strip it before each match.

The AR (DI) isn't designed to be taken apart, as the gas tube design blows the carbon through it to the bolt carrier.
If you shot 200 rounds on that outing and that was an average, you'd probably want to clean it at least 2-3 outings interval.

I wouldn't locktite that gas plug btw - I think that is asking for trouble, especially if has a tendency of fouling with carbon.

I thought the accuracy is about on par for something like this - price point and quality-wise for what they have put into it.
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Thanks, agreed.
I usually lock tite everything and I'm not scared to use red on bases etc. Never had an issue, can always remove with some heat from a soldering iron.

FatCatsDad said:
As long as the ground hog falls within that, I'll be happy
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Exactly

Gatehouse said:
I'm interested in knowing how often the gas system really needs cleaning, too. I am tempted to buy one of these and run it long enough to find out, but I don't really need another 180 style rifle at all. I've got a few WS-MCR rifles that have high round counts with minimal gas system service and they keep chugging away.
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Ya, I don't plan on cleaning the gas system at all until failure.
 
Gatehouse said:
I'm interested in knowing how often the gas system really needs cleaning, too. I am tempted to buy one of these and run it long enough to find out, but I don't really need another 180 style rifle at all. I've got a few WS-MCR rifles that have high round counts with minimal gas system service and they keep chugging away.
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I think you need to expand on what "high round count" and "minimal gas system service" actually means Laugh2

Based on what I've experienced with 180s, they'll keep on chugging well past 1500 rnds.
 
The steel bolt rides on the aluminum receiver it looks like. Anyone know how to find pics of the internal area of the receiver? The videos are great but it's too blurry to see inside well.
 
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