7.5" NEA issue

I assemble all of my AR-15s. The gas block set screws always frightens me so I drill about 2 millimetres into the bottom of the barrel where the set screws meet the barrel so that they can "lock" into the barrel and not move in either direction. As for the screws themselves, blue Loctite is the way to go.

It's a bit tricky but it will ensure that the gas block will never move.
 
wildernessguy said:
Was the OP tinkering? Not sure, but seems like he was cleaning up a poor trigger from the factory. If it would have arrived in better working order he likely would not have done anything to it in the first place by the sound of it. I would have sent it back for another one, or a refund. Just sayin'........
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Like i said im kinda new to the ar but last time i checked the trigger and gas block did not have anything to do with each other. Like i said im not saying anything bad about NEA but it seems like they need to step there QC checks up a bit
 
Sorry but If I buy a product and it doesn't work....I usually skip on buying anything from that manufacture again especially if they try and have me fix it??? Shouldn't you guys be asking him to send in his rifle and have it REPAIRED OR REPLACED... Maybe I'm new I guess thats not how things work in the firearms business?
 
mmcintyre1220 said:
Like i said im kinda new to the ar but last time i checked the trigger and gas block did not have anything to do with each other. Like i said im not saying anything bad about NEA but it seems like they need to step there QC checks up a bit
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I agree. If it had been mine, it would have been returned as soon as I tested the poor trigger. You deserve to get what the manufacturer claims they will deliver.
 
thracians45 said:
Sorry but If I buy a product and it doesn't work....I usually skip on buying anything from that manufacture again especially if they try and have me fix it??? Shouldn't you guys be asking him to send in his rifle and have it REPAIRED OR REPLACED... Maybe I'm new I guess thats not how things work in the firearms business?
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X2 I wanna shoot it, not fix it.
That being said, when they do have issues worked out, I will probably buy one
 
notsorichguy said:
First off I really like the new NEAs.

No digs here.....

When I first got the rifle in the mail from SFRC (thanks a bunch BTW) I noticed that the trigger pull was terrible and gritty as rubbing sand and gravel together. Other than that it was a thing of beauty:D

I contacted NEA about the trigger and they tossed me a link on how to do a trigger job, now she's pretty sweet!

Fast forward 2.5 months...... I finally get a chance to shoot the darn thing..... Moving, living away from the wife & kids since Sept, life been pretty busy with no time to shoot.....

I have broken in the trigger pretty well by this point dry firing it and stoning this or that, as well as lapping the mating surfaces with lapping compound. I bet there are over 500 pulls on the trigger by this point.

1st shot bang, second shot, bang thrid shot bang. clear chamber and adjust spark that came with the rifle so its at POA at 25y. 4th shot bang (right on target), but it doesn't cycle the action.... Cycle the action manually, eject spent case, check to ensure there is no obstruction load rnd 5 and 'click'..... (winchester White box ammo..... Cause someone is going to ask)

I notice that the hammer pin is sticking out one side and not in the hole in the other.

Break the rifle down, use the edge of the bench to push the pin back in while I'm holding the hammer so that the holes line up. No woirries, put er back together and insert mag, drop bolt and bang....... action doesn't cycle. This is when I notice that the gas block isn't where it used to be....... It is slightly forward. I have tools, just not the right ones.......
It's not a total loss, I have other guns with me, put the NEA away and plink away with some other toys till all the ammo is gone. pack up, go home.

So now I have the HG off the rifle, the gas block slides from the shoulder in the barrel to the Flash hider. I reset possition, tighten screws. Then I think about loc-tighting the SOB so it doesn't get loose again......

All I have is Blue on the bench, Should I get red? or Stake the b*tch?

Do I stake the Hammer pin as well...... as the darn thing seems to back out under recoil, I had to push it back in when I got home and that was after only 1 rnd......

Thanks!
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Avalonthas said:
read the above folks.....user tinkering....not manufacturer defect
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Read the above folks, the gas block got loose... manufacuting defect.... not user tinkering.
 
Why is it that I'm the least upset about this?

It's my rifle!

If you compare the NEA AR to a ruger 10/22; the NEAs seem to have alot fewer issues.......

At least the NEA seems to load and extract without any issues!

Granted the trigger needed some work when I got it but so has almost every single factory rifle I've ever owned! The difference between the AR trigger and the trigger in a 10-22 or a remmy 700 is that I don't need to do any research or ask any questions about them.

As far as the gas block goes, it's something I should have checked, I know enough to do that, but I didnt. Should the screws have been tightened before it left the assembly line? Sure, but if that is the only issue, I can live with that!

(The commercial tube ticked me off more than anything; I'm still a bit butt hurt about that...... But that's a different thread)

Cheers!
 
easysauce said:
really? I see plenty of people say they have great NEAs, but they usually get shouted down pretty quick, or called shills (because there would NEVER be anti NEA shills right?)...

I did a review on mine, http://canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=748166 , didnt take long to be accused of being a shill simply for enjoying my functional rifle. and norincos have plenty of issues, they just are not held to the same standard. I have an unstaked norq, with a loose fire selector, that has a bolt hold open that only holds open half the time. I still consider it a good gun however, because it was ONLY 700 bucks. I paid 300 more for my NEA, and its way better.
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People call you a shill because you post in every thread mentioning NEA and nut swing to the point of being a fanboy blind to any criticism of the products regardless if its justly deserved.

If the bolt hold open on your Norc doesn't work all the time you should look at it and see why. Its a $4 part and its not exactly a complicated mechanism.

My norc only has a piddly 1,000 rounds down range and it functions flawless, kicks neat little piles of brass and the bolt always locks open so should I post in every Norc issue thread and contradict the owners by saying "WELL MY NORC WORKS GREAT BUT HATERS GONNA HATE"

Every manufacturer will have a few defective products slip through the cracks, some more than others.
 
No one should be bashing a manufacture for sure especially a a Canadian one, we don't have that many guys. But if something doesn't work 100%.... it doesn't work

period! The cost of something shouldn't really be a factor I have Norc 1911 I Paid 250$ for and I haven't had any issue yet. Its clear MAKING $$$ was a factor here...they

got a license and rushed a product to shelves before it had really been through its paces. Same thing happens with alot of things unfortunately we all pay the price,

company's name and reputation goes down and people who own there products don't enjoy them or carry a pride in ownership.
 
well now going back through the posts i must Appologize to NEA, my comments were *pardon the pun* jumping the gun. i believe (upton re-reading NEAs post) he meant to say that in GENERAL the OP was tinkering, as a manufacturer (of a different sort) if some one tinkers with one thing you cant assume they didnt mess with other compenents aswell


SORRY NEA FOR THE HASTY COMMENTS....

p.s. NEA products are still on my AR build hahaa:cool:


and as for the issue, Notsorichguy did post a problem and also informed us that NEA quickly replied with a fix albiet the customer had to fix the problem but re-tightening the gas block pin and loctiting it doesnt really justify shipping the whole rifle back for a refund
 
I don't understand how people compare a manufacture like NEA to Norinco, Ruger or whoever else makes firearms on a very large scale. NEA is no where near making the amount of units these manufactures make and still have problems with a lot of their AR rifles. Their QC should be able to catch a lot more than they are. Have they even cracked the 1000 unit mark yet? Norinco makes thousands of these CQ-A rifles a month and still only have problems in a small scale of these rifles. I'd say that is very good considering apparently they don't even have QC. New firearm manufactures may have issues in the beginning but there are way to many popping up in these NEA AR15's. I hope they resolve their issues.
 
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