A tip for all RFB owners with reliability issues

To fix this problem you will have to remove the bolt from the rest of the charging assembly. Only one pin to remove the bolt. On the bolt you will see 2 cartridge grab hands (one at either side). Mine are black where the bolt is, I believe nickel plated. Pull these grab hands down over the firing pin and let go. Does the hands spring back into position with ease or jam up? If it springs up with ease, reassemble your bolt into the charging assembly and test slide within the charging assembly and rifle body. Check for binding and correct as necessary. If the grab hands don't spring back up into position you will have to stretch open the retaining spring clamp. To hold these grab hands in position is a u shaped spring clamp with 2 holes to allow the grab hands to pivot. Hole per side. This is the spring clamp that straddles a coil spring. Grab a flat blade screwdriver with roughly a 1/4" wide blade and wedge it under the spring clamp and twist the screwdriver making this spring clamp stretch open a little. Be careful not to slip the screwdriver and stab your other hand. Twist just a little. It will take some force to even do this. Pull out the screwdriver and test the grab hands again. If it springs up off the firing pin, reassemble the rifle. If it does not, stretch the spring clamp some more until it does. This fix will also correct issues with fired casings jamming and being spit out with square necks. The squaring of the neck is caused by these grab hands not flipping the casings up into the ejection port and actually holding the casing half way then jamming it onto the square piece found on the rifle body just above the chamber.

Oil these rifles well. I use a light chain lube for the winter and sp400 inhibitor wax for warmer climates. Sorry no photos - I did the work on so many rfb's where the owner didn't take pictures lol..
 
LloydM said:
Indeed, the FAL mags just seem to be a poor design. I wonder if the FAL rifles ever had problems with the mags functioning?

The RFB is fantastic, but if I could change one thing on it that would be to make it use M14 mags; they seem more reliable, easier to unload, and there are a lot more M14 owners than FAL owners, so you would not need to buy a whole new set of magazines if you already owned an M14...

Hopefully they will build the .223 version on AR mags not something like Mini 14 mags. That being said, I don't know if I would trade my Tavor for a .223 RFB or not. The Tavor is pretty awsome, but forward ejecting is awsome and the way all rifles should be.
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the FAL had machined in feed lips in the reciever, the mags only had to retain rounds until they were inserted
 
I have a gen 2 and run Thermold 5/20, DSA 5/20 and 5/30 mags and have had no problems at all yet. I don't lube my mags and I don't excessively lube the action, just a nice light coat on the moving surfaces and that's it.
The test mentioned earlier by Masic about the extractors springing back to the raised position works best if you put an empty casing in the extractors because they will rub the bolt sides when empty.

My advice it that you don't mention using reloads. Using reloads will void your warranty with most firearms and if your rifle ends up needing to go back to KelTec for repair you may screw yourself out of a free fix.

Good luck, I hope you get it figured out. I love my RFB and know you will to as soon as you get the kinks worked out.
 
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