Anybody else have a NEA15 .22Lr 7.5"?
- Thread starter Gariagi
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I have the 14.5" and it has / had issues as well...by issues I mean it was more like a bolt action. Fire, misfire, fire, misfire...Almost all light strikes and the bolt not fully closing.
I have managed to improve it and get it to cycle more reliably...to the point where I can empty a 25 round mag with only one or two FTF's. Still have one small trouble spot to fix and I think I can get it to 99/100.
If your issues are similar, it's probably the following...
Extractor has really limited movement and a very tight spring. As a result, the bolt was tilting slightly (there seems to be a fair bit of play in the bolt's lateral movement), and rubbing on the receiver and was not completely going into battery so the round wasn't seating right...Filed a hair off of the rear of the extractor to relief it a bit, now bolt closes completely every cycle. I can post some pictures later to show what I mean. This helped but wasn't enough...
Check your bolt assembly. On the recoil spring guide, I noticed some wear marks (actual chips and gouges) inside the channel where the hammer comes up to strike the firing pin. Long story short, I dremeled that channel to allow the hammer to move freely without contacting the guide. This helped a lot...I am now at about 90% but I am still seeing faint rub marks on the guide / hammer. Very faint, but there still is some contact. Don't want to remove any more material for fear of damaging the guide so still have one mod to go.
For the finale, I am going to install a stronger hammer spring to counter any loss of power in the friction with the recoil spring guide. Combined with the natural "polishing" which will occur, and given the improvement so far, I am confident this will do the trick.
Hopefully this helps. I considered just selling the upper and buying something else, but figured I'd just be handing my problems off to someone else...now that it's working, I'm glad I didn't.
I have managed to improve it and get it to cycle more reliably...to the point where I can empty a 25 round mag with only one or two FTF's. Still have one small trouble spot to fix and I think I can get it to 99/100.
If your issues are similar, it's probably the following...
Extractor has really limited movement and a very tight spring. As a result, the bolt was tilting slightly (there seems to be a fair bit of play in the bolt's lateral movement), and rubbing on the receiver and was not completely going into battery so the round wasn't seating right...Filed a hair off of the rear of the extractor to relief it a bit, now bolt closes completely every cycle. I can post some pictures later to show what I mean. This helped but wasn't enough...
Check your bolt assembly. On the recoil spring guide, I noticed some wear marks (actual chips and gouges) inside the channel where the hammer comes up to strike the firing pin. Long story short, I dremeled that channel to allow the hammer to move freely without contacting the guide. This helped a lot...I am now at about 90% but I am still seeing faint rub marks on the guide / hammer. Very faint, but there still is some contact. Don't want to remove any more material for fear of damaging the guide so still have one mod to go.
For the finale, I am going to install a stronger hammer spring to counter any loss of power in the friction with the recoil spring guide. Combined with the natural "polishing" which will occur, and given the improvement so far, I am confident this will do the trick.
Hopefully this helps. I considered just selling the upper and buying something else, but figured I'd just be handing my problems off to someone else...now that it's working, I'm glad I didn't.
Actually it's a complete upper that I bought but they also had the complete rifle. And, they definitely have some bugs to work out.
Johann (NEAG Inc)
Jan 29, 10:49
Hi Matthew
I apologize for this. Our 22 cal carrier are forged and the suppliers did not do a good job with it. This is why we stopped selling the 22 cal uppers. I can send you a replacement retaining pin. Please provide your address.
Thanks
North Eastern Arms Group In
They knew they were junk sold them anyways.
Jan 29, 10:49
Hi Matthew
I apologize for this. Our 22 cal carrier are forged and the suppliers did not do a good job with it. This is why we stopped selling the 22 cal uppers. I can send you a replacement retaining pin. Please provide your address.
Thanks
North Eastern Arms Group In
They knew they were junk sold them anyways.
CanAm has them...I got my upper from SFRC but I don't see them on their site anymore.
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/nea15-22lr-14-5-carbine-variation-1/
Be prepared to put some work into it if you buy one.
Yup, that's where I got mine from, although with the 7.5" barrel.
From the sounds of it I am having the exact same issues you were having. I sent mine in for warranty work and they replaced the barrel extension but I didn't really notice any improvement after getting my upper back. Guess I'll just keep this one in the back of my gun cabinet until I feel like tinkering with it a bit. Thanks for the info.
For the record, NEA's customer service was good; too bad this particular rifle isn't.
That's ####ty Gariagi I got an NEA 7.5in 22LR was it POS. FtF, fte. searched Internet about fixes ground the bolt ground the slide ground hammer replaced springs overlubed didn't lube it. finally set it back the NEA (they were awesome by the way) they realigned the barrel far as I know and she runs like a beaut now. I'm 200 rounds in and fingers crossed she is fixed. I am still running a 10/22 recoil spring (?? Not sure if that's the term) and modified bolt.
