is this a New or Refurb'd JR Carbine? Initial impressions. Please comment.

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Hey all,


Received my JR Carbine... Initial impressions: 'So-so.'
Haven't shot it yet.

Out of the box, I swapped the standard grip with an MOE. I noticed that the 'detent spring hole' is off and not perfectly aligned with the hole in the grip. In my excitement I forgot to compare its alignment to the hole in the original AR grip.

When I go home today I'll check to confirm if it is the grip or the trigger housing.

Anyway, the spring thing is a problem because the spring gets pinched; the safety thus is only under half of the spring pressure which makes for a weak feeling safety engage/disengage.

Does anyone else here have a weak feeling safety?

I have an idea for a fix (slightly englarge the hole on the grip to remove the pinch), but if it turns out to the the trigger housing I'll be very dissapointed.
I also noticed that the grip went on effortlessly which has me now questioning tolerances (almost falls into place).

Anyway, I'll update when I get home.

The blued barrel also kinda sucks, was hoping for parkerizing. The bore looked rather dirty.[/U]
Looks like lots of brass went through it as well (testing at the factory?) The bolt face was brass coloured with visible head stamp markings.

Is this normal?

If it's normal I can handle it and have no problems... but if I got a refurb I'd be pissed as I paid the 'new' price.

Comments on your unboxing experiences appreciated.

~Cheers
 
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mine was fired and the blued barrel was nothing to get excited about but otherwise in imacculate condition, dont worry about removing the pin holding the 6 position stock in permanant place, it will work out after 100 rds. pics of your concerns would help
 
Hi thanks... yeah, I suppose it was meticulously test fired ;)
(A few hundred rounds by the looks of it).

My concern was the lands and rifling in the bore were hazy and copper coloured; didn't look like a single shot or two.
Then again, I suppose I should be happy... this thing better function flawlessly.


I pulled the pin immediately upon opening the box. How?
Allen key roughly the same size, inserted all the way, then with a twisting motion and pulling out. Took a few times, but got it out.


Anyway, looks like a fun Non-Restricted.
Here's a pic of the mock-up (handguard is resting on top).
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2012-06-05
18:24hrs
Everything is cool... BOOO! on Magpul. The AR15 grip lines up perfectly, the Magpul is misaligned :(
I made the spring hole in the MOE oval now and all is well again, no pinching.

I'm back to liking this thing.



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so how are you going to install the MOE handguard?
0,750 is the perfect diameter to have a FSB installed and use a end cap. Otherwise I'm mindblown as to how you'd do it
 
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