My NEA is broken....I should have listened

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Leviathan024

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Hello CGN'ers

So today i am shooting my NEA 14.5 patrol carbine at the range and i get a fail to fire. i look in the ejection port and the bolt is stuck half way. eject the cartridge separate the upper and lower and have some metal fragments fall out.
this is what went wrong.....

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I will be contacting NEA for a replacement bolt but i would like to spend the $ on a GOOD solid bolt and carrier any suggestions?

EDIT: bought off EE .early spring 2012 MFG,Rifle has less than 1k rounds if the previous owner was factual.only used norinco .223 by me, rifle has run without issue except for this. I have done the NEA warranty transfer and NEA has been contacted but it is a weekend.
 
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He just has to replace the bolt... and the rifle. LOL The carrier is likely a non-issue.

Arms East has Stag bolts in stock.
 
CZ85Combat said:
Never seen a bolt broken like this before... Actually, never seen a bolt failing...
Did it affect your chamber?
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You are not shooting enough or not shooting with a sound suppressor ;) . I see this alot at work but only after alot of rounds. AR/C7 bolts when they break, always break there.

But for a new bolt this is not right, Return it right away
 
You don't need a replacement bolt carrier group.
You need a replacement bolt.
Call NEA, they should replace it.
It is not unheard of for a locking lug to break like that. Saw a Colt lose two or three lugs last September at NSCC.
 
this is a rifle i got used in the EE. 14.5 patrol carbine. it is from spring 2012 around march i believe less than 1k rounds. i do not see any other signs of damage but i need to clean it more.
 
Not sure of your round count or what ammo you were using, but that's how an AR bolt normally fails. I've seen a good many CF bolts fail just like that, but as mentioned, usually after significant use.

I'd just replace the bolt (warranty?) and keep shooting - no sweat.

As an aside, Magpul makes a grip insert to hold a spare bolt - but probably not be cause they break or anything... where's that tongue-in-cheek emoticon again?
 
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Kevin M. said:
***Cough***pot-metal***Cough****
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Hardly. If anything, that bolt was overly hard. That resembles a typical brittle fracture, possibly due to insufficient annealing when it was heat treated. It looks like a fracture of martensitic Carpenter 158 steel to me, though I would have to look at it under a microscope to be certain.

But what do I know?
 
i love how the usual mods/posters say its ok, go ahead keep shooting it....its normal....:rolleyes:
Why do we not have ONE SINGLE thread on CGN of any other manufacture's bolt failing like this?

This is NOT the CF, this is real life, CGN users. No abnormal use we are seeing these failures with 500-1000 rounds fired. Zero Full auto fire. S*it products are to blame, nothing more.
 
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