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

[Claven2]

No offence intended Claven, but in my eyes, many parts of this rifle have been at one time a lemon. Countless threads of problems, and events of unsavory buisness practice that led to banned members have made me lose all faith in the company.

I know I will be roasted by some for saying this, but I honestly believe you get a better working product more often with Norinco then you do NEA. I will not buy Canadian if they can not keep up to the quality of Chinese mass production, I will take my money to the US market.

I digress, I will not be buying one so there is no point in me voicing my opinion further on this thread. Just one more broken NEA thread for the books.

No offence taken. I'm not an NEA "fanboy" and am not trying to defend that bolt. But to tell the OP his rifle is not safe simply because NEA made it is patently false. I believe a new bolt would address his issue.

 

[jdman]

claven,
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im saying how many other broken bolts have been sent back. Not ones that seem fine.

 

[Polar Man]

exactly. apples to oranges.

How many rounds through the OP's?
You were involved in the NEA gate circus weren't you? Sounds like apples to sour grapes.

 

[jdman]

Personally, with reports of broken bolts from NEA I would simply buy one from Arms East and be done with it. Why do you think you'd have any better luck with a NEA replacement bolt if the same batch are used in production rifles?

BINGO!

winner winner chicken dinner.

 

[tiriaq]

And jdman gets the last word.

 

[C77]

One owner. SP1. Colt scope mounted on carrying handle. In use by an experienced shooter. Rifle not banged up and worn grey. No idea of round count. One match down the tube. Loaner Colt bolt installed, went on to finish the course of matches.

I gave him the new bolt. The old one lost a lug the season before and he shot with it all year missing a lug before the second one broke at NSCC.

I watched a test with a C7 bolt with three lugs intentionally sheared off fire the 6,000 round endurance test without a hiccup.

In my experience, bolts crack well before they fail. Replace them and get on with it.