NEA 7.62x39 AR platform

[c_diddy]

Anyone have any feedback for new North Eastern Arms 7.62 x 39 ARs?
I've heard good thing so far about NEA but I've never shot one yet. Any feedback is appreciated

 

[JohnnyP636]

Anyone have any feedback for new North Eastern Arms 7.62 x 39 ARs?
I've heard good thing so far about NEA but I've never shot one yet. Any feedback is appreciated

Just wondering what "good things" have you heard about NEA?

 

[Phat Eagle]

Search the forums... lots of negatives, some positives.

YMMV.

 

[Blastattack]

I will be getting one shortly and it will see a bunch of rounds through it. Should be fun.

 

[drifter dave]

My 14.5 was good.
I wouldnt get the 7" personally.

 

[samsplacci71]

I also have a NEA in x 39, 14.5" long. Runs fine. I shoot mainly Dominion Ammo by Can Am.

 

[CobraGT]

A buddy of mine has one in 7". Seems to run well. Fit and finish appear good.

 

[c_diddy]

My 14.5 was good.
I wouldnt get the 7" personally.

Why wouldn't you get the 7"?

 

[c_diddy]

They've got lifetime warranties. What problems have you guys heard about? I've read mostly good stuff about the reliability and finish of these guns.

 

[sodburner]

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1180200-NEA-in-7-62x39-The-Guinea-Pig-thread-)

good place to start... read read read

 

[Phat Eagle]

A lot of the vitriol seems to come from NEAs early production models. They had a batch of junky BCGs and other problems. To their credit, NEA and SFRC bent over backwards to make things right.

Most reviews of the newer models are positive. FWIW one of my friends won a 14.5" 7.62x39 NEA at the TacMatch finale in August. He's put several hundred rounds through it and has been very pleased.

 

[drifter dave]

Why wouldn't you get the 7"?

Ar's under 10" tend to get finicky. As do 7.62 Ar's.
Add to that, its an NEA, also can be a crapshoot.
So thats a trifecta.
Several threads on Nea shorty issues.
My 14.5 was good though.

 

[jamesD83]

I have a 7.5" NEA in 7.62. I got recently just got it, so I haven't put too many rounds through it. So far it's been great. Love it. Glad I got it.

It did feel like a gamble buying it. I did a lot of online searching to see if it would be reliable etc., but there is basically nothing. I saw one video from a reputable guy (name's Ryan - from funker tactical videos) on You tube and that made me feel better. But besides that: nothing. He had the 14.5" and explained how they modified the bolt and feedramps for the larger round

Anyone out there with one, please review it and share.
I have a success story thread here on cgn.

More pioneering.

Even NEA should have videos showing the quality of their product. Results of testing.

I'm happy with mine since it's been running great so far. A 7.5" barrelled AR in 7.62x39 seemed like the best idea anyone ever, in the history of mankind, has ever come up with. - that's why I took the gamble.

 

[c_diddy]

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1180200-NEA-in-7-62x39-The-Guinea-Pig-thread-)

good place to start... read read read

Thanks!

 

[drifter dave]

I should mention that the 14.5 was surprisingly accurate as well.

 

[Magnum240]

any suggestions for the best place to get magazines for the 7.62 x 39 to fit the NEA?

 

[Still alive]

any suggestions for the best place to get magazines for the 7.62 x 39 to fit the NEA?

Wolverine should be a good place to start. They carry the 10rd XCR x39 pistol mags. They fit the WW x39 ARs so I would think they fit the NEA also.

 

[albertacoyotecaller]

Mine runs fine.

 

[Smcx]

I have a 7.5"
Runs great.