NEA Soft Strike

Sniffer said:
Yeah possibly, I read through that thread yesterday - my troubles seem mild compared with yours

So how is that thing holding up now?
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Runs great, over 3000 rounds since repair without issue. Its a solid rifle.

NEA will ship the lower back via Canpar, hopefully if there is a CP strike your lower will already have arrived in Orillia.
 
TheWhole9Yards said:
Runs great, over 3000 rounds since repair without issue. Its a solid rifle.

NEA will ship the lower back via Canpar, hopefully if there is a CP strike your lower will already have arrived in Orillia.
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Good stuff - restores a little faith

Mine is still a little temperamental but its still new & tight - hopefully once its used a bit more things will settle down

Out of curiosity what you using for optics? And what sort of distances do you reckon its good for?
 
Sniffer said:
If its one of the Gen 1 (black?) bolts I would ask for sure - from what Ive read those things are a ticking time bomb
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That is bad info.*
OldFrankHog if you are concerned, send NEA an email with a pic of your bolt and your serial number. If your bolt is one of the ones from the batch that was faulty, I'm sure they will replace it.
 
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Runningfool said:
That is bad info.
OldFrankHog if you are concerned, send NEA an email with a pic of your bolt and your serial number. If your bolt is one of the ones from the batch they purchased that was faulty, I'm sure they will replace it.
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So I suggest asking NEA about replacement if he had one of the Gen 1 bolts (lots of info on the subject on this very forum) but this is bad info somehow?!

You then proceed to tell him to email NEA in case his is one of the faulty bolts which they may want to replace but this is good info?!

Am I missing something?
 
Sniffer said:
So I suggest asking NEA about replacement if he had one of the Gen 1 bolts (lots of info on the subject on this very forum) but this is bad info somehow?!

You then proceed to tell him to email NEA in case his is one of the faulty bolts which they may want to replace but this is good info?!

Am I missing something?
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The whole gen 1 gen 2 etc thing are categories that we end users have made up. There is actually no such thing as gen 1 or gen 2 rifles and no clear demarcation afaik.

The first rifles that NEA put out, which one would assume are what you refer to as first generation guns, didn't have bad bolts. I know because I have one (Jan 2012) and it contained a bolt made by dpms. It is far from a "ticking time bomb" as you suggest...it has more than 11K rounds through it and shows no signs of stopping. A friend of mine has one from what was literally the first batch NEA released (nov 2011) and same thing with his.

The bad batch of bolts came about in what many refer to as the 2nd gen rifles but again, because there are no clear definitions of these generations, it is hard to say with any precision. That is why I suggested that rather than judge by the colour of the bolt or relying on what a person thinks is the generation of the gun, anyone concerned should send NEA a pic of the bolt and the serial number - from that, NEA should be able to tell if their bolt is one of the faulty ones they purchased.

I called this bad info because people will read what you posted and think, "Gee, I have a gen 1 gun and it may be a ticking time bomb!" while others will say, "Whew, I have a gen 2 so my bolt should be fine". I didn't mean to pick on you, I just want to clarify things for those reading the thread.
 
Runningfool said:
The whole gen 1 gen 2 etc thing are categories that we end users have made up. There is actually no such thing as gen 1 or gen 2 rifles and no clear demarcation afaik.

The first rifles that NEA put out, which one would assume are what you refer to as first generation guns, didn't have bad bolts. I know because I have one (Jan 2012) and it contained a bolt made by dpms. It is far from a "ticking time bomb" as you suggest...it has more than 11K rounds through it and shows no signs of stopping. A friend of mine has one from what was literally the first batch NEA released (nov 2011) and same thing with his.

The bad batch of bolts came about in what many refer to as the 2nd gen rifles but again, because there are no clear definitions of these generations, it is hard to say with any precision. That is why I suggested that rather than judge by the colour of the bolt or relying on what a person thinks is the generation of the gun, anyone concerned should send NEA a pic of the bolt and the serial number - from that, NEA should be able to tell if their bolt is one of the faulty ones they purchased.

I called this bad info because people will read what you posted and think, "Gee, I have a gen 1 gun and it may be a ticking time bomb!" while others will say, "Whew, I have a gen 2 so my bolt should be fine". I didn't mean to pick on you, I just want to clarify things for those reading the thread.
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No worries, thought I was going crazy there for a second......!
 
Sniffer said:
No worries, thought I was going crazy there for a second......!
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You're not. And I just realized you are talking about the 7.62X39 guns that NEA has released and I was talking about their 556 guns. NEA's 7.62X39 gens are different than their 556 gens - they've had troubles with bolts for both of those guns at times so it's confusing to say the least! I've edited that post accordingly.
 
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Sniffer said:
Good stuff - restores a little faith

Mine is still a little temperamental but its still new & tight - hopefully once its used a bit more things will settle down

Out of curiosity what you using for optics? And what sort of distances do you reckon its good for?
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I'm sure once you have it back there will be no issues.

Here is a video I put together for the optics I run. To be honest I only really use the TRS, that has served well at 200yrds. My range is in the process of adding a 1km range hopefully I'll be able to test it at 300 and 400m.

 
This is a really helpful thread... my buddy bought a 762 this winter and he's been having the same issue... it's made me hold off on buying one for the time being... I'm gonna relay this thread to him... he hasn't contacted NEA yet but I think he will after this... also some of you guys seems pretty familiar with NEA with this whole postage thing we live close to Orillia you think it would be possible to drop it off pick it up from them
 
Opex said:
This is a really helpful thread... my buddy bought a 762 this winter and he's been having the same issue... it's made me hold off on buying one for the time being... I'm gonna relay this thread to him... he hasn't contacted NEA yet but I think he will after this... also some of you guys seems pretty familiar with NEA with this whole postage thing we live close to Orillia you think it would be possible to drop it off pick it up from them
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Highly doubt it. Because they manufacture firearms I bet nobody is allowed in there.
 
*Update*

I can see from tracking that my lower arrived on Tuesday, almost immediately my warranty/service request that I had opened to communicate the issue on the NEA site was closed and there has been no subsequent communication of any form

I can only hope this means that the lower is repaired and is on its way back to me but this is only a guess - would have been nice to have had an update if that were the case and I don't think a tracking number would be unreasonable considering the unrest at Canada Post as well as the fact that I afforded NEA that courtesy (at my own expense) when I sent it to them

Have others experiences been similar with NEA? Not trying to be a smart ass but I know they've had their share of issues so I would expect that they would have gotten good at the warranty process having had lots of practice
 
NEA has had there fair share of issues. However so has every major manufacturer at one point.

You can search the web and find issues with all of them.

I am sure they will look after you. And likely something minor my guess
 
Sniffer said:
*Update*

I can see from tracking that my lower arrived on Tuesday, almost immediately my warranty/service request that I had opened to communicate the issue on the NEA site was closed and there has been no subsequent communication of any form

I can only hope this means that the lower is repaired and is on its way back to me but this is only a guess - would have been nice to have had an update if that were the case and I don't think a tracking number would be unreasonable considering the unrest at Canada Post as well as the fact that I afforded NEA that courtesy (at my own expense) when I sent it to them

Have others experiences been similar with NEA? Not trying to be a smart ass but I know they've had their share of issues so I would expect that they would have gotten good at the warranty process having had lots of practice
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I am fairly certain they ship courier like Canpar? so the strike shouldn't cause any issues for you.
 
JasonYuke said:
NEA has had there fair share of issues. However so has every major manufacturer at one point.

You can search the web and find issues with all of them.

I am sure they will look after you. And likely something minor my guess
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And thats the thing, I suspect they have already taken care of the (known) issue, if thats the case why not simply let me know via the online system that they have in place, it would be relatively easy for them
 
Hey iam having light primer strikes after installing my new 762/39 NEA upper . Corrosive Chinese ammo. Where can I order the Wolff extra power spring? Anyone in Canada ? Thanks Gunner
 
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