NEW ITEM: Dominion Arms Socom 18

Hey guys, so a replacement for me just got here(Problem with shipping warranted a replacement, not canam or the product), I cleaned her all up and greased her, plugged a mag in (One that definitely should not have passed QC) And it goes in fine , but when removing it, I am able to rock it forward, that it gets stuck, it does not come off the little spike/groove thingy that holds the front of the mag in, I can muscle it out, but it takes some doing, any fix's? I do not want to have to ship anything back to canam again.
 
It looks just over enough that would cause the front site have to be adjusted as it was.
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I'm a lil confused as I thought the navy sight on the gas lock negated any issues with barrel index effecting the sights being slanted.

but when removing it, I am able to rock it forward, that it gets stuck, it does not come off the little spike/groove thingy that holds the front of the mag in
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Mine's the same and its a combo of a new rifle, sticky mag release and the mags themselves being a bit oversized. My other mags work great. Hit the spring area of the mag release with some good oil/lubricant like g96, this will help.
 
drifter dave said:
I'm a lil confused as I thought the navy sight on the gas lock negated any issues with barrel index effecting the sights being slanted.



Mine's the same and its a combo of a new rifle, sticky mag release and the mags themselves being a bit oversized. My other mags work great. Hit the spring area of the mag release with some good oil/lubricant like g96, this will help.
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Perhaps once I can get a few rounds down and sight it in, the front site can be set back to the 'middle-ish' of the gas block. It is just noticeable that it is as far over to the one side as it can go. Perhaps just lazy assemblers. Perhaps I assumed in error that this was set this way for a reason to accommodate another factor. Again to note though, still going through stripping and cleaning it, everything seems to be very solid and tight.
 
BrentSc said:
Perhaps once I can get a few rounds down and sight it in, the front site can be set back to the 'middle-ish' of the gas block. It is just noticeable that it is as far over to the one side as it can go. Perhaps just lazy assemblers. Perhaps I assumed in error that this was set this way for a reason to accommodate another factor. Again to note though, still going through stripping and cleaning it, everything seems to be very solid and tight.
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Mine was set to the far left (yeah, lazy assemblers) ... I simply loosened the screw, placed it in the middle of the block and re-tightened. took all of 3 minutes.
 
Ha! Thanks again drifter! Yeah, I was totally fixed on the front of the mag, your reply helped me realize it was actually the tiniest of tiny ####ty weld spots on the catch that the mag release holds onto, when removing the mag, one of the 4 little weld spots was getting hung up on the mag release, filed the weld and a bit of that mag catch thing down and slides out like a glove. Thats brother.

(The mag was a bit to big for it too)


drifter dave said:
Mine's the same and its a combo of a new rifle, sticky mag release and the mags themselves being a bit oversized. My other mags work great. Hit the spring area of the mag release with some good oil/lubricant like g96, this will help.
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I just use a couple of my SA NM M1A 10 shots mags in my Socom's, they just fit and out silky smooth... JP.
 
No worries.
Ya these new mags (with the welded insert to limit to 5 rounds) are a lot crappier than the old ones (more grey in color, riveted).
Mine has the sight all the way to the right as well, but I don't think it's related to index (I could be mistaken here).
 
Tommycanada said:
Mine was set to the far left (yeah, lazy assemblers) ... I simply loosened the screw, placed it in the middle of the block and re-tightened. took all of 3 minutes.
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It has nothing to do with "lazy assemblers" . Usually the front sight is set and staked at the factory to be reasonably zeroed for windage with the rear sight set at the center hash mark. If you move the front sight, you will have to crank the rear sight in the opposite direction to be able return to zero. This was accepted practice for military M14's as well, as long as the front sight did not overhang the sight base to achieve zero with the rear sight centered, the rifle met tolerances and it was good to go. It was desirable to be able to adjust the rear sight for wind drift with equal range in both directions, and simply returning it to the center hash mark recovered sight in zero in a repeatable fashion.
 
You will notice there is a stake mark where your front sight should be returned to.
It's not about cosmetics, rather function.
 
If mine came zero'd, with the front sight alllll the way to the right, almost hanging off the dovetail, with the rear sight centered... There is something terribly wrong then. In other words, I do not believe these rifles come sighted in at all. Also, there are two stake marks on the sight , the other will put it much closer to center. I will shoot it before I touch anything mind you.
 
Got my Socom and all seems pretty damn good, front sight to the far right though. The big thing I noticed is that the rifling seems weak (not very deep/pronounced) not like my other 308's , SKS's, 303 etc. Is this normal for these for these Socoms or other m305's? I have not fired it yet to check groupings, it's been snowing like crazy here.
Thanks in advance for any comments.
 
Tommycanada said:
Mine was set to the far left (yeah, lazy assemblers) ... I simply loosened the screw, placed it in the middle of the block and re-tightened. took all of 3 minutes.
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Now your rear sight will be off when you shoot it . You want the rear sight centered no matter what , the front sight should be set from the factory, its very common to have them all the way to one side of the block does not matter , every rifle is different front sights cant all be in the middle and sill be able to have a centered rear sight for a zero , there are hash marks from the factory punched in to show.. PEOPLE DONT MESS WITH YOUR FRONT SIGHTS unless your rear sight needs to be off center to zero the rifle on target , uncommon ..
 
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BCshooterFMJ said:
If mine came zero'd, with the front sight alllll the way to the right, almost hanging off the dovetail, with the rear sight centered... There is something terribly wrong then. In other words, I do not believe these rifles come sighted in at all. Also, there are two stake marks on the sight , the other will put it much closer to center. I will shoot it before I touch anything mind you.
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Nothing wrong, within acceptable tolerances for a battle rifle. Shoot it as delivered and see how it is, probably will be close for windage and not good for elevation, a common problem with shorties. Match M14 rifle tuning is another story, at least $2500 for "blueprinted" rifles with perfect index, assembled from the cream of the crop parts selected for perfect tolerance and likely these will have perfectly centered front sights along with the rear sight centered. Precisely indexed/aligned factory Norincos/Dominion Arms are pretty rare, and will likely (always) have other minor issues, what do you expect for less than $500?
Seriously, these rifles are a steal at the price. I currently own 3, fun to shoot and as much fun to tweak - If one is picky and inept, just buck up and have a custom rifle built for you.
 
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boss351cleveland said:
Now your rear sight will be off when you shoot it . You want the rear sight centered no matter what , the front sight should be set from the factory, its very common to have them all the way to one side of the block does not matter , every rifle is different front sights cant all be in the middle and sill be able to have a centered rear sight for a zero , there are hash marks from the factory punched in to show.. PEOPLE DONT MESS WITH YOUR FRONT SIGHTS unless your rear sight needs to be off center to zero the rifle on target , uncommon ..
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Exactly.................................I agree! But if the newbies want to center their front sight for cosmetic reasons and then wind their rear sight way off zero to compensate for this mistake, I guess it is OK. After all, it achieves a similar result for casual shooters, and it is all really about the enjoyment of shooting these rifles.
 
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