So how do the NEA Ar's shoot

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gunny bunny said:
Sounds like you got a bad quad rail. You need to call them and ask for it to be swapped out. They told me they had a few bad rails get out.
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I e-mailed NEA about my concerns with the 12 inch quad rail and they shipped me out a new replacement immediately. I couldn't be more impressed, these guys take their business seriously and that counts for a lot. Now I have to tackle this heavy trigger spring issue that everyone is talking about.
 
I got NEA AR15 couple weeks ago, took it to the range today. Gun loaded, one shot, round does not fly out, re-####, round went out, but new round is not loaded and sits in the mag. Re-####, shot, bolt got jammed. I thought it was PMags, tried another type of the mag, same thing. SO most of the time, either round it not out or new round is not loaded from mag. Relubed bolt, still the same. Bottom line, I hope someone from NEA will be at Target Sport on Monday to take a look.
 
Mfs ammo fmj, lubed before going to the range and on the range, brake free clp used, chamber perfect, looks like there is not enough power to load new round or unload used one.
 
Did you try any other ammo? MFS is pretty crappy .223 - I know, I run it in 62gn in my 7.5" PDW. In that gun, power is not an issue as the gas system is so short, but in a barbing gas system, I could see that steel cased crappy ammo not running well. It's also VERY dirty ammo.

I suspect you may find there is nothing wrong with the rifle when the "pros" look at it. If this ends up being the case, then try something brass cased like AE 5.56 - love that dirty bird ammo.

PS: Before an AR breaks in, I lube the cr@p out of it. Lube all the bearing strips on the bolt carrier group, lots on the cam pin, very light coat on the firing pin and bolt. I run the bolt tail dry, though some ppl lightly lube that. NO lube in the chamber or on rounds. Lube the charging handle really well and lube the buffer spring.
 
Mfs ammo fmj,
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I've run probably about 4000rds or more through my AR and have had a few failure to extracts.

However.

This is after quite a bit of shooting and the rifle heating up. Never within the first 50rds or so.

This is with an 11.5" S&J Barrel, DD BCG/gas block and tube, LMT upper
 
Denka said:
I got NEA AR15 couple weeks ago, took it to the range today. Gun loaded, one shot, round does not fly out, re-####, round went out, but new round is not loaded and sits in the mag. Re-####, shot, bolt got jammed. I thought it was PMags, tried another type of the mag, same thing. SO most of the time, either round it not out or new round is not loaded from mag. Relubed bolt, still the same. Bottom line, I hope someone from NEA will be at Target Sport on Monday to take a look.
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I shot mine yesterday at TSE for the first time and had the exact same problems. The staff figured the gas system is not working, its now in hands of the in house gunsmith.

I know this first batch may have some bugs to work out and I dont mind being part of the process, but NEA should be at least test firing these before they leave.
 
Denka said:
I got NEA AR15 couple weeks ago, took it to the range today. Gun loaded, one shot, round does not fly out, re-####, round went out, but new round is not loaded and sits in the mag. Re-####, shot, bolt got jammed. I thought it was PMags, tried another type of the mag, same thing. SO most of the time, either round it not out or new round is not loaded from mag. Relubed bolt, still the same. Bottom line, I hope someone from NEA will be at Target Sport on Monday to take a look.
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Sounds like a gas problem. E-mail me at dave@northeasternarms.com and we'll go through what to look for.

All rifles are test fired before leaving the shop. Even with ####ty MFS it should still cycle. We'll figure it out.


... Emailing us in stead of posting here hoping that we stumble across a post somewhere will always get a faster response though. Or at least in our own forum. ;)
 
FWIW, The only failure to extracts I ever get in any of my AR's are with steel-cased MFS ammo. That being said, I still shoot it because no other 62gr ammo is anywhere near as cheap - lol.
 
North Eastern Arms said:
... There are many different forms of nitrocarburizing. Tennifer is a fairly common process often used in the automobile industry. Tennifer would not be considered an advanced form of nitriding, in fact it is one of the oldest. It has it's own issues which didn't fit with the goals of our product.
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LOL IIRC Tennifer is just Glock's trade name for the process, a marketing term nothing more. Calling it Tennifer is like calling a Polaris sled a Skidoo cause you don't know better.
 
Not so. Tenifer is not owned by Glock. It and Tuffride are trade names of different variants of salt bath ferritic NC. Glock uses teenier as you point out, but so do other makers. Grand Power uses teenier as well, for example.

The trade name Tenifer is owned by Degussa of Germany, not Glock.
 
North Eastern Arms said:
Sounds like a gas problem. E-mail me at dave@northeasternarms.com and we'll go through what to look for.

All rifles are test fired before leaving the shop. Even with s**tty MFS it should still cycle. We'll figure it out.


... Emailing us in stead of posting here hoping that we stumble across a post somewhere will always get a faster response though. Or at least in our own forum. ;)
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Email sent
 
Hank Hill said:
I shot mine yesterday at TSE for the first time and had the exact same problems. The staff figured the gas system is not working, its now in hands of the in house gunsmith.

I know this first batch may have some bugs to work out and I dont mind being part of the process, but NEA should be at least test firing these before they leave.
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Good point. NEA manufacture silencers and if they are function testing all guns with cans, then they might not get an accurate representation of normal function.

Of course, shooting with a can is a LOT more pleasant for the QA/QC guy.
 
.. yes. We were test firing with our cans. All rifles are test fired, but apparently the suppressor was providing enough back pressure that it wasn't representative. We had a gas port bit wear and we didn't catch it as a result.

With good ammo, or 5.56mm, there also were no issues. With cheap ammo, there was. Really threw us for a spin. Even the uppers we swapped out still fired fine.. again, because we were still using the damn suppressor. Lesson learned.. test fire with worst possible input.
 
North Eastern Arms said:
.. yes. We were test firing with our cans. All rifles are test fired, but apparently the suppressor was providing enough back pressure that it wasn't representative. We had a gas port bit wear and we didn't catch it as a result.

With good ammo, or 5.56mm, there also were no issues. With cheap ammo, there was. Really threw us for a spin. Even the uppers we swapped out still fired fine.. again, because we were still using the damn suppressor. Lesson learned.. test fire with worst possible input.
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if you need more help test firing i will gladly volounteer my services :D
 
Shep546 said:
Sad to see that so many of these guys are having issues
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It's not issues, I had spring replaced, then got upper replaced(just have to take fella to the range). Communication is great, Jeff and Dave are responsive and I will tell you that they do it in a much faster manner than some dealers listed higher.
As for me, NEA AR 15 is first AR15 platform and even having minor glitches, I still like this item. NEA guys do stand behind their product and provide help, not like others.
 
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