Spectre Ballistics Light Practical Carbine - NR Receiver Set

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Well I hate to be bothersome but ................

Are we there yet??

If not how close are we??

Inquiring minds want to know!! (Grin)

Warmest regards

AbH
 
AbHobbyist said:
Well I hate to be bothersome but ................

Are we there yet??

If not how close are we??

Inquiring minds want to know!! (Grin)

Warmest regards

AbH
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We are waiting for the FRT and for warmer weather. We have been running hundreds of dummy rounds though the prototype and have a few small changes to make to the bolt body. We found that hammers with a notch may jam. We also found that smooth feeding requires good magazines and smooth feed ramps. E-lander and CPD mags are running great, some cheap USGI mags are terrible. A craptastic chinesium trigger might bind when extracting the spent case. NEA barrels are not so great for feeding, while a Maple Ridge barrel is nice. People will need to keep this in mind when building their guns. Use good components, not cheapo ones.

This week we are focusing on production fixturing for our new Glock Muzzle brakes. Our material for brakes is scheduled to arrive late this week so we want to make chips ASAP. Next week we plan on designing production fixtures for the C-71 rifle and hopefully start production in a week or two.
 
SpectreBallistics said:
We are waiting for the FRT and for warmer weather. We have been running hundreds of dummy rounds though the prototype and have a few small changes to make to the bolt body. We found that hammers with a notch may jam. We also found that smooth feeding requires good magazines and smooth feed ramps. E-lander and CPD mags are running great, some cheap USGI mags are terrible. A craptastic chinesium trigger might bind when extracting the spent case. NEA barrels are not so great for feeding, while a Maple Ridge barrel is nice. People will need to keep this in mind when building their guns. Use good components, not cheapo ones.

This week we are focusing on production fixturing for our new Glock Muzzle brakes. Our material for brakes is scheduled to arrive late this week so we want to make chips ASAP. Next week we plan on designing production fixtures for the C-71 rifle and hopefully start production in a week or two.
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How about Gen3 PMAG's?
 
SpectreBallistics said:
We are waiting for the FRT and for warmer weather. We have been running hundreds of dummy rounds though the prototype and have a few small changes to make to the bolt body. We found that hammers with a notch may jam. We also found that smooth feeding requires good magazines and smooth feed ramps. E-lander and CPD mags are running great, some cheap USGI mags are terrible. A craptastic chinesium trigger might bind when extracting the spent case. NEA barrels are not so great for feeding, while a Maple Ridge barrel is nice. People will need to keep this in mind when building their guns. Use good components, not cheapo ones.

This week we are focusing on production fixturing for our new Glock Muzzle brakes. Our material for brakes is scheduled to arrive late this week so we want to make chips ASAP. Next week we plan on designing production fixtures for the C-71 rifle and hopefully start production in a week or two.
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What is the problem with NEA barrels? I was considering both a 5.56 and 7.62 X 39 build.
 
It's good to hear of the testing. Especially in reliability. NEaa barrels we're good for accuracy, just some old issues with port sizes. I never had feed Ramo problems, across 556 and 7.62x39.
 
xdmer said:
It's good to hear of the testing. Especially in reliability. NEaa barrels we're good for accuracy, just some old issues with port sizes. I never had feed Ramo problems, across 556 and 7.62x39.
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I have a 14.5" barrel and has feed issues with an AR and also the barrel extension isn't to spec so it doesn't work with all bolts. Usually headspaces fine.
 
Geoff B said:
What is the problem with NEA barrels? I was considering both a 5.56 and 7.62 X 39 build.
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I bought one of the earlier NEA-15s and ran it alongside an S&W M&P15.
The NEA was having feeding problems with the range of mags that were feeding it. As well, the NEA had a tendency to fire, extract, reload and fire again when the trigger reset...double clutch if you will. A little disconcerting - particularly on a range where LEOs are known to frequent.
The S&W on the other hand digested every round, no failure to feed, no failure to go into battery, no failure to extract...with the same magazines I'd used in the NEA.
After comparing the feed ramps (NEA vs S&W), it was clear the NEA weren't MilSpec(ish) and I sent the NEA15 back to NEA for repair.
It was done in a timely fashion, with a new barrel, and from that point onwards, the NEA has run fine - no issues...about 2 years ago before NEA was bought out by BCL.
As for the double shot trigger - I dropped in a TriggerTech which solved THAT problem.
So yes - first generation NEA15s had issues, and in my experience have lived up to their warranty under both NEA and BCL labels.
 
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