I'll stake it with a center punch. I don't plan on swapping out the barrel or block anytime soon and they would be the least expensive parts to replace anyway.
STAG-10 In the Wild!
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I'll stake it with a center punch. I don't plan on swapping out the barrel or block anytime soon and they would be the least expensive parts to replace anyway.
I actually didn't even think to use a torque wrench, and I don't know what the recommended torque values would be anyway.
I just cleaned the threads with alcohol, applied loctite, and made sure they were pretty tight with a crappy little allen key.
I haven't decided on a scope yet, but really wanted to try mine out, so I put an Aimpoint PRO on it and went to shoot some steel at 100 yards just for fun.
Thing was malfunctioning like crazy.
First 15 rounds were fine. Put 40 more through it and almost every round would fail to feed. A few times it would also fail to strip the next round from the mag, and also fail to lock open on the last round.
Ammo was Federal Lake City 147 grain. I doubt it was a magazine issue, as it was happening with all five of my XCR mags and the factory Magpul mag.
This is exactly what mine was doing. First mag was good, then it was basically a bolt action. I just chalked it up to being cold out, and id over oiled the gun. Guess ill have to strip it down and check the gas block.
I forgot to mention that I did field strip it the night before, gave it a good cleaning, and oiled it.
Now that I've tightened the gas block, I really want to sneak out and hit the range again today to see if that helped.
I would do what we have been doing with our gas blocks. With mine there was zero play, but the screws took no effort to break. I moved the block around, re-aligned the screw dimples, held the gas block tight up against the ledge (not sure what you would call this, but there is one as you go up the barrel), locktite the screws and crank em down hand tight. I will probably ad staking to them too, but I don't own a vice so it will have to wait.
Just got home from the range. Only brought 25 rounds with me because I didn't have much time.
First 10 rounds were still doing the same thing. Failure to feed every round. Then, the last 15 rounds fed perfectly. So I don't know what to think now, but I definitely wish I would have brought more ammo.
Tony from the Abbotsford range, if you're reading this, it was nice to meet you, and thanks for letting me shoot your awesome PDW!
First 10 rounds were still doing the same thing. Failure to feed every round. Then, the last 15 rounds fed perfectly. So I don't know what to think now, but I definitely wish I would have brought more ammo.
Tony from the Abbotsford range, if you're reading this, it was nice to meet you, and thanks for letting me shoot your awesome PDW!
Yeah, I wanna get back to the range as soon as possible and put a bunch more rounds through it.
Ammunition used was the same Federal Lake City 149 grain as last time.
Magazines were the XCR-M pistol mags and the Magpul 5/10 that the rifle came with.
I’m thinking that your Lake City, which I’m assuming is 7.62, was causing it to short stroke. These guns are set up for the hotter 308. I’m thinking that as your rifle breaks in, your 7.62 will cycle fine. My guess anyways.
I've never shot a new semi auto rifle that I didn't ninja around in my basement with by cycling it a few hundred times first. Don't you guys do that?
I've found Federal's power shok (blue box) 150gr runs flawlessly and accurately in my other semi auto rifles so will probably go that route for the bulk of my shooting if i build in .308
I've bought case lots of 500 in 150 and 180gr from reliable gun a couple years ago and it was quite reasonable considering it is hunting ammunition.
