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Posted: 10/27/2010 8:38:42 PM EDT
Nothing major, just the roll pin for the forward assist pawl.   I have put over 600 rounds through it total.  I wa sshooting it monday and went to charge a mag and the bolt got stuck back with the carrier in the buffer tube.  It was kind of a pain to get apart because of the bolt being stuck back.  I can't complain about the rifle though otherwise, has been flawless until now.   Just wondering if anyone else has had this type of failure.
Link Posted: 10/28/2010 9:26:41 AM EDT
[#1]
I thought you were going to say a bolt or extractor! Roll pin for the forward assist sounds easy enough to fix.
Link Posted: 10/28/2010 11:02:28 AM EDT
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Quoted:
Nothing major, just the roll pin for the forward assist pawl.   I have put over 600 rounds through it total.  I wa sshooting it monday and went to charge a mag and the bolt got stuck back with the carrier in the buffer tube.  It was kind of a pain to get apart because of the bolt being stuck back.  I can't complain about the rifle though otherwise, has been flawless until now.   Just wondering if anyone else has had this type of failure.


Thank heavens you werent on your way to your stand
Link Posted: 10/28/2010 6:36:50 PM EDT
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Quoted:
I thought you were going to say a bolt or extractor! Roll pin for the forward assist sounds easy enough to fix.


Actually that was what I thought when it happened before I looked at it since ther is not a lot of meat in the area of the lugs.  When I looked in the ejection port and saw them all there I was pretty happy.  The pawl was kind of beat up so I just replaced the whole FA assembly today, easy and cheap.  I still am quite happy with the rifle and is probably my favorite ar to shoot.  It's a toss up between that and my 308 DPMS.  The 458 is cooler, but the 308 shoots so well at 2-300 yards (well under MOA with my handloads) that it gives it a run for it's money.
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