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Posted: 1/7/2012 9:22:07 PM EDT
| hey im new to ar15's and will be shooting my newly bought ddm4v7 .i was just wondering what are the common and uncommon problems ar15's have so i wont be to worried if it happens to me.thanks for any feedback |
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Read the stickies. Should familiarize you enough to do a quick diagnosis at the range if necessary. Otherwise, happy shooting! |
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You have one of the high quality AR brand so don't worry about any probable problems you might experience.
Most of the problems of the AR are bad ammo and bad magazines, if you have a new or in good condition firearm, well lubed, you won't have any problem with your gun. Use quality ammo, not garbage, and use good mags like Magpul PMAG, and good brand USGI M16 mags. Look at the Maintenance & Cleaning forum and read all the tacked threads, clean your carbine well and lube it following the instructions. http://www.ar15.com/forums/f_3/7_Maintenance_andamp__Cleaning.html If you have any problems which I doubt you will, take a look at the Troubleshooting forum, link posted by another member above my post. As for replacement parts for when your carbine gets worn later on (but not now), read Pat Rogers reply on this thread link below. It might be a good idea at a minimum get a spare DD or any good brand bolt assembly, or if you don't mind spending a little more get a complete BCG (bolt carrier group). http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_118/360169_What_Parts_Break_in_a_Carbine_Course_.html&page=1 |
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Quoted: You have one of the high quality AR brand so don't worry about any probable problems you might experience. Most of the problems of the AR are bad ammo and bad magazines, if you have a new or in good condition firearm, well lubed, you won't have any problem with your gun. Use quality ammo, not garbage, and use good mags like Magpul PMAG, and good brand USGI M16 mags. Look at the Maintenance & Cleaning forum and read all the tacked threads, clean your carbine well and lube it following the instructions. http://www.ar15.com/forums/f_3/7_Maintenance_andamp__Cleaning.html If you have any problems which I doubt you will, take a look at the Troubleshooting forum, link posted by another member above my post. As for replacement parts for when your carbine gets worn later on (but not now), read Pat Rogers reply on this thread link below. It might be a good idea at a minimum get a spare DD or any good brand bolt assembly, or if you don't mind spending a little more get a complete BCG (bolt carrier group). http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_118/360169_What_Parts_Break_in_a_Carbine_Course_.html&page=1 +1 If you have any problems with a new DD rifle, first let them know ... then come on here and let us know. We will be easy to spot - we will all look like this ...  |
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most issues with a high quality AR (DD is a high quality AR) can be solved by using quality mags and a little more lube than you think is really necessary. It is a very simple machine really.
Outside of that, anything like jams or whatever should be addressed with simple stoppage drills. Check bolt, make safe, drop mag, etc, etc. Just keep it on the wet side and you'll be fine. |
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You have one of the high quality AR brand so don't worry about any probable problems you might experience. Most of the problems of the AR are bad ammo and bad magazines, if you have a new or in good condition firearm, well lubed, you won't have any problem with your gun. Use quality ammo, not garbage, and use good mags like Magpul PMAG, and good brand USGI M16 mags. Look at the Maintenance & Cleaning forum and read all the tacked threads, clean your carbine well and lube it following the instructions. http://www.ar15.com/forums/f_3/7_Maintenance_andamp__Cleaning.html If you have any problems which I doubt you will, take a look at the Troubleshooting forum, link posted by another member above my post. As for replacement parts for when your carbine gets worn later on (but not now), read Pat Rogers reply on this thread link below. It might be a good idea at a minimum get a spare DD or any good brand bolt assembly, or if you don't mind spending a little more get a complete BCG (bolt carrier group). http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_118/360169_What_Parts_Break_in_a_Carbine_Course_.html&page=1 Good stuff here |
| Lube it well with slip2000 EWL..use good mags and good brass ammo for the first 1 to 2k rounds then it should eat anything.But lubed well and cared for you shouldnt see any problems until the round count goes up then at some point maybe you have to change the extractor spring or extractor maybe the Bolt eventually..no matter how high the quality you should be inspecting the vital components at least every 5000 rounds or so.You want to stop problems before they start inspect when you clean and cleaning shouldnt take more than 15 minutes..dont use scrapers or brushes on drills or cleaning rods a good bore snake and a soft bristle brush oil and a rag should do.Extreme over cleaning will put more wear and tear on the rifle than shooting and using will.I had a Bushmaster bolt last 9k rounds and I have an MP/HP Colt Bolt that replaced it going on the same number and still running.Anything can break theres no set number just have a quality spare to replace when it does happen. |
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hey thanks guys..ill be sure to keep it clean and new..and how many rounds does it take to wear out the bolt?? I finally wore out a Colt MP bolt after about 15 years and probably the same number of rounds. +1 Same with me. The longest AR that I had owned is my Colt A2 HBAR rifle, had it for 15 years (1986-2001) mostly using it for CMP (DCM) rifle matches, at approx. 15K rounds or more the bolt was not too bad but just worn. jukeboxx13: It would take a very long time to wear out the bolt, the spare bolt that we all suggested is for just the worst case, there's a very very rare chance of even a high quality bolt to prematurely fail, but if it happens just replace it with your spare, no lost time buying or waiting for your replacement bolt. We would suggest bringing the spare bolt with you at all times when shooting, either on your gear bag or inside the storage of your carbine like stocks with storage like LMT SOPMOD, Vltor, Magpul STR, ACS, etc, or grips with storage like the Magpul MIAD/ MOE, etc. |
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