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Posted: 7/10/2005 4:02:48 PM EDT
| I was at the range today...I have a live round in the chamber and I am unable to clear the round. I cannot push back on the charging handle because it is stuck. I have tried to loosen the bolt by putting some lubricant on it, but it still will not move. I am going to call DPMS in the morning, but can anyone help me? Has this ever happen to you before? I can get the bolt to slide back about 1/4" or so, but I tried everything. I don't want to try to push the round back with a cleaning rod for fear that the primer will hit the firing pin as I push from the muzzle end. |
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Jam clearing 101, Grab forearm with right hand, grab charging handle with left. Making sure to keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, pull down on the charging handle as you make a butt stock blow to the ground. If the bolt didn't come back, next time man up and clear the dam round istead of making a sally wimped strike. Once the bolt/round has cleared, make sure that the entire bullet was cleared (read not leaving the tip/bullet still in the barrel with just the case ejected). P.S. if you have a carbine stock, make sure either to either lock the butt stock all the way forward, or just remove the butt stock by pulling all the way down on the lock cam, and slipping it off the back of the receiver extension before the downward butt plate strike. |
| An alternative method: While keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction and selector on "Safe" find a good right angle surface like the edge of a solid table. Hook the left side of the charging handle on the edge of the table / object and while holding the rifle firmly in place solidly stike the end of the butt stock iwth you other hand. This of course presupposes that you have the gun pointed down. If your solid edge leaves the gun pointed forward you can stike it with you knee. |
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| had the same problem happen a few months back when i was at the range.. not my rifle but a guy who just bought a new bushy. what happend is when the round loaded a piece of brass chipped off the cartridge and locked the key in the barrel extension... take the buttstock off completely then pry the damn bolt open with a screw driver its a bitch when stuff gets in the key lock or whatever you want to call it.. other then that my ar's have never done crap like that.. it is usually shitty ammo that makes it happen |
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