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Posted: 2/6/2009 1:55:23 PM EDT
| Ok, I just went and shot my Bushy Varmiter, just to put a couple of rounds on paper. I took one clip of Rem UMC 55gr FMJ and a ammo can of reloads (55 gr Nosler Ball tip, 24.5 gr Varget, CCI 41, LC brass, I have shot plenty of these with no problem. Last time I shot the gun, at a coyote, would shoot, eject the shell and not chamber a new one. So I gave it a good cleaning, I also bought some S&W dry lube to try, went out shot it after that, 5 rounds no problem. So onto today. emptied the clip of UMC by hand and loaded some reloads, shot once, click, wouldnt chamber. Tried it again nothing..... Took 2 UMC rounds loaded into clip.... shot 1 and it chambered, shot 2nd round and didnt chamber my reload.... why wouldnt it grab reload, if it was a lack of pressure in my reloads it still would of had enough from the UMC round..... so my uncles were standing there giving me shit..... one was saying i needed to oil it.... he went and got the WD40 can.....I said that cant be it i just lubed it up with the dry lube.... took out the bolt sprayed a little WD on it.... shot a reload and it chambered just fine????????????????? Does the dry lube suck that much??????????? am I a retard for even trying i???? Help me out here guys..............after that shot 6 rounds rapid with no problems |
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First, don't let your Uncle or WD40 near your AR again. Secondly, ditch the dry lube. Rimfire guys use it with success but that's about it, you need to run your AR wet with a decent lube like Breakfree CLP. You can get it from Wal Mart or Academy Sports.
Read the threads tacked at the top of this forum. It will give you a solid foundation for maintenance and cleaning until you develop your own schedule to fit your needs. If you're a newbie, best to read the tacked threads and technical forums. You'll learn a lot. |
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I'm losing patience with this mag/clip stuff. We all know what he means. I have a friend who has been carrying a gun for work and has been a police firearms instructor longer than some people on this forum have been alive and he says clip all the time. Enough already. |
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I'm losing patience with this mag/clip stuff. We all know what he means. I have a friend who has been carrying a gun for work and has been a police firearms instructor longer than some people on this forum have been alive and he says clip all the time. Enough already. Well, my brother was a Police Officer for a couple of years before he went over to an Asian paradise and was shot twice. Came home and retired as a Police Officer/Chief of Police. Been a hunter and countryboy all his life. And he still calls shotgun shells "bulluts". There is correct names for things. If not we should just start making up our own names for everything. Me, for now on I'm calling my F350 a car. And all my horses are now called mares. Even the ones that that have a big dangler. It's close enough and everyone should figure out what I'm talking about. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I'm losing patience with this mag/clip stuff. We all know what he means. I have a friend who has been carrying a gun for work and has been a police firearms instructor longer than some people on this forum have been alive and he says clip all the time. Enough already. Well, my brother was a Police Officer for a couple of years before he went over to an Asian paradise and was shot twice. Came home and retired as a Police Officer/Chief of Police. Been a hunter and countryboy all his life. And he still calls shotgun shells "bulluts". There is correct names for things. If not we should just start making up our own names for everything. Me, for now on I'm calling my F350 a car. And all my horses are now called mares. Even the ones that that have a big dangler. It's close enough and everyone should figure out what I'm talking about. How about this. Guys like you who hijack threads in the tech forum with useless comments about mags and clips will be removed from the tech forums. |
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I'm losing patience with this mag/clip stuff. We all know what he means. I have a friend who has been carrying a gun for work and has been a police firearms instructor longer than some people on this forum have been alive and he says clip all the time. Enough already. IM sent. |
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So I understand:
When your rifle fails to function when shooting your reloads it properly ejects the spent round but fails to load a fresh? Does it fail to pick it up and you have a bolt closed fully in battery with no cartridge in the chamber? Or does it pick up a fresh cartridge and fail to push it fully into battery? If it is the later of the two I would guess you not sizing your brass properly (screw down the sizing die farther). If it is the former it could be a couple things. My first guess is if its a new rifle your gas block is not property lined up with the gas port or some other problem with the gas system; debris or perhaps a bur constricting the flow of gas. Perhaps it is the buffer, buffer spring, receiver extension. A weak or worn buffer spring or pneumatic action slowing the buffer cycle. In my opinion a combat worthy AR should run, at least for awhile, dry; all mine will. Oil on the bolt is a bandaid at best and will provide only a short term fix as all the oil will quickly be abjured. |
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Well, I will say I think you have found your own dilemma. You added oil and the problems went away. That is all I would think it would be without actually being there.
As to your hand loads, they seem to be the middle of the road ( Between Max and Min). So I think you gassed fine. Assuming you are full length resizing instead if just neck resizing, then probably no sizes there.Neck sizing only for a semi-auto instead of full length resizing is asking for problems, especially for a straight wall case. But you probably know that, just covering bases. Honestly, I think barring any weird gremlins that might be playing haveck on your rifle, it is just a lube issue. Keep it spritz with CLP, LP, SLIP, or any good gun oil. No grease, and you should be fine. If not come on back and well try again. 
And for the record, I was not condemning you for the use of "clips". But it is an improper term that is not interchangeable with the use of magazines, or mags for short. A clip is very much like the think you see in the picture above. It if a strip of metal metal used to hold cartridges buy there base, per sie. You can think of movies about WWII of Soldiers using M1 Garands and how they load them to get an idea. I guess there is nothing wrong with it, as I still say "icebox" instead of refrigerator. But it is the wrong word for the job. I makes me look dated, or silly for not using the right words. You wouldn't expect a crescent wrench is you asked for locking pliers. Anyway, try it out and get back. Email me if you want, I'll give my phone number to you. After my shoulder surgery last Friday all I have is time and can talk for hours. Now I have to go.. I have to hook my duckneck trailer to my car, and load one of my mares. He's got to go to the vet and see if he's shooting blanks or not.
Edit: I just noticed you live in the state of OZ. Email or PM me. We might live close enough for you to run over. I'd be happy to help you out. |
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You may also want to stay away from the WD-40. I realize that it was just used at the range however, it has penetrating properties and it may soak into your primers and render them inert. From our own "Old Painless"........http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot39.htm |
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