o rings > Maintenance & Cleaning

Posted: 12/6/2009 5:21:05 AM EDT

has anyone replaced the o-ring in the bolt extractor with an after-market one? is it worth it? which one?

Posted: 12/6/2009 4:11:51 PM EDT

[#1]

nope

none of my ARs have o rings.

Posted: 12/6/2009 10:02:44 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
nope

none of my ARs have o rings.

This

Posted: 12/7/2009 10:51:37 AM EDT

[#3]

Bravo Company has an extractor spring upgrade kit.

Posted: 12/7/2009 1:26:30 PM EDT

[#4]

My 3 have them. Not sure if they make any difference as I added the BCM BCG at the same time.
I did add them to a bushy & DPMS SA bolt as well & they seemed to improve extraction. But again not really sure.

Posted: 12/8/2009 11:16:44 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
has anyone replaced the o-ring in the bolt extractor with an after-market one? is it worth it? which one?

None of mine came with o-rings. I used to use #60 o-rings from the hardware store but I stopped shooting steel case ammo so I probably won't need it again. I think it's still there and I won't bother removing it unless it causes a problem.

Posted: 12/8/2009 11:54:45 AM EDT

[#6]

I use an o-ring just because it came with my BCM extractor upgrade/refresher kit. BCM themselves say it isn't necessary but I figure it doesn't hurt.

As long as you aren't having any extraction problems, don't worry about it.

Posted: 12/8/2009 5:15:21 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
nope

none of my ARs have o rings.

This

Never used one either. .mil rifles do not come with them and Colt did not send them on my rifles.

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