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Posted: 6/16/2016 8:17:30 PM EDT
| Bought a new socom 16, put about 120 rounds through it so far but about 8 of those rounds it would fail to chamber the next round from the mag, the bolt would just slide right over the round then CLICK nothing and would have to rack one in. I've tried two different Springfield mags, one 10 round and one 20 round. I've used federal xm80, federal fusion and some aguil. Any ideas? Gun is clean and greased and the gas piston moves freely. |
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Was sorta trying to avoid that but I'll give them a call tomorrow... Just to see what they say Quoted:
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You paid for that Lifetime warranty, so don't hesitate to send it back to Springfield for warranty repair. Was sorta trying to avoid that but I'll give them a call tomorrow... Just to see what they say I hear you... I had to use it with my Scout. Their customer service is very good. |
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You paid for that Lifetime warranty, so don't hesitate to send it back to Springfield for warranty repair. Was sorta trying to avoid that but I'll give them a call tomorrow... Just to see what they say I hear you... I had to use it with my Scout. Their customer service is very good. Update. Sent the gun back to Springfield, they inspected it and shot 40 rounds through it and said there were no issues. I shot it today and it did previous said issue on 25th round. this is extremely frustrating. guess I will be giving them another call. |
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I would see if the gas port in the barrel was properly lined up with the port on the gas cylinder, and make sure the gas port in the barrel is the proper diameter. Is the spindle valve fully open? I would also check the recoil spring length to make sure it is within specs.
Do a tilt test to make sure the op rod is not rubbing anywhere. Take it out of the stock and see if there are any rub marks anywhere. Also, is it in a wood stock or a plastic/fiberglass stock? Plastic/glass stocks flex more, so you may be flexing the foreend enough to cause rubbing. |
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I would see if the gas port in the barrel was properly lined up with the port on the gas cylinder, and make sure the gas port in the barrel is the proper diameter. Is the spindle valve fully open? I would also check the recoil spring length to make sure it is within specs. Do a tilt test to make sure the op rod is not rubbing anywhere. Take it out of the stock and see if there are any rub marks anywhere. Also, is it in a wood stock or a plastic/fiberglass stock? Plastic/glass stocks flex more, so you may be flexing the foreend enough to cause rubbing. I will do this, but the rifle just got back from Springfield so I would assume they checked this stuff....or not |
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I'm guessing you probably did do this, but are you sure you are seating the mags all the way? Maybe you could give it a good smack and give it a yank to see if it's fully seated. Because that's what it sounds like to me. Or like someone said, the stock is dropping a bit low for some reason, not allowing the mags to be as vertical as they should be. But that's seems unlikely.
Or what H2OMan said. It's short stroking for some reason and not going fully to the rear to pick up the next round. Do you have your support or left hand rubbing the op rod when you grasp the rifle? Or is something slowing down the op rod by rubbing it??? You could do the tip test to see if the stock is rubbing on the op rod. This is what happened to my Garand when I got it from the CMP. You have to take the op rod spring out. And assemble it without the spring on. Then you tip the gun forward and backward and see if the op rod moves freely or if it's sticking somewhere. Or just cycle it real slow by hand and see if you can feel it rubbing. I had to sand the stock on the bottom a little to allow it to move freely. Is it a wood stock or synthetic? |
Damn, man, this sucks. I have a SOCOM and love that thing, never a hiccup. There is some good advice here, hope you find that root issue and get it solved. Nothing like a malfunctioning gun to sour your outlook. Kind of like stepping in water after putting on fresh socks. 
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Bought a new socom 16, put about 120 rounds through it so far but about 8 of those rounds it would fail to chamber the next round from the mag, the bolt would just slide right over the round then CLICK nothing and would have to rack one in. I've tried two different Springfield mags, one 10 round and one 20 round. I've used federal xm80, federal fusion and some aguil. Any ideas? Gun is clean and greased and the gas piston moves freely. You say you are using three types of ammo. I would keep track of the magazines I was using and the ammo I was firing each time the failures occur. I am willing to bet it is the Aguila, as it has a tendency to be a bit lower powered than other ammo. You have to keep in mind, it isn't just about the velocity, but also the pressure curve, so not all ammo may work well in that rifle. I had an AR10 that had cycling, fully ejecting, and lock back on last round problems. I sent it in to the factory and they replaced the entire upper receiver. When I got it back, it worked much, much, better, but I still had one brand of ammo that would not lock the bolt back when the last round was fired. But that was only with 10 round magazines. The 20 and 25 rounders worked fine. |
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