Quoted: i get sprayed in the right eye and face with gas when i shoot. bad smell and stinging eyes. im wondering if an Accuwedge would fix that by "tighning" up the connection. i called olympic and they said there wasnt much they could do about it..., they said i could take it down to em in about a week(i live 5 mi from them) and they would try and find a new upper that would seat better. what should i do? go with the $3 accuwedge. or take it down to them, or both? keep in mind this is my first AR so im kinda lost.
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Dirty, the Accuwedge will just give you a more consistent "puff" of bad smelling gas. It won't fix anything, unless the rifle is so loose that it's rattling, & then it'll only take the play out, and hold that gap as wide open as possible (for a better puff=).
I can't believe so many people are saying it's a major malfunction - IT ISN'T, sloppy QC maybe, but it's not dangerous.
You say this is your first AR... Did you know they all throw a little gas out of the rear end (usually around the charging handle)? Did you have the the thing drenched in oil other than CLP, or Thetra (A lot of people do that the first time, & are surprised how bad that stinks)? They ALL smell bad, when you get them smokin' (CLP too).
You ARE wearing shooting glasses,,, right (please take this the way it's meant - only a question)?
I'm not positive, but I suspect (most of) the gas isn't coming from the crack you're talking about (try to get someone to stand on your left who knows what they're looking for - it IS hard to tell).
FWIW, you can get a tensioning pin that DOES pull the upper DOWN from Quality's (Bushmaster) newest catalogue (page 56), I've used them, & the one from Brownells - they work.
[b]Of course - take it back to Olympic first, they'll probably put a tensioning pin in (they cost 35 bucks - if it's that sloppy, they [u]will[/u] fix it), or they'll get it cranked down tight the other way ([u]don't let them do that[/u]).[/b]