rushthezeppelin
TGT Addict
Still kicking myself for doing this, but here goes.
So I was hand cleaning some 223 brass (even though I don't have stuff to reload it yet) and I was noticing each one has a nick on the case neck. After some research, i found it might be a rough spot on the back of one of my bolt locking lugs on the barrel hitting the neck on extraction. Wanting to test this theory I grabbed a live round and took the firing pin out of my bolt, threw it in and pulled it back out. This didn't reveal much so I put everything back together and go about other things last night.
Today at lunch I noticed I forgot to put the firing pin back in a it was sitting on my gun table. So I pickup my AR, take the lower off and pull out the bolt but it won't budge. Then it dawns on me the can pin turned sideways and was locking up inside the bump on the left side of the upper. Google the problem and see allot of "your fucked" and "better call a smith" so I'm pretty well freaking out (especially considering I'm supposed to be shooting the multi gun match this Sat).
I tried taking several small objects to try and push one of the bolt lugs to no avail (thinking back I should have known that wouldn't work). Threw a ton of frog lube in there and frantically/hopelessly started wiggling the charging handle back and forth and shaking the upper all over the place and finally it popped out.
So stupid that this didn't cross my mind as I know exactly how the mechanics of the AR bolt works and have actually looked at that and wondered if the bolt would lock up without the firing pin. So just so it's out there NEVER put your AR bolt in without a firing pin, you could get lucky like me or you could have to look like a real dumb ass in front of a smith.
Anyone else have stupid mistakes they will admit to?
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So I was hand cleaning some 223 brass (even though I don't have stuff to reload it yet) and I was noticing each one has a nick on the case neck. After some research, i found it might be a rough spot on the back of one of my bolt locking lugs on the barrel hitting the neck on extraction. Wanting to test this theory I grabbed a live round and took the firing pin out of my bolt, threw it in and pulled it back out. This didn't reveal much so I put everything back together and go about other things last night.
Today at lunch I noticed I forgot to put the firing pin back in a it was sitting on my gun table. So I pickup my AR, take the lower off and pull out the bolt but it won't budge. Then it dawns on me the can pin turned sideways and was locking up inside the bump on the left side of the upper. Google the problem and see allot of "your fucked" and "better call a smith" so I'm pretty well freaking out (especially considering I'm supposed to be shooting the multi gun match this Sat).
I tried taking several small objects to try and push one of the bolt lugs to no avail (thinking back I should have known that wouldn't work). Threw a ton of frog lube in there and frantically/hopelessly started wiggling the charging handle back and forth and shaking the upper all over the place and finally it popped out.
So stupid that this didn't cross my mind as I know exactly how the mechanics of the AR bolt works and have actually looked at that and wondered if the bolt would lock up without the firing pin. So just so it's out there NEVER put your AR bolt in without a firing pin, you could get lucky like me or you could have to look like a real dumb ass in front of a smith.
Anyone else have stupid mistakes they will admit to?
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