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.350 Legend / .450 Bushmaster Feed problems Solved?
- Thread starter LCsmith
- Start date
BCA will fix their uppers if they are defective
I don’t see any issues with that ejector. I don’t think it will fix any problems, but it isn’t likely to cause any, either. If it doesn’t fix a problem, or offer a significant improvement, then it ain’t an “upgrade”. Daily, I talk folks out of throwing their money away on frippery, and talk them into putting their hard-earned dollars into stuff that is an actual upgrade. Barring that, spending their money on ammo, magazines, and training.
At the end of the day, folks can spend their money on whatever they want to spend it on. They earned it, they can spend as they see fit.
The product shared by the OP purports to be an improvement over the factory ejector, specifically to fix feeding issues. We aren’t talking about defective ejectors, we’re talking about whether or not this is an “upgrade” to the factory unit.
The AR is not a controlled round feeding type of rifle, like the original Winchester 70, or Mauser 98. The bottom lugs of the bolt strip the top round from the magazine and push it up the feed ramp. As the round goes up the feed ramp, it is now being pushed by the face of the bolt/lugs. Nothing is holding the round, or really controlling it, it‘s just being…….shoved.
Once the round is seated fully in the chamber, the buffer spring continues to push the buffer and BCG forward. Only now does the ejector become compressed. This happens as the bolt is shoved back into the carrier, causing it to turn and lock into the lugs due to the cam pin being forced along the cam pin path. As the bolt cams and locks in, the ejector spring is compressed and the ejector is pushed into the bolt face until it is flush.
If the ejector won’t compress flush to the bolt face, it could easily keep the bolt from turning far enough to fully lock into battery.
Having too long an ejector, or too much ejector spring tension, or too long an ejector spring, will keep the bolt from locking into battery, but it will not keep the rounds from feeding into the chamber.
I knew this was coming. It will start but it won't fully chamber. It will stop an inch or so from fully chambering. I guess my definition of feeding is different than yours. I am fully aware of the process. My definition of feeding is striping a round from the mag and fully seating the round. So leave your retort and we will leave it at that.
The name of the thread was fixing feed issues with such and such. I was just sharing my problem experience with ejectors. It wasn't meant to challenge your knowledge. You feel like you have to correct me on every post. Just let me have my say and let it be. Lord have mercy. At no point do I ever challenge you. Let some of Jesus in bubba! If the ejector is fine to begin with then a upgrade would be futile. I agree there.
No, a faulty or out of spec ejector will not stop a round “an inch or so” from fully chambering. At the most, it would stop the bolt approximately 1/8” from going fully into battery. Basically, the length of the exposed portion of the ejector. At that point, none of the round would be visible, as the bolt lugs are fully between the locking lugs of the barrel extension.
You can’t just make up “your” definition of what feeding is. There are 8 stages in the cycle of operations, and they have already been defined, by the folks that actually invented and designed the weapon. That is something that a trained Armorer knows. After FEEDING comes CHAMBERING, and then LOCKING. You are attempting to lump three stages into a single stage.
When diagnosing a stoppage or malfunction, the first thing to do is to see in which of the 8 stages of the cycle of operations the issue occurred at.
No, I will not let you “have your say” when what you say is incorrect. This can lead other members here down the wrong path when they are attempting to fix their issues. I deal with crap like this all day long at work.
If you feel challenged when I correct your misinformation, that’s on you.
I know what I saw and repairs it. Calling me a liar is a character flaw on your part and that's not on me partner!
