Built first AR, having trouble cycling

[Black Mountain Industries]

Post a picture of the lower receiver. Top view, side view, internals as mush as possible, and where the buffer retainer/tube meet.

Edit:
Are you using factory ammo or reloads? Can you cycle through a few rounds by just pulling back the charging handle? Did you have the headspacing checked?

 

[albatros43]

greg vess

 

[Necrosis]

Pictures help

 

[Swab]

greg vess

Surprised that took so long.

 

[toobaroque]

Take a big Sharpie pen and mark GLOCK on both sides of the lower receiver. That should make it work just fine.

But if not, at least you can act totally stunned and everyone will be super sympathetic to your cause.

 

[burritooo]

I’ll be home tomorrow after 5, if you want we can meet up and check it out together.

Awesome that would be nice

 

[toobaroque]

Awesome that would be nice

Do I detect a new "bromance" in the works here.

No pictures, please!

 

[Bushwhacker]

The buffer retainer... so it might be too high? How would I end up lowering it?
Also, how would I be able to check if there's nothing interfering with the BCG cycle? Have definitely used two different complete uppers with two different BCG.

Well if everything is installed correctly and the retainer is in spec then no, it can't be too high. As in, it's not adjustable. However if you havthreaded the buffer tube to deep and its resting against the retainer, preventing it from be depressed onto the spring then it would be sitting too high. Or you could have the wrong spring below it, not allowing it to depress to the correct position. Hope that makes sense. You should be able to easily depress and release the buffer retainer with your fingertip.

Also, the trigger could still be an issue. I wouldn't mark it off the list completely yet. @smiller4169 would be a good resource to use if yall can meet up.

 

[greg vess]

If you are anywhere close to Acworth you can drop it off and I will get to the bottom of it. NO CHARGE! Anything for a ODT member. It may only take minutes to fix but I won't know that until I look at it. I know it seems aggravating but hang in there it can be fixed.

 

[burritooo]

I want to thank everyone for their help so far. @smiller4169 has been really helpful too!! Gonna check it out and make sure it works properly now