First off, if this is the wrong forum, I apologize.
I bought a gun for my son for Christmas from a ODT member with about 80 positive feedbacks and no negative.
It was a Colt M4 .22 LR carbine. It appeared to be in near perfect condition with all paperwork and box. I understand this is an older gun but it appeard to be a "safe queen," as he put it.
Do to weather and my kids sports schedules, I took it out of the box to clean it and lube it just to be sure. I didn't do a full breakdown, just a field strip and lube. I tried to cycle a few rounds through it but they would not eject. Long story short, it was missing the extractor on the carrier bolt. Lots of searching, phone calls and $19.99 later, I ordered the part and arrived a few days ago.
This evening, I was attempting to do a full break down to install the extractor. This gun is not like your standard AR platform. It breaks down a little differently. There are countless vidoes on YouTube, and I watched many of them. The carriage bolt assembly is attached to the barrel which slides out of the barrel shroud. Anyway, it should be a simple tap with a nylon hammer or something similar after removing the flash suppressor and it will literally almost fall out with a little help from gravity. The barrell will not budge. I have managed to pry it out about an inch. I am not a gunsmith but I am technically inclined and have serviced many other guns. I believe the gun was damaged or overheated at some point.
For the TLDR. I have to take it to a gunsmith for fear of damaging the gun. Should I contact the seller? He may have really been unaware.
Thanks in advance.
I bought a gun for my son for Christmas from a ODT member with about 80 positive feedbacks and no negative.
It was a Colt M4 .22 LR carbine. It appeared to be in near perfect condition with all paperwork and box. I understand this is an older gun but it appeard to be a "safe queen," as he put it.
Do to weather and my kids sports schedules, I took it out of the box to clean it and lube it just to be sure. I didn't do a full breakdown, just a field strip and lube. I tried to cycle a few rounds through it but they would not eject. Long story short, it was missing the extractor on the carrier bolt. Lots of searching, phone calls and $19.99 later, I ordered the part and arrived a few days ago.
This evening, I was attempting to do a full break down to install the extractor. This gun is not like your standard AR platform. It breaks down a little differently. There are countless vidoes on YouTube, and I watched many of them. The carriage bolt assembly is attached to the barrel which slides out of the barrel shroud. Anyway, it should be a simple tap with a nylon hammer or something similar after removing the flash suppressor and it will literally almost fall out with a little help from gravity. The barrell will not budge. I have managed to pry it out about an inch. I am not a gunsmith but I am technically inclined and have serviced many other guns. I believe the gun was damaged or overheated at some point.
For the TLDR. I have to take it to a gunsmith for fear of damaging the gun. Should I contact the seller? He may have really been unaware.
Thanks in advance.