Improperly Staked BCG?

[BSmith]

^ BCM is doing it wrong then

"BCM Gas key is manufactured, chrome lined, and heat treated per USGI specifications, 1 Each.
Included is USGI domestic mfg Grade 8 fasteners, 2 Each."

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[Gunrunner]

^ BCM is doing it wrong then

"BCM Gas key is manufactured, chrome lined, and heat treated per USGI specifications, 1 Each.
Included is USGI domestic mfg Grade 8 fasteners, 2 Each."

Link

ASTM International, known until 2001 as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services.

Regardless, I will ONLY purchase ASTM Certified fasteners from a trusted supplier. For carrier key screws I use Torx Plus ASTM rated fasteners.

[six8]

Last one. This is the worst IMO

This is a PSA BCG

[556Cliff]

This is a PSA BCG

That was my next guess! I swear...

[556Cliff]

Y'all give up or want to keep guessing?

You said LWRC was close, is there another piston company that makes a DI carrier other than Colt and LMT?

[slybarman]

I hope y'all wont mind if I play too. What do you experts think of the staking job on these and feel free to guess brand as well. I am confident you won't guess one of them because the brand is taboo, though I didn't know it when I bough it. The first ones looks pretty poor to me.

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You said LWRC was close, is there another piston company that makes a DI carrier other than Colt and LMT?

OK - the one on the left is Leitner Wise Manufacturing (the new company) - which is why I said LWRC was close. The one on the right is PSA.

Am I correct that the Leitner Wise staking doesn't look like it goes in far enough?

[six8]

OK - the one on the left is Leitner Wise Manufacturing (the new company) - which is why I said LWRC was close. The one on the right is PSA.

Am I correct that the Leitner Wise staking doesn't look like it doesn't go in far enough?

The staking looks useless. Your PSA sure looks better than mine.

[556Cliff]

OK - the one on the left is Leitner Wise Manufacturing (the new company) - which is why I said LWRC was close. The one on the right is PSA.

Am I correct that the Leitner Wise staking doesn't look like it doesn't go in far enough?

I didn't even think of the "new" Leitner Wise company.

PSA looks different in every picture I see of their carriers, it seems like they have no set standard and just get different carriers and whatever staking comes with them from a bunch of different sources.

That staking on the Leitner Wise carrier does not look very good, it reminds me of the staking old Bushmaster of Maine used to do.

[slybarman]

The staking looks useless. Your PSA sure looks better than mine.

That staking on the Leitner Wise carrier does not look very good, it reminds me of the staking old Bushmaster of Maine used to do.

I agree with you both. I am not impressed with that aspect of it and makes me wonder about the rest of it. It is black nitride and I paid $175 for it some months back.

[Rowland_P]

FWIW, here's how my Spikes BC gas key came staked: