Make sure the barrel extension is not cracked, it may not be obvious until you take the barrel out of the upper.
Make sure the barrel extension is not cracked, it may not be obvious until you take the barrel out of the upper.
I've never felt the need to High Pressure test my own bolts! You really are a do-it-yourself kind of guy, huh?
Glad your OK! I'm interested to see how everything fares after inspection, and what Federal has to say!
-RD62
I'm glad things didn't go sideways and you're ok bro. Hope you can finagle a new upper out of this.
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Sorry for the delay, after I went through this ammo, to my dismay, it does NOT have a Lake City stamp on the casing. I'll get some pictures here soon.
Something is fishy, as Recob's had informed me lastnight after I spoke to him that this was indeed, "XM193" and not "PD", etc..
And to be clear, Noveske didn't assemble this upper for me, so they have nothing to do w/this situation.
This barrel/upper receiver have a shit ton of rounds through it, all knowing that that little lip had existed. I doubt the receiver feedramps has anything to do w/this situation though based on the amount of rounds i've had through this combo. But ya never know..
Camera sucks, cannot get a good picture of the head stamp.
On the top it is ––––-" F C"
on the bottom it is ––––––" 223 o REM "
while im no ammo buff, that doesn't sound like real 193 to me.
Last edited by Derek_Connor; 04-25-09 at 14:28.
FC is Federal Cartridge. There is a slight chance that you had a headspace issue since you have said that there are a shit ton of rounds through the upper and barrel. I would clean the weapon and see if you can get a headspace gage and check it.
That being said it is more than likely an ammo problem. Like I said ANY ammo can have issues. Military ammo gets reclassed quite frequently due to malfunctions or related issues.
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What usually happens in cases like this? Does the Ammo manufacturer pay to rebuild the upper? Do they send it off to a third party to determine what went wrong? Does it depend on manufacturer what kind of service you get?
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Roger, will report back on the results.
That being said it is more than likely an ammo problem. Like I said ANY ammo can have issues. Military ammo gets reclassed quite frequently due to malfunctions or related issues.
Agreed that any ammo can have issues, if I can come out of this with a still decently used barrel and just have to up the cost of a new bolt, i'll be extremely happy.
Derek,
Glad you're alright brother.
Keep us updated on the status of everything.
Will be interesting to hear what the ammo manufacturer has to say.
Lake City XM193 has the heat marking where the brass necks down, at least all the Federal XM193 and white box Lake City XM193 I have does. Why does that not have the typical heat discolor I'm used to seeing?
Just to admit, I do not know what the heat mark is from or why it is there, I just know I see it evertime I open my ammo. When I look at the picture a few posts up, I instantly noticed that the brass is a constant color and not the same as what I am used to holding/seeing.
Larry
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Glad to hear you're okay and let's hope it's just the bolt that's screwed. Keep us posted.
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