
Originally Posted by
WS6
The rules here are to contact the company first. I have now done that.
Rubber City Armory originally, upon hearing my issue (but no measurements) stated that while they would do whatever I wanted (refund, swap out, etc.), I might be best to "just write them off", and that perhaps I and others like me were "picky", as most of these types of returns "work just fine" in their guns. I was informed that AK-47's have a lot of slop and can work with a lot of gunk in them and that I may be better served to consider one.
Upon hearing the measurements of 0.280", they agreed that this was a little off and seemed more inclined to my way of thinking.
I had agreed to send in the bolt for a swap...
...but after a good hard work-out this AM, and thinking about the things that have transpired, I decided against returning the bolt for a new one as I had discussed on the phone.
The carrier is nice, and I'll keep it. Bolt can go in the trash. I would rather run a known quantity from BCM or Daniel Defense, as I have literally never before encountered a bolt out of spec to the point that it caused administrative unloading of the weapon to require goodly effort. (Feeling like trying to extract brass-case after shooting a lot of steel). Chamber is not the issue as my other bolts work fine, including one of the previous one's from RCA. Their products seem to be "all over the map" when it comes to machining, and I'd just rather not.
Great idea. I could care less what is wrong with that bolt. Their response tells me what I need to know. Sometimes the education costs money as in your case. Hopefully others will learn from your experience and avoid this business.
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