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    Hit the chamber with solvent and a chamber brush. Swap out the extractor spring with one from Bravo Co, Wolff, Colt. If the extractor looks worn, swap that out as well.

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    Oly is catching

    Quote Originally Posted by decodeddiesel View Post
    I fail to see how case taper has anything to do with a surface treatment designed to reduce friction and prevent corrosion.

    Not arguing that steel cased ammo is suitable for serious use in a 5.56, rather that the coating it's self does not act like a "glue" as many misinformed gun store commandos proclaim.
    The tapered case makes it easier to extract from the chamber after it is fired. The straighter case walls on the 5.56 coupled with the surface treatment might be what causes the problem.

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    Problem solved. Thanks for the input. No it wasn't the ammo. I do not fire steel through my (according to eurodriver imaginary) weapon. I only fire brass through it. Winchester, Federal and believe it or not even with Oly's small gas tube I'm finding Tula to be extremely reliable. It is a pre-ban and I have been looking at a BCM upper but it has been such a reliable rifle up until recently. It was the extractor. I changed it out for a much higher quality part and now it's purring like a kitten. Again thanks for everyone positive input.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Oly is a joke. I should post some of the more hillarious issues I've saved over the years.
    Do it. It's an American pastime to hate on Olympic AR's. Sort of like hatin' on Jennings pistols.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Image Group View Post
    Problem solved. Thanks for the input. No it wasn't the ammo. I do not fire steel through my (according to eurodriver imaginary) weapon. I only fire brass through it. Winchester, Federal and believe it or not even with Oly's small gas tube I'm finding Tula to be extremely reliable. It is a pre-ban and I have been looking at a BCM upper but it has been such a reliable rifle up until recently. It was the extractor. I changed it out for a much higher quality part and now it's purring like a kitten. Again thanks for everyone positive input.
    You do know that Tula is steel cased ammo, don't you? It has a "polymer" based coating instead of a lacquer based coating like older Wolf or Brown Bear. In my experience the poly coated is "worse" than the lacquer coated. YMMV...

    If it's a preban it would probably be worth it to strip it down to the bare lower receiver and rebuild it with quality (read BCM, Daniels Defense, Centurion, Colt, LMT, etc) parts. If I had a preban that's exactly what I would do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wake27 View Post
    I thought I read that somewhere around here. I guess either I was wrong, or whoever posted it was. Just wondering.
    I have a Windham SRC and, while not the quality of my KAC, it is a competent weapon and I have had zero problems with it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by decodeddiesel View Post
    You do know that Tula is steel cased ammo, don't you? It has a "polymer" based coating instead of a lacquer based coating like older Wolf or Brown Bear.
    Apparently TulAmmo is now selling their "Brass Maxx" line through several vendors. Reports are it's 55gr .223 brass cased boxer primed, imported from Italy(?).

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    Quote Originally Posted by CrazyFingers View Post
    Apparently TulAmmo is now selling their "Brass Maxx" line through several vendors. Reports are it's 55gr .223 brass cased boxer primed, imported from Italy(?).
    Huh, well that's news to me. Apologies for the error.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maw1777 View Post
    You could keep wasting money on parts and listen to the people here complain about Olympic OR just send it back to them free of charge for repairs. Good thing about the industry it doesn't matter what brand you buytthey all will fix any problems.
    Can you please never ever say something this stupid in public ever, ever again?

    Jesus H Christ. Sell the Oly, it's a POS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wake27 View Post
    Worse than Windham?
    Windham is equality as shitty as BM. Same parts, same management that formerly worked at BM, different rollmark = Soup Sandwich. When measuring the differences between Oly/Windham/BM/Stag/RRA, you are essentially arguing at the molecular level between the grades of shit, shitier, shitiest, & hershey squirt. Oly being the hershey squirt...
    Last edited by RogerinTPA; 07-27-13 at 20:03.
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