Malfunction help
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I couldn't find anything on a search.
Last night I took a new build out for only the second time and I was having some weird stoppages. It would fire, cycle, chamber a new round, but the bolt would not go fully into battery (IE: the extractor was not latching onto the rim of the casing). To clear the malfunction, I would have to rack the charging handle and let it go in order for the bolt to catch the rim, and then pull out the unfired cartridge.
This happened in no specific order five or six times per mag with multiple mags (Lancer, Pmags, and USGI). I eventually pulled the bolt out, took the extractor apart, inspected it, and saw nothing out of the ordinary (no black o-ring). I put it back together and the malfunctions stopped.
Any clue what was going on?
BCM 14.5" upper
BCM BCG
Blue Sprinco buffer spring
H-buffer
Noveske Gen 2 lower
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