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Thread: Broken PRI Gas buster WTF??

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    For the price you pay you would expect it to be a high quality high reliability piece. The pin failed after only 3.5k rounds of use. Hopefully it was just a defective pin. If it happens again with a replacement pin Im chucking the PRI GBs into the 'not for serious use' category.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1 Source View Post
    ......

    Gun still works without the latch but when you fire it, there is an annoying reciprocating handle whacking you in the nose.
    Adds a whole to meaning to "shooting nose to charging handle....."

    (sorry, just had to say it)

    I do wish you luck with getting a fix. That's certainly aggravating for a product at that price point.

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    Great... I just ordered a BMC 11.5" upper from Grant with a Gas Buster CH. As soon as I ordered I find this post.

    Oh, well... I guess if worse comes to worse I could always bore the hole bigger and use a bigger roll pin.

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    You can always replace the stock roll pin with a GI roll pin.

    My gripe has been the roll pin they provide, the stainless one, tends to be a bit short and does not fully engage the length of the hole.
    My brother saw Deliverance and bought a Bow. I saw Deliverance and bought an AR-15.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1 Source View Post
    So I went to the range this morning to test some mags with my LMT 10.5 upper and about 20rds into it the roll pin that holds the latch on the PRI charging handle breaks on me.

    This ever happened to you guys?
    Why yes it has. It happened during a Pat Rogers 3-day COC course last Summer. Contact PRI, they'll make it right.
    We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin. - Pope Francis I

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    Quote Originally Posted by CarlosDJackal View Post
    Why yes it has. It happened during a Pat Rogers 3-day COC course last Summer. Contact PRI, they'll make it right.
    what did they do? send you a new charging handle?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vicious_cb View Post
    what did they do? send you a new charging handle?
    They had me send in the one I had and they either sent me a replacement or repaired the one I sent in (I did not bother to check). In my case, the roll pin broke and I lost the latch.

    This CH now lives on my LMT upper.
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    I use PRI Gas Busters in all my guns because I like the larger, beefier T-Handle/Latch and I do a lot of suppressed shooting. I had not had any issues with mine, but after hearing from Pat Rogers that several of the roll pins had gone down in his classes I immediately replaced all mine and I started replacing them when I do the gun overhaul at 5K rounds. The pin costs $.02 and there's no reason not to replace it regularly.

    With the increased leverage placed against the pin I don't doubt they have a shorter useful service life than the same pin in a USGI charging handle. I wonder if a solid pin that is pressed in place would work. That should last pretty much forever.

    Stephen

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    im on my 4th roll pin..it happens. Especially man handing it when clearing malfunctions etc..

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    Quote Originally Posted by AwaySooner View Post
    Either you have a defective one or learn to pull it straight back without putting side to side tension.
    how do you do this?

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