LMT 308 - Are these problems?

[No Bananas]

Just picked up my Defender H today. The bolt carrier has a line of what appears to be hefty tooling marks across each side. I’m guessing these are cosmetic and not representative of a structural issue. Thoughts?

Also, the upper-to-lower gap seems to be pretty big. Is this normal for the LMT MWS models? It feels tight - there’s no rattle or play between the two. It is wide enough that I think dirt and crap will get 8n there if I run the gun through it’s paces.





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[AndyLate]

Only the rails make contact, so the tooling marks will not hurt anything. My 5.56 LMT bolt carrier is similar but not as severe.

Andy

[hk_shootr]

You will get the same answers here as you did on ARFcom

Send it back or shoot the piss outta it

[everready73]

You will get the same answers here as you did on ARFcom

Send it back or shoot the piss outta it

This. I would just shoot it

[markm]

A little chatter marking on a non-critical surface. Nothing I would give a second thought about. Wait til you see how dirty the gun gets, and you'll forget all about that stuff. Not a dig on the gun, just that those big ass BCGs get toxic sludge dirty after a few hundred rounds.

[Pappabear]

Just shoot the fck out of that gun and enjoy LMT greatness.