AR parts & OCD(Sorting/Rebuilding New Bolts, Replacing/Restaking Carrier Keys

[HKGuns]

Do I smell a troll ?

How does that work with someone who's been here since 2007 with only 100 posts?

I re-worked a few of my carrier keys that were sporting the cheap screws. Now re-doing everything is more time than I would invest.

[titsonritz]

I used FCD gas key bolts, Colt gas keys

the FCD castellated gas key screws

For one thing, those are not an FCD product, they are Ned Christiansen's Optimized Carrier Key Screws (OCKS)...
http://www.michiguns.net/tool_new.php?product=ocks
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...ier-key-screws

A lot of people sell/use them...

https://sionicsweaponsystems.com/bolt-carrier-groups/
https://rubbercityarmory.com/product...rews-set-of-2/
https://www.weaponoutfitters.com/ned...ks-screws.html
https://jtfcon.com/product/optimized...y-screws-ocks/
https://www.trajectoryarms.com/produ...h-ocks-screws/
https://blackrivertactical.com/WP/Op...ews-p158785134

OCD, yes.

Personally, I believe you would have been better off putting the parts in your parts bin for down the road use.

[sinister]

Seek help. Seriously.

Get a data book for each rifle and carbine you own. Log each shot you fire religiously.



It will do nothing for wear, but it might allieve some of your conscious / unconscious suffering.

Have you ever shot a rifle or carbine to the point you had a key fail?

I haven't, though I've broken a bolt and extractor pin after wearing out a number of barrels. I have no idea the cost of the ammunition to do that, since it was a high ratio between my own, hand loads, and Uncle Sam's ammunition.

I've also maintained 450 M16 rifles and M4 carbines treated like rented Army surplus mules. Most of the things I've changed on those were ejection port door springs, disconnectors, and front sights. Once in a while a cadet will lose a firing pin retaining pin.