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Thread: Spikes .22 Upper WARNING

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    Spikes .22 Upper WARNING

    Ok guys I normally dont bitch too much about products but I want this one to go for safety.

    Also Spikes is sending me a replacement .22 BCG and have been very good through this but I think this should go out as a warning to those who who are getting either a Spikes dedicated .22 upper or .22 conversion.

    I took a dedicated .22 Spikes upper out to run it through its paces and it malf'd from the start, it did double feeds, failure to return to battey, stuck cases, faiures to extract, etc no biggie as it is what it is and these things can be fixed. However
    the gun decided to go FA on me and thats not so good but the major bad thing is it fired on me when I released the charging handle almost blowing off a foot. This could have went very badly and I could have been an in prison gimp foot or worse.

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    An obvious reason why muzzle discipline is just so important all the time. Glad to hear it didn’t get to ugly.

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    Let us know which offending part(s) caused all these inconveniences.

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    With a blowback conversion like that I'm putting my money on a stuck firing pin.

    Stephen

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    Good info indeed. Glad everything worked out. Worst case could be an injury and the BATF persecuting you.

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    Mine has been great from day one. I wonder if it was a machining error, or if the nickel coating was applied too thick. Do they feel like this problem was connected to all your function problems you had before it went F/A?

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    Not the first Spikes horror story I've heard. I've saved myself so much grief by shooting 22 ammo through my.....


    10/22!!!

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    The firing pin was moving freely on it and it was one of those "Oh thats real bad" responses. They knew what it was by the tone of the convo but wouldnt let the cat out of the bag. Im guessing im not the first by how it sounded. I hate throwing someone under the bus and the people at Spikes are great but I just would have felt like crap if someone got hurt and I didnt open my trap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crossgun View Post
    An obvious reason why muzzle discipline is just so important all the time.
    +1

    What turned out to be the problem with it?

    Bimmer

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    Thanks for posting this Shihan, I have been seriously think about purchasing one of these uppers and now I think my money would be better spent else where.

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