Sort-of-update: No word back from RRA so far. Fun. I'll give them until Monday evening before I start raising hell with them. Iraqgunz, if that's enough lead time I'll pm you by Monday night to see if we can link up before new years.

I tried malfunction drills with several different magazines tonight. With Gen 1 30 round Pmags and USGI (Bravo Co.) mags, the "stuck charging handle" problem is still very evident. With 20-round and Rev-M Pmags and Lancer 1, the problem is noticeably reduced, but still present. With Lancer 2 the problem is basically gone; only a hint of more-than-average resistance. The problem is still present with no mag at all but a round chambered, though not so bad as the older-gen Pmags and USGI mags. I'm not sure what any of this means. Shining a flashlight into the ejection port while trying to work the charging handle shows pretty clearly that the bolt, or BCG, is getting hung up on something (the degree varying depending on what mags, if any, are seated). I just don't know what.

On a side note, the two Lancers both seem to feed fine. The only complaint I have is trying to get one of them to seat with the bolt down (damn near impossible), regardless of how many rounds are in the mag. The other Lancer mag I have seats fine. Is this common?


-B