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Thread: Need advice re: severe malfunction today

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    Don't let them tell you that you can't shoot wolf out of it. If your rifle, no matter what it costs, won't eat tons of wolf happily then it is broken.

    For range use it doesn't make sense to shoot expensive ammo, and it definitely shouldn't be a requirement. That's just a cop-out for what is obviously a manufacturing mistake.

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    4) Contact The Manufacturer or Dealer First – Internet forums have a large global audience and unsubstantiated or ill-informed comments will affect the livelihoods of a lot of hard working people in the industry. If you have an issue with a manufacturer or dealer that you would like to resolve, we ask that your first contact them to resolve it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fireglock View Post
    4) Contact The Manufacturer or Dealer First – Internet forums have a large global audience and unsubstantiated or ill-informed comments will affect the livelihoods of a lot of hard working people in the industry. If you have an issue with a manufacturer or dealer that you would like to resolve, we ask that your first contact them to resolve it.
    that rule only applies to manfers and dealers we don't all hate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evolixsurf View Post
    The best advice we can give you right now is to:

    1. take the gun to a gun smith(if you want to pay for the fix) or preferably straight back to the manufacturer for a check up(likely free -shipping).

    2. Never buy the cheapest ammo, never buy remington ammo.... The only military surplus ammo i would buy is lake city cased.
    The rifle should run on Wolf, UMC, or Black Hills..

    I would do as the others suggested and ship it back to them(POF) to fix as it should not be on your dime to fix. Once you get it back run it to see how it does. If all is well at that point I would then sell it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Solid View Post
    While using cheap ammo should be ok, in every gun, I agree from a manufacturers stand-point to void warranties over crappy ammo. Why should they have to fix the rifle because someone is cheap? I agree this particular problem sounds like a tight chamber, but to say my rifle has to shoot any junk i throw into it, is just as much a cop out as a manuf. saying it will void your warranty. Cheap ammo can and will have an impact on a rifles parts, and cause it to function less reliably. It may run in it, but the long term effects can be worse than saving a buck or two. I'm not saying you have to run match grade stuff in your gun, but also scraping the bottom of the barrel consistently is not a good idea either.
    What long term effects? As in he might notice as more wear than normal on his extractor after ten or twelve thousand rounds? He can completely rebuild his bolt for less than thirty dollars then...which he should do anyway.

    I'm unaware of any other long term effects, not even hypothetical ones.

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    I just finished reading the article in the new Shotgun News about the POF SBR. I came away feeling that Pete Kokalis has lost it.

    No where in the article did it state that Wolf or other steel cased ammo shouldn't be used. His last caveat was "Utterly Reliable" or some garbage.

    I encourage you to contact POF and make them address the issue. Considering what they are charging for these guns they should work flawlessly out of the box. I am very interested in hearing what their response is.



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