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    You can take the upper and lower apart by pounding out the pins and sliding it forward. I've had other problems that prevented the BCG from heading home and this is what I had to do.

    After the spring tension on BCG is relieved, use a brass rod down the barrel to knock it back and hopefully out.

    I'm guessing there will be scratches in the nickel from the primer or some garbage.

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    re: severe malfunction

    No such luck in magwell. I agree that this weapon should be able to cycle any ammo put into it. Will there only be premium ammo available always? I take it you feel this is a manufacturer's problem?

    I really feel for our troops who may be confronted with a problem of this magnitude at a dire time. One would truly be SOL

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    As I mentioned earlier, when I first shot this rifle, I had a severe failure to extract which occurred with the Wolf ammo. I needed to push out the spent case from the muzzle end. Now with different (brass) ammo, I have blown primers and a jammed bolt. Something is just not right with this picture and it seems too easy just to blame it on cheap ammo.

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    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.

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    From their website.. Manufacturer's of Quality, "Regulated Short Stroke Gas Piston Weapon Systems" since 2004. The first M16/AR15 type and AR10 type weapon systems offered on the market being piston driven. All of our weapon system operate with and without the need of Lube, using C.R.O.S. (Corrosion Resistant Operating System). We offer "Relentless Reliability" on all our weapon systems. We believe in "Quality over Quantity".

    Call POF and ask to have it returned and inspected. If they send it back as serviceable, ask for your money back if it happens again.

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    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.

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    Ammo isn't necessarily the issue here. It should be able to digest Wolf as well as Remington or anything else.

    The issue is that the chamber is tight. If that isn't the case I would be really surprised. Unfortunately since he doesn't have access to a chamber gage all he can do is send it back and rely on what POF tells him.

    Most manufacturers probably won't come out and say "our chambers or barrels are out of spec."

    I have steel cased Hornady 5.56 ammo and it works like I champ thus far in all of my AR's. The SBR, Noveske, my wifes carbine and my Arnold Dew PD15 piston gun. Blaming the ammo is the easy way.

    I WOULD NOT LET A LOCAL "GUNSMITH" DICK WITH THIS WEAPON AND POSSIBLY CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS. CONTACT POF DIRECTLY AND ARRANGE TO SEND IT BACK. PUT IN WRITING WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU SUSPECT THE ISSUE IS.

    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.
    Last edited by Iraqgunz; 07-19-10 at 01:25.



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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    a chamber reaming is probably your answer
    The POF rifles have some sort of non-chrome silver coating inside the chamber and barrel, and inside the receiver, so the rechambering needs to be done by POF and the chamber re-coated by POF.

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    Send it back and let us know how their CS treats you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 6933 View Post
    Send it back and let us know how their CS treats you.
    I like this idea! Then sell it.

    I have seen more than one POF with this type of concern at the range. Asked one guy and he says to me, " It does this whenever it heats up". I say, "this doesn't concern you?" "Nah", he replies, " I just bought it for fun." " Have you tried different mags and/or ammo"? "Yeah, tried everything I can think of. It must be a characteristic of the gun." No shit. Then he says, "what kind of rifle you got? it hasn't stopped once." The kind POF said they designed to be "more reliable" than.
    Last edited by Grease Monkey; 07-19-10 at 17:56.

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