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Thread: found a bur in my barrel. What do I do?

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    If I put it together and it does not run perfect after a reasonable amount of tinkering I will dump it to someone cheap and let them know it has issues. I did not realize I could get a complete BCM upper for under $400. This was sort of an impulse purchase, where I said what the heck I'll try one. I was barbecuing and drinking and saw the dpms deal posted online and now hear I am with folks telling me I screwed up before I even assemble and fire the thing. If it doesn't work out I'll trade it to someone for beer and a brisket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hmac View Post
    I'm having trouble getting my mind around someone having "1 Noveske, 1 DD, 3 LMT, 1 Spikes, a few others...." and then going out at getting a DPMS to use as a beater. Any one of those other rifles would make a great beater, and certainly one better able to standing up to being beaten.
    Maybe I baby my others too much. I really prefer to shoot my SBR the most, and the others get taken out rarely and are safe guns. The "beater" gun was a good excuse to tell myself to justify another AR.

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    What do you guys think my odds are that this thing will run fine. Total 50/50 toss up? Most likely not work without tinkering? Run perfect? Maybe I should have designated an LMT to be the beater.

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    Consider yourself lucky, last time I was drinking and did something impulsive I ended up with a kid.

    You can have DPMS fix the barrel or (my choice) send it back as a return and eat the 12% restocking fee, just chalk it up to a stupid tax from the beer fund.

    http://www.dpmsinc.com/support/orders.aspx
    Last edited by pcf; 09-15-10 at 01:32.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spanky4888 View Post
    What do you guys think my odds are that this thing will run fine. Total 50/50 toss up? Most likely not work without tinkering? Run perfect? Maybe I should have designated an LMT to be the beater.
    Schroedinger's Cat. There is no way to answer your question without observation, and once you observe, the question is answered. So shoot it or sell it. Or try to shoot it, then sell it.

    I've owned 2 DPMS guns, both of which were non-functional. This was before I knew anything about ARs, so I just dumped them.

    YMMV.

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    Ya know, for $400 plus the price of a stripped lower, it's worth the experience you will gain from building & troubleshooting until it runs right. It will teach what works, what doesn't and help you see through the Fog of Internet. From what I've seen, a used AR will go for at least $800. That gives you a $400 buffer before you start losing money.

    Build it! If you got kids, get them involved. If it doesn't run right, it will be an exercise in critical thinking-an important skill-to get it to do so. Your knowledge will be based on what you've done rather than what someone told you

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    that DPMS kit was the entire rifle minus the stripped lower, its not just an upper. I saw it on slickdeals the other day. It was pretty damn tempting for $400. They raised the price now.
    Last edited by ForTehNguyen; 09-15-10 at 08:46.

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    When I consider a beater gun it is something that I plan on running the hell out of and being able to pull it out and have no problems with it at all. That means it has to be 100% reliable or as close as possible to it. Why have a weapon that may or probably won't go bang when I pull the trigger? Why have a weapon that I have to do a lot of work on to get it to run properly?

    It sounds like the weapons you have already would be great "beater weapons".

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    man oh man...

    Guy asks a simple question about a burr in a bbl and he gets hounded about the choice in brang he made. Why not just answer the question?

    As for the OP. Is hard to say, does it look like siple metal shavings left from drilling the gas port or is it a huge hunk of metal hanging there?

    You could try and remove it with a bore brush, if not send it back for a replacement.

    I understand the OP's hesitation in using a quality rifle as a beater. I have a car which sits in the garage because it has thousands upon thousands of dollars into it making a low 10second high 9 second 1/4mile car. Can I drive it every day? Sure. But I drive a POS '96 Maxima so as to not put miles on the one in the garage. Same principle.
    ..It was you to me who taught
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    Mine earlier post wasn't meant to pound the OP.

    If I were to keep the DPMS I would send it back and have them fix the burr. That way if it became more of a problem afterwards that would be on DPMS and not the OP. If he were to fix or attempt to fix it himself and new problems arose he may have difficulties with DPMS. My philosophy has always been to have the producer fix the problems. That way I have someone to go to for further problems. Basically maintaining the warranty.

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