02-16-2018, 04:44 PM
Everyone, thanks again for all the help! I managed to free it using lots of lube and mortaring against my workbench while pulling on the handle.
So here's an update on my ACTUAL issue. It turns out it _wasn't_ a jammed round! There was no round in the chamber (why it didn't pick up the round is a separate issue, and I'll be trying my 3 different mag types to see if any perform better, then look at feed lips, etc.).
The actual issue is that the bolt _itself_ was jamming up while trying to go into battery. I thought I had sufficiently lubed everything, but apparently it wasn't nearly enough. After lubing everything VERY well (especially the gas rings), the bolt now goes in and out very smoothly. I think one of my issues was [obviously] lack of experience in that my other (first) AR is a Sig 516 gas piston system, so there is no gas actually blowing into the chamber. I'm guessing because of this sufficient lube is much more important, and I didn't use enough. I've shot thousands of rounds from my 516 and never had this issue, but I'm still a noob when it comes to building and troubleshooting my own build.
I'll get it back to the range next week and report in, after I properly work on setting my gas block for semi-auto (I'll ignore the BFS function for now and work on getting semi-auto running smoothly).
So here's an update on my ACTUAL issue. It turns out it _wasn't_ a jammed round! There was no round in the chamber (why it didn't pick up the round is a separate issue, and I'll be trying my 3 different mag types to see if any perform better, then look at feed lips, etc.).
The actual issue is that the bolt _itself_ was jamming up while trying to go into battery. I thought I had sufficiently lubed everything, but apparently it wasn't nearly enough. After lubing everything VERY well (especially the gas rings), the bolt now goes in and out very smoothly. I think one of my issues was [obviously] lack of experience in that my other (first) AR is a Sig 516 gas piston system, so there is no gas actually blowing into the chamber. I'm guessing because of this sufficient lube is much more important, and I didn't use enough. I've shot thousands of rounds from my 516 and never had this issue, but I'm still a noob when it comes to building and troubleshooting my own build.
I'll get it back to the range next week and report in, after I properly work on setting my gas block for semi-auto (I'll ignore the BFS function for now and work on getting semi-auto running smoothly).