BCM uppers

ARMatt said:

Does BCM make MD compliant uppers? Obviously I need an HBAR, but I can't find it on their website. Thanks for the help in advanced If there is already a forum if you can point me in the direction!

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ARMatt said:

I do not i'm from Texas and am just getting into the fire arm business

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fivepointstar said:

super envy

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thai said:

Matt,
Here is my suggestion: do an SBR build. Buy lower, submit a Form1, wait 3 to 4 months and get a BCM upper of your choice in any configuration under 16" ! Problem solved.

I believe BCM make the best light weight uppers. Mine is a 12.5" and was flawless out 9f the box at $700, a damn bargain compared to my LWRC uppers that are $1800+.

I have a friend that just had Engage build him a rifle. Long story short, he spent 3 hours at Haps Baker trying to feed it a hundred rounds to even get a first feed to fire and not a single consecutive second shot was possible. The procedure ran like this:
Insert half full magazine, release bolt, aim and squeeze trigger-click!-failure to fire, remove magazine,, pull back charging handle-round does not eject - bolt comes back empty-cartridge stuck in chamber, release charging handle from rear most position being careful to NOT RIDE charging handle forward, aim and squeeze trigger-round discharges - sometimes eject sometimes FTE.

After three hours in his basement he kept trying to feed live rounds and ejecting to make certain the extractor captures the cartridge in the the first attempt. This is very unsafe, he is a new firearms enthusiasts and I warned him repeated of the dangers of doing this. But he is busy and hard headed and does not have time to take it back to Engage so he is self diagnosing. Terrible idea.

I don't fault Engage for building a rifle with issues, but when you build a rifle with hodge podge parts you will invariably run into issues like this. And the trouble of diagnosing the problem and trying to get five different manufacturers of each part to take responsibility is time consuming and a pain in the ass. I told him to purchase a complete upper by BCM and be done with it.

I also told my friend to stop screwing around with the rifle and take it back to Engage. They can't fix any issue they don't know about. So we'll go shooting this weekend and see if he has Eff'd his Engage built rifle any further.

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thai said:

Matt,
Here is my suggestion: do an SBR build. Buy lower, submit a Form1, wait 3 to 4 months and get a BCM upper of your choice in any configuration under 16" ! Problem solved.

I believe BCM make the best light weight uppers. Mine is a 12.5" and was flawless out 9f the box at $700, a damn bargain compared to my LWRC uppers that are $1800+.

I have a friend that just had Engage build him a rifle. Long story short, he spent 3 hours at Haps Baker trying to feed it a hundred rounds to even get a first feed to fire and not a single consecutive second shot was possible. The procedure ran like this:
Insert half full magazine, release bolt, aim and squeeze trigger-click!-failure to fire, remove magazine,, pull back charging handle-round does not eject - bolt comes back empty-cartridge stuck in chamber, release charging handle from rear most position being careful to NOT RIDE charging handle forward, aim and squeeze trigger-round discharges - sometimes eject sometimes FTE.

After three hours in his basement he kept trying to feed live rounds and ejecting to make certain the extractor captures the cartridge in the the first attempt. This is very unsafe, he is a new firearms enthusiasts and I warned him repeated of the dangers of doing this. But he is busy and hard headed and does not have time to take it back to Engage so he is self diagnosing. Terrible idea.

I don't fault Engage for building a rifle with issues, but when you build a rifle with hodge podge parts you will invariably run into issues like this. And the trouble of diagnosing the problem and trying to get five different manufacturers of each part to take responsibility is time consuming and a pain in the ass. I told him to purchase a complete upper by BCM and be done with it.

I also told my friend to stop screwing around with the rifle and take it back to Engage. They can't fix any issue they don't know about. So we'll go shooting this weekend and see if he has Eff'd his Engage built rifle any further.

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NateIU10 said:

Where is he located? We will 100% back anything we build, if he has trouble getting down to us I may be able to figure something out.

To be fair, we have fixed a number of BCM uppers to make them run. Not an excuse by any means just an observation. Email me at Nate@engagearmament.com and I will do everything in my power to make it right.

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thai said:

He is only in Gaithersburg and you guys also did a tranfer for him on an M6A2 LWRC previously. He loves the AR15 you built, I really have no idea why he doesn't take an hour to go by your shop. Both the lower and upper has your " e " logo.

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