Nay_sayer
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I've been looking at buying my first MSR and finally settled on a DPMS GII after 3 months of looking at everything I could afford or build. I found the one I wanted for a good price this past Saturday and "pulled the trigger" (DPRM LR-GII MOE).
I took it out to a buddies farm today to try it out and it shot great. I put 80 rounds through it by the end of the day and didn't have one issue. The ammo wasn't the greatest, ZQ1.
When I got home to clean it, there were three parts that fell out when I took the BCG out. I know what one of the parts is but I can't figure out what the other two are or where they came from. Nothing seems to be missing or not functioning, but I don't want to screw up myself or the rifle.
The first part that came out is the front part of the forward assist. The part that actually engages with the notches in the bolt carrier. The roll pin sheared off on both sides. That alone sucks, but at $12 from Midway replacing it isn't a big deal. I don't see any damage any where that it caused in the receiver. It seems to have stayed in place until I removed the BCG.
One of the other parts is a tiny solid metal pin. It's not a roll pin, it's solid metal. It's about 5/16" long and it doesn't appear to be sheared off or damaged in any way. Both edges are slightly chamfered and the ends are flat. This fell out as soon as I turned the upper receiver over after taking the BCG and the charging handle out. Nothing else on the upper receiver had been disassembled when this fell out.
I was putting the rifle back together after cleaning and turned the upper receiver over again and a tiny spring fell out. Again, no Idea where it came from. It's about 5/16" long and 1/16" thick. I had disassembled the BCG to clean it and had reassembled it but that was it as far as disassembly that I had performed.
Once reassembled, everything seemed to work fine (except the forward assist, that doesn't really assist much right now). I didn't take anything apart on the lower receiver except the buffer and buffer spring to wipe them off so I don't think the parts are from there. I looked at the parts for the bolt and bolt carrier online and it doesn't look like these are from there. I'm at a loss.
Can anyone tell me what these parts are or where they are from? Or even where to look? I hate to send this back to DPMS and wait weeks or months to use it again. It wasn't an inexpensive rifle, I'd like to use it.
I attached a pic of all three parts if that helps.
I took it out to a buddies farm today to try it out and it shot great. I put 80 rounds through it by the end of the day and didn't have one issue. The ammo wasn't the greatest, ZQ1.
When I got home to clean it, there were three parts that fell out when I took the BCG out. I know what one of the parts is but I can't figure out what the other two are or where they came from. Nothing seems to be missing or not functioning, but I don't want to screw up myself or the rifle.
The first part that came out is the front part of the forward assist. The part that actually engages with the notches in the bolt carrier. The roll pin sheared off on both sides. That alone sucks, but at $12 from Midway replacing it isn't a big deal. I don't see any damage any where that it caused in the receiver. It seems to have stayed in place until I removed the BCG.
One of the other parts is a tiny solid metal pin. It's not a roll pin, it's solid metal. It's about 5/16" long and it doesn't appear to be sheared off or damaged in any way. Both edges are slightly chamfered and the ends are flat. This fell out as soon as I turned the upper receiver over after taking the BCG and the charging handle out. Nothing else on the upper receiver had been disassembled when this fell out.
I was putting the rifle back together after cleaning and turned the upper receiver over again and a tiny spring fell out. Again, no Idea where it came from. It's about 5/16" long and 1/16" thick. I had disassembled the BCG to clean it and had reassembled it but that was it as far as disassembly that I had performed.
Once reassembled, everything seemed to work fine (except the forward assist, that doesn't really assist much right now). I didn't take anything apart on the lower receiver except the buffer and buffer spring to wipe them off so I don't think the parts are from there. I looked at the parts for the bolt and bolt carrier online and it doesn't look like these are from there. I'm at a loss.
Can anyone tell me what these parts are or where they are from? Or even where to look? I hate to send this back to DPMS and wait weeks or months to use it again. It wasn't an inexpensive rifle, I'd like to use it.
I attached a pic of all three parts if that helps.
