Any Bushermaster BA50 owners here?

[Sev89]

Long story short, had a chance to snag a BA50 a couple of months ago. I'm planning to head out to WV next weekend and was planning to take it with me. However, when chambering any kind of round, the bolt fails to go home once the round is chambered. As best I can tell, the extractor claw won't snap around the rim of the cartridge, this is the case no matter how tight or loose I have the screw securing the extractor to the bolt. If there's anyone on this forum that owns one, did you have similar problems? If so, what was the fix?

 

[enya60h]

Yes I Do Love It , Shoots Well And Is Lot Of Fun When Out At Range

 

[enya60h]

just Cleaned Up Bolt And It Worked Itself Out havent Had Any Other Problems

 

[John from MD]

Long story short, had a chance to snag a BA50 a couple of months ago. I'm planning to head out to WV next weekend and was planning to take it with me. However, when chambering any kind of round, the bolt fails to go home once the round is chambered. As best I can tell, the extractor claw won't snap around the rim of the cartridge, this is the case no matter how tight or loose I have the screw securing the extractor to the bolt. If there's anyone on this forum that owns one, did you have similar problems? If so, what was the fix?

Can you remove the extractor and operate the bolt to insure it goes fully into battery? If so, maybe some metal filings got into the extractor/spring area and are keeping it from operating properly.

 

[Sev89]

Can you remove the extractor and operate the bolt to insure it goes fully into battery? If so, maybe some metal filings got into the extractor/spring area and are keeping it from operating properly.

Yes, without the extractor installed, the bolt will go into battery, it'll also go into battery if I slip a cartridge rim in under the claw.

 

[namelessname120]

I got the COBB 50 BMG ( before Bushmaster took over and renamed it) No real problems on my end

 

[John from MD]

Yes, without the extractor installed, the bolt will go into battery, it'll also go into battery if I slip a cartridge rim in under the claw.

Look over the extractor for burrs and also the spring hole if it has one.

 

[Sev89]

Look over the extractor for burrs and also the spring hole if it has one.

Will do, greatly appreciate it!

 

[Sev89]

Was finally able to work on it again today. Cleaned the ever loving snot out of the bolt and extractor. That still didn't solve the issue, I finally had to file/polish the surface of the extractor claw that initially contacts the rim upon chambering. A small amount of loctite and some tweaking with snap caps later, and it chambers like a champ now.

 

[John from MD]

Glad it worked out for you.