AR-556 suddenly wont eject casings today
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Clean and lube It's been sitting a year. Or better question, why do you let firearms sit an entire year without cleaning?
The Norseman
Blackhawk
Bolt/Ejector installed incorrectly. Ejector
Claw is not facing outward. When the Bolt
face was reinstalled, the Claw was accidentally
facing toward the inside of the receiver.
Claw is not facing outward. When the Bolt
face was reinstalled, the Claw was accidentally
facing toward the inside of the receiver.
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RC44Mag
Buckeye
Use a chamber brush and give it a good scrubbing and clean it out real good and a very light coat of oil and see it improves. Chambers can get sticky, gunky or maybe a little rusty and can be an easy fix.
Won't eject? Case stays in the bolt face? Is the bolt cycling fully? Did you try to cycle a few unfired rounds by hand?
Ejector might be sticky. Gas tube might be clogged.
'Or better question, why do you let firearms sit an entire year without cleaning?'
I see no reason a rifle cleaned a year ago shouldn't function today.
Ejector might be sticky. Gas tube might be clogged.
'Or better question, why do you let firearms sit an entire year without cleaning?'
I see no reason a rifle cleaned a year ago shouldn't function today.
KurtC
Single-Sixer
Try cycling the rounds by hand. If all is well, you are probably not getting enough gas. Carbon in the tube attracts moisture, which turns it into muck.
Perfect place to start looking, because we're all human & Murphy's Law never sleeps!
Don't judge. You may not have made it thru my last year unscathed in some way. God is merciful.Won't eject? Case stays in the bolt face? Is the bolt cycling fully? Did you try to cycle a few unfired rounds by hand?
Ejector might be sticky. Gas tube might be clogged.
'Or better question, why do you let firearms sit an entire year without cleaning?'
I see no reason a rifle cleaned a year ago shouldn't function today.
"Don't judge. You may not have made it thru my last year unscathed in some way. God is merciful."
Begging your pardon, I did not intend to be judgmental. FWIW-My comment was directed toward Jeepnik's post. "Or better question, why do you let firearms sit an entire year without cleaning?"
A firearm is mechanical so unless there's some sort of environmental factor, a stored gun is no different than any other mechanical object.
Begging your pardon, I did not intend to be judgmental. FWIW-My comment was directed toward Jeepnik's post. "Or better question, why do you let firearms sit an entire year without cleaning?"
A firearm is mechanical so unless there's some sort of environmental factor, a stored gun is no different than any other mechanical object.
Did you check the gas block? A lot of guns have set screws instead of proper pins holding them.
Sorry if I upset anyone. But, would you expect a car to be parked in a garage for a year and start right up? Most likely the battery is dead, today's gas may have gone bad and most certainly all the lube would have drained off the internals. And that's if mice haven't eaten the wiring insulation.
Here's one some miss when I checked others cleaning the ARs at the dept. The gas rings on the bolt. The three must not have the openings aligned together. Offset them.
I've had guns sitting in my safe for over a decade without issue.
You clean guns that are clean, just to clean them again? I often have guns sit for some time after use, after cleaning, some for more than a year. I do agree that lube might need to be freshened.
Perhaps I was raised wrong. My teaching is that you clean firearms after use. You clean firearms that have been sitting since you used them during the last season. If a firearm arm hasn't been cleaned and lubed for some time inspect, clean and lube as needed before use.
