When I found that takeoff Charger barrels are "unobtainium", I shifted to plan B which involved unboxing a new PSA complete 22lr pistol AR upper that had been sitting on the shelf for 18 months. I gave the bore a quick wipe to remove any residue and mounted a red dot for a test run. HMMM, not good. Accuracy was here and there with a couple of keyholers @ 25 yards. Today, I cleaned the bore with more effort and mounted a 4x scope before another test run. Ten rounds @ 25 yards resulted in a 6" pattern plus a couple of flyers that left oblong holes and one bullet missed an 18" x 24" cardboard target backer.
I sent an email to PSA explaining the problem so we'll see how long it takes to resolve this problem. This my first disappointment with PSA products.
PS
After reading some comments/reviews on this PSA product, I found that there seemed to be others with similar problems. The PSA response to all such comments was "Contact customer service and we'll fix the problem". They must have sourced a bunch of bad barrels. After cleaning, I took a close look at the bore and the rifling is barely visible. Compared to a 10-22 barrel lying on the bench, it appeared the rifling was shallow and irregular in depth.
I sent an email to PSA explaining the problem so we'll see how long it takes to resolve this problem. This my first disappointment with PSA products.
PS
After reading some comments/reviews on this PSA product, I found that there seemed to be others with similar problems. The PSA response to all such comments was "Contact customer service and we'll fix the problem". They must have sourced a bunch of bad barrels. After cleaning, I took a close look at the bore and the rifling is barely visible. Compared to a 10-22 barrel lying on the bench, it appeared the rifling was shallow and irregular in depth.