my dpms fails to lock forward, help please - 03/11/12
Went to the range with my new dpms ar 15. Used 55 g remington
Fmj. First 15 or so were fine. Always extracted no problem but sometimes when it was stripping a new round, the bolt wouldn't lock forward. It happened like 15 times or so. When I pulled the trigger it would click and wouldn't fire. So I would drop the mag then the bolt would close. I would insert mag extract round then release. It would run about 10 shots then fail to lock forward with a round. Is this normal break in for a dpms or is something up. I plan on buying magpul mags for it since I font care for the mags it came with. I will say I never cleaned it before shooting it like the manual says and I didn't clean the barrel after every shot like the manual says. I ran about 150 rounds through it. Was getting frustrated with it. Do I need to bare through it and hope for the best????
Fmj. First 15 or so were fine. Always extracted no problem but sometimes when it was stripping a new round, the bolt wouldn't lock forward. It happened like 15 times or so. When I pulled the trigger it would click and wouldn't fire. So I would drop the mag then the bolt would close. I would insert mag extract round then release. It would run about 10 shots then fail to lock forward with a round. Is this normal break in for a dpms or is something up. I plan on buying magpul mags for it since I font care for the mags it came with. I will say I never cleaned it before shooting it like the manual says and I didn't clean the barrel after every shot like the manual says. I ran about 150 rounds through it. Was getting frustrated with it. Do I need to bare through it and hope for the best????