tayronachan

Back on topic. I've had no more FTE after switching to the 7.62 Pmags. At some point I am going to try the mag that came with the lr-308 again, to see if it jams. i'll get back with a report. @ 250+ rds now. today shot my first 3 rd group @100 yd that i could cover with a quarter. off to post a pic of my target ;D

the .308 has more "ummfff". and i always wanted a .308 semi-auto for feral hog hunting. still working up a LR-308 and very happy with the accuracy.

I bought a pmag lr20, and have been using that instead of the mags that came with the rifle and have had no fte. Of course I'm at 200+ rds now, so maybe things have loosened up? At some point I'll use the original mags again to see if that was somehow causing the fte, or if it was just my impatience with a new rifle. I'm all ;D at the range.

Point well taken, no problem. :)

@145 rds with 7 fte total. Shot 20 rds last weekend without any fte, but then went out and shot 20 rds this weekend and had 2 fte. Shooting Win Super X, 150gr. Spoke with a DPMS rep who said I was more than likely going to have to send it in, but to go ahead and shoot at least 200 rds through it. <sigh> Has anyone started playing the violin for me yet?

Another 20 rds sent downrange. No FTE, keeping the BCG "wet" with Mobil 1. I'll get back when I've had time to do more target shooting. I don't want to have anymore FTE....at all.

Way to go jtallen :D congrats to all of you up there in Iowa. The Spirit lives!

I know firearm sales have picked up, but this is something. A major manufacturer having to stop taking new orders? What the heck is going on?

Yes, definite pattern here. I wonder what percentage of rifles coming out of their shop have this issue, a fte with the new round pushed up under the half extracted fired case? To be honest, being new to AR's and all, I don't think I had enough oil on things.

Hi all, new to the board here. I’m breaking in a new DPMS LR-308 per DPMS instructions and warranty info. I am into the first 70 rounds of the 200 round break-in process. In the first 25 rounds, fired one round and pause, clean the rifle then fire the next round, there were 2 FTE where the bolt locked back and the empty case was laying on top of the magazine. During the next 45 rounds (now being fired 10rds then clean the rifle, and not all 45rds fired on the same day) there were 2 identical FTE where the empty case was only drawn half out of the chamber, and the bolt had come back far enough to strip a round out of the magazine, jamming the new round up under the old case. All other cases are landing in a neat little pile aprox 5 feet out and at about the 3:30-4:00 position. I am new to AR style rifles, and I am running the BCG “kind” of wet. After doing some reading it looks like DPMS likes their rifles dripping wet, especially when they are new. Well…ok, I can do that. So for the next 130rds of the break-in process I’ll make sure I keep things very wet. The extractor looks good. I’ll try to get back with a update. The rifle is very accurate.