Well we made it to the range again this morning, with my student and his Hogan .308 rifle.
The sheet from their service department stated all they did was lube it, then ran a few round through it. They also must have reworked the takedown and pivot pins and/or lug holes, as the pins can now be pushed with no tools (though much harder than either of my RRA or the BCM/2VA AR).
As his frustration built with his $3k POS, as luck would have it, one of the foremost riflemen in the world showed up at the range...who also happens to work at the retailer where the rifle was bought.
As we discussed how the cases would only extract every other round, the difficult extraction, the extractor ripping a piece off of every other rim, he stated "If I had purchased it for that amount, I'd just drive it up to the factory...especially since they claim they fixed it."
So pitch number three is going to be walking into the Hogan shop directly.
I'll keep everyone updated.
Jon