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i see your point. I got frustrated a little. my bad..

i agree with you and i already feel better. i will keep my fingers crossed for this weekend. that would been a great offer thank you but i live in pesnsylvania. i will keep you posted..

i tell you what, i know i am jumping the gun but i hope it is not a magazine issue. the whole idea of owning an ar platform is the flexibility in using the pmags for the price and reliability. and also the amount of pmags i can own with the price of a lancer. by the way i appreciate you helping me sell the pmags to cut down on the cost.. it scares me you know, becasue why would the tech pin it on the pmag right off the bat. it is like he knew it. now if my issue turned out to be the pmag, i think i will sell it at a loss and buy an m&p 15 223 at that point. i hate to sound like this but lancers are a pretty penny and right from the get go all i was thinking about was the flexibility of the ar and the use of pmags. i will find out this weekend iguess. I will pick up bunch of 168s and 175s and lubricate the heck out the bcg and see what happens... i will post more this weekend thanks

do you think it would be a good idea if i buy the carbine buffer (the smaller one) because it would be lighter and hopefully the bcg will travel far enough? would i damage anything by doing so?

i won't let it discourage me instead i will use it as a learning experience. i doubt i will be buying any lancers (maybe i will buy just one lol). and i agree about CS that tech wanted nothing to do with me. i am gonna keep calling until i get a better tech and i will keep posting updates. thanks

thank you all for the help... I will keep posting follow ups and updates. I am gonna gather all the your advice and try to narrow down the problem. i never owned an ar before. thats my first. all i own is a shotgun and a 10/22 ruger lol. on the other side of the coin, my local indoor range told me that i can no longer shoot anything higher than a 223 otherwise i was heading over there tonight after work. new policy as of last weekend. people who shoot pistol complained apparently about heavy calibers. whatever, i am gonna check out this outdoor range this weekend and i will post a follow up. thanks again for all your advice and help..

yes it does lock back.

here is what i did. i went to the gunshop and bought 308 snap caps. I was nervous to try it with a live round... so i loaded a pmag and the steel one that came with the rifle. i started to manually eject the snap caps and yes it did lock on the last one.. so does this mean it has gas issue?

so i called DPMS, here is what the tech told me: "do not use magpul mags" "do not use anything less than 168gr bullet" but he thinks my problem is the magazine. he said that magpul is garbage. he refered me to a brand called lancer.. i was under the impression that magpul is good stuff..

i bought a DPMS Hunter G2 ar-308 rifle. I followed all the DPMS break in steps. I lubricated the heck out of the BCG. every other couple rounds it fails to feed to the next round. also, it will not lock back when magazine is empty. It seems that the BCG isn't traveling back far enough. it will lock if i charge it manually. i don't know if it is a gas issue or buffer and spring issue.. i use magpul mags, and i use PMC bronze and federal brass ammo 150 gr. any ideas?? thanks in advance