Matt.Cross

We just want to make sure that @shaffe48 feels the love he's worked so diligently to earn here that's all. Sometimes folks erroneously assume that derailing their topic is somehow disrespectful, and we want to avoid that at all cost.

This thread is delivering, might be the best possible way to wrap up 2021....

Yes, but not in written form, as that clearly isn't his strong suite.... Maybe a cartoon map drawn in a suitably soothing shade of his favorite flavor of crayon.

Your reading comprehension is awful. The point that has been made repeatedly and observed repeatedly throughout PSA's history with this forum, is that they do know and have been told, and still aren't doing anything about it. I know this because within the last 90 days I took a personal tour of their manufacturing space and spoke personally with their chief armorer and designer. Ask yourself why PSA's website sells a recoil system assembly that has a completely different specification on all components than what is the factory default, and then make a comparison between what those specifications are in terms of factory vs. aftermarket spec. When you do your research you'll find that the aftermarket components correspond exactly to the specifications that were published on this forum years ago when PSA's issues first begin to crop up in significant numbers and we began diagnosing those issues and how to correct them. I hate to state the obvious, but it's evidently something you have some difficulty grasping: If they're selling fixes for problems that were created in the design phase, they're clearly aware of both the problem and the solutions. That said solutions haven't since been integrated into their manufacturing rather than aftermarket tells the tale. I hate to be disparaging with you but it's plainly evident you have no concept of how many years of experience or corrected rifles are behind the consensus viewpoint of PSA's products here. PSA has plenty of reputable products to their name, but their PA-10 platform is unfortunately not one of them.

Just a heads up, I have bought one, just to re-iterate.

I can understand why someone who has been here since September 1st might feel that way, but those of us who have spent more than a decade diagnosing this platform and participating in this forum for that period have seen a great deal to the contrary of your opinion. Then there's my own experiences with the company and it's platform, which is consistent with it's reputation here. I bought one so I wouldn't have to conjecture about whether or not it would work off the shelf. That's been within a year of today's date. If you wanna make some guesses about how well that worked out, I can tell you firsthand that as a random recent sample of one, mine didn't work.

It needed doing, you weren't wrong... I need to send you some guns to clean!

I moved all the threads marked by the "Grinch". I'll clear up the rest on my non-holiday time.

It's now in General Discussion.

Merry Christmas!!! Ya'll are family now for better or worse, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Wishing you all the best for the Christmas Season and the coming New Year.

Sounds like a tight chamber to me.

Put lube on everything, bolt carrier and receiver. Remember that the lube is going to move & flow during firing, you want some of it to be moving from free areas into contact areas.

Sloppy wet with lube has been a tried and true recipe for getting these big mamas broken in, sounds like your experience is directly in line with that.

That's right, and their bean counters aren't discerning about using the same kind of policies across all their child companies. Let's just hope that when they dissolve, all those child companies are robust enough to become their own entities again.

The good news is that when PSAs bean counters ultimately send PSA belly up, whoever buys PSA and DC by extension, will have a ready-made company that can generate a top-tier product immediately.

Truth be told, they'll be ruined by their bean counters. They aren't unaware of what it would take. The simple fact is, they're selling heavier buffers and better springs in sufficient volume to make money after they've sold a defective product. As long as they're making money off both the problem and the fix, the bean counters will leave the spec in place. DC Machine knows what it takes to fix the platform. PSA owns and specifies the platform. PSAs decisions aren't based on the fact that they don't know, nor are the manufacturers decisions based on the fact that they don't know. DC Machine sells parts to PSA whether or no not PSA has them well specified, and therein is the issue. The blame lies completely with PSA in my book, they know the issue and how to fix the spec and have done neither based on the almighty dollar. DC Machine can't be blamed for supplying their primary customer with precisely what they're asking for, that's what any respectable machine shop would do.

Did I mention I took a personal tour of DC Machine here a few weeks ago, and spoke to the main armorer/tooling manager? I must've forgotten... Yup, I sure did. I might've mentioned my experience as a Tool & Die Maker, and that I knew the magical gas port size for making this platform run. Might have. We may never know.

Me too buddy, me too....

Gotta call Damien now and make amends....

🤣 I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip your waiter/waitress...

Yes sir. Goes back to the old adage, "I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you."

Next step is details about your recoil buffer system. Spring manufacturer and specs, internal depth of your buffer tube, size and weight of your recoil buffer. See this thread:

Soft-point ammo has been known for quite some time to have some issues in this platform. I'm not saying that's the source of your issue, but it's an observation based on the picture. Polymer-tipped ammo will work better if you need an application for taking game.