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They just updated their FAQ on 27 Sep. Here's a link to the factory Recall page: http://www.springfieldrecall.com/ Here's a direct link to the FAQ on it: http://www.springfieldrecall.com/Recall%20FAQ.asp The FAQ gets update every Friday, so check it often. From this FAQ update, here's the big news. Basically, I'd wait, guys. We understand that our voluntary safety recall has made it inconvenient for you to be without your pistol, and we sincerely apologize for that. We also understand your frustration with our lack of follow-up communication to this point and we are committing to you now that we will provide regular updates going forward. We originally estimated a 30-day turn-around time, but it has unfortunately taken longer to develop and identify an upgrade solution. Please know that we are continuing to test potential upgrade solutions at this time and we have been doing so since we became aware of this issue. This testing is nearing completion and we will post any new updates as soon as we have identified a final upgrade solution. We will post our next update no later than Friday, October 4, and we will communicate immediately if a final solution is identified prior to that date. We wish that we could provide you with a specific return date at this time, but we are unfortunately unable to do so. Upgrades will be completed on a "first come / first served" basis.

Haven't sent the .45 in yet - keep meaning to call Springfield about it and find out what the exact problem is (which spring, which parts, etc.). I'll call them next week and find out what's up. Depending on what it is, I might have already changed it with other parts by now, and wouldn't send it in.

I'll figure out a way to do it, but I'd be in for two of them. I'd be in for the large mag. Something 30-06-ish at a minimum. .30 Cal Long Action over Short Action, and I think it's a winner! That's awesome news, wash!!! <thumbsup>

Even if the ejector is bad (can be a couple things wrong with it), it still might move freely in the bolt. If the ejector spring is broken, and overlapping at the broken ends, it'll still move most of the time. If the ejector is cracked below the recess for the roll pin, it'll still move - until the broken end binds it up. Honestly, I'd say check it first, no matter what, and eliminate it as a source of the problem. Remove and inspect. I'm not sure on your bolt face - it looks fine to me. If the talk is about the wear on the front of the bolt face, then I've seen that routinely, on different builds of mine and on issued service rifles. Bolt face wear = no big deal. If the talk of the wear is about the ring around the inside of the bolt face, that looks like machining to me - it's too uniform. Too perfect. I''d think that if it's truly "wear," it would be off to one side or another, not perfectly centered, at the same angle, same depth, etc. Dunno. I'd pull the ejector first and check it out thoroughly.

I'd like to know what kind of a holster it was (or the combination - holster and pistol). Wonder if the victim even practiced drawing. Some holsters are tight, and you twist the pistol to draw. Most of the time that's Kydex, but my Mernickle leather for my XD is like that - twist, or it's not coming out. You can't straight-pull from it. Takes practice. It also takes mindset. The guy open carries a pistol because he's been robbed before. Just open carrying isn't the answer. He needs to have the will to draw on someone.

You can't leave me hangin like that - where's it at?!... I have 10 UZI mags to keep loaded up.

^^^ Fulton Armory, brother. They've got the NM sights.

That Anzio is just badass...

You can't run AR15 rifle buffer parts in a 308AR rifle. It just won't work. You need to source 308-specific parts in this area.

Schit,... miserable, mean, nasty... I'll probably get along with the old coot just fine! <thumbsup> <lmao>

I think it's the ejector. It's extracting alright - you're getting rounds out of the chamber, just not out of the rifle. Hence, the double-feeds. Either the ejector spring is broken, the ejector itself is cracked/broken (but still retained in the bolt), or the dimensions are off (and the damn thing is tight). If it's tight, that'll work itself out with time, probably. If something is broken, it's easy enough to replace. I've got a jig made up to remove ejectors. I'm sure Mike has something along those lines, too. <thumbsup> I'm game for shooting (almost) anything, guys. I'm hitting the CG Range next weekend, on Sunday (Oct 5th or 6th, whatever Sunday is).

DSG has the 5.56 Lancers in stock. 10-rounders in Black, Clear, and Smoke. Those Lancers are damn great mags, too. They list the 10-rd Pmags, but they're not in stock yet. Brother blue, you signed up for DSG Mil/Leo pricing? You should hit that before you order, if you're not already.

Hmmm... The right combination of guys, that we've already sourced here. Panel van. Duct Tape. It'll work. I mean, that's how we're getting you out - you just don't know when we're showing up... <dontknow> <laughs>

Ironic, I know - but he's the one that handles all the MIL and LEO programs. I swear, I'm not trying to trick ya... :banana:

Wouldn't help the pitting in the cylinders, but if you ever have (just) stuck rings again, try Yamaha Ring Free. That stuff rocks. Yamaha has an even meaner one than that, as a carb dip. The Ring Free works great, though. <thumbsup>

Oh SNAP!!!

That's a Chev 350 bored 0.030 over and stroked, brother - don't wanna put a Chev engine in my Dodge. Too much other stuff to convert. Hell, I could bore and stroke the 318 that's in there now, and make a 390 Stroker. At that point, I'd take the 408 over the 390 just because it's easier to keep the compression ratios down to run 87 pumpgas. It's harder to make an 87 octane-safe 390.

I know it, brother - I got it that way, bone stock from the owner, and I ripped it apart and rebuilt it anyway. It was already on the first overbore, so it wasn't truly "stock," and THAT piston was about to sieze. It's second overbore now, so it's at a 503cc. The frame paint is what it is - I've seriously got two rides on that thing, both at T-Day in the dunes last year. It's gonna get ridden a hell of a lot more this year. You gotta tell me about that Brute Force. 650 or 750? I've done ALOT OF SCHIT to those things. If you wanna make it an 840, lemme know. <thumbsup> <thumbsup> Much to my embarrassment, that's by design, brother. Intentional, all the way. I know that if I can entice you enough to get you out here for a trip, I'll have you out here forever. Maybe not immediately, but ultimately. I love you, man... <thumbsup> :happydrunks:

Brother, you have lots of "parts" that you need to worry about. I'm going nuts trying to read what's pertinent on Fcuk-ObamaCare, and why employers don't trust that I'm already covered as a military retiree - even when I show them the letter from VA that states my healthcare exceeds Fcuk-ObamaCare. If I had to deal with gun-schit right now, even with the Fcuk-ObamaCare, I don't know what I'd do. Go to Vermont, brother. Quit fretting the new laws in CT, and get across that border. You have too much stock in this - way too much at stake here.

Brother, you haven't noticed the "Cali Influence" in things around here? The "new liberal" schit in the two major cities is enough. Phoenix and Tucson can kiss my ass.

Which logo, brother? The banner logo, of like the one on the t-shirts? Here's the banner logo...

Powerman, I checked out this thread late on the first day that you'd posted it. I saw some of the answers given to you, so I didn't reply. No need, especially since survivalshop gave you the most common answer to your general question - mags are the primary cause. Others listed other causes, and it was pretty well covered. I saw the thread go into two pages, then three, so I checked into the thread to see what was up. I was kinda shocked to see, at the top of page 3, Matt's response. At that point, I went through the whole thread to try to find out where things went sideways, and caused that reply by Matt. I found it. Well, that ^^^ was the first thing I saw on the subject when I first opened it, and I saw about a 1/2 dozen replies giving you info. This is definitely "conflicting information," here in red. You said nothing in specific, but it was something specific - you kinda screwed yourself. Those scrape marks on your brass aren't from the bolt lugs. They're from the barrel extension. Not a big deal, in the least, unless you're concerned that they've cut the brass, and it might be weak to reload. Function-wise, those scrapes don't matter. Above ^^^, that's a double feed, or a failure to eject. You got the round out of the chamber (extractor is working), but the round didn't eject from the rifle (ejector problem). There's a topic on possible ejector problems going on right now, elsewhere on the board. It's got the details. As far as all the "ejection pattern" stuff - overgassed, undergassed, wrong weighted buffer - I personally don't care where it goes, as long as it goes in the same general direction, and as long as it gets out of my rifle. I'm not going to chase "ejection modification" solutions over somebody saying "it should always land in a pile at 3:30 about 4.78 feet away..." As long as it routinely clears my rifle, I don't think it matters where it goes. My $0.02. I guess you stated it later in the thread, but in this specific post here ^^^, you mentioned your buffer parts, but not the manufacturer. If those parts aren't all from Armalite, or Armalite branded (specifically, that receiver extension), then you might have issues with the combination. AR-15 carbine receiver extensions have an internal depth of 7". Doesn't matter how long they are on the outside, because the outside doesn't affect the function of the weapon. You should always measure the internal depth, when trying to determine a problem. The Armalite AR-10 CAR receiver extension This very well be the problem. That VLTOR receiver extension is for the VLTOR A5 buffer system, designed for a 20" AR-15, in order to increase the reliability when running it with a collapsible stock setup. That's the only thing it's designed for. The Marine Corps runs this combination frequently. This is everything I want to reply to. I'll get to it later, and modify this post. Updated, with comments. I'd like to see Slash from HeavyBuffers jump in here with input.

If I can figure out a way, I'll come up there and help you pack/move/unpack. Vermont still seems good, but I don't trust anything "New England." That's how the libs in Cali rolled up the coast and destroyed Oregon and Washington, then they started spreading east. We've got their bullschit here in AZ now, as well as NV. We can't stop them, but we can only hope to contain them...

It's safe - the "free services" are all but gone now, and that's due to the privacy aspect of it, in this internet age. Paying is the only way to go these days.

I need a Chrysler 408 Stroker engine, damnit. 360 punched out and stroked. I need to put that damn thing in the truck, so I can rebuild the 318 in the truck - and put it in the Jeep. The 4.0L Jeep engine (heavily worked over) needs to go into some kind of sand vehicle that I don't even have yet... Plans, plans, plans...