retiredbadge Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 I hardly have ever bought a brand new gun. After watching and looking at the DPSM G2 I decide to buy a Recon G2. It arrived two weeks ago. After a good cleaning and some lube I took it to the range today. I thought I would dial in my EOTECH. I did that pretty quick. The recoil is nice and easy. It is a lot smoother than the M1A I had been going to keep, but decided to sale. Around about the 23-27 rounds I had a misfire. The round had a very light primer strike and I found that odd. I chambered another round and the same thing. I pulled the takedown and the buffer retainer flew out. I started looking at the buffer retainer and it is bent. I found the spring in the trigger assembly. As I looked closer you could see where the buffer retainer had broke through the buffer tube. New rifle less than 30 rounds. It was too late to get a hold of DPMS for warranty service so I will do that on Monday. By the way when you call the warranty service for DPMS the voice mail is for Bushmaster. I did not know they were one in the same. I knew that Remington had bought in to DPMS. Anyone ever have the buffer retainer break through the buffer tube before? By the way the ammo was was just PMC .308 factory loads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Any chance you can snap a pic? Are you saying the end of the buffer tube actually broke where it holds the pin in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Rough start! The guy you bought it from? And pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredbadge Posted April 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 I will get some pictures in the morning. Yes to the above question, it did break the end of the buffer tube. The rifle was purchased through Bud's Gunshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Measure the thickness of the buffer tube , it may be a commercial tube and not a military tube. Pics please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blue109 Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 (edited) You are ok. Lots of tubes have that cutout. Keeps the tube from spinning. Looks like they didn't tighten it enough during assembly. Do you have an armorers wrench? Back off the castle nut, hold the pin down, and turn the tube in one more rotation and you should be good to go. Or...just send it back and let them fix it if you don't want to buy a new pin. Edited April 16, 2016 by blue109 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredbadge Posted April 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 I will have to buy another pin because the one that came out is bent to kingdom come. I thought the tube could have had one more turn and it might have captured the pin better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 I built my first AR-15 when I was 19. I had no help and didn't know a thing about them. I left the tube out a little not wanting it to interfere with the pin. It should have made more sense, but I'm not a very "mechanical" guy. First shot bent that pin to hell and I had to hunt down a new one. While installing that one it all made sense and I could see where I went wrong. Easy fix. Let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retiredbadge Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Hit Brownells this afternoon and my replacement parts under $5.00 should be on the way Monday. Thank you to everyone for their help. Looking forward to getting this fixed and back to the range. I pray this will be all the issues I will have with this rifle because I really want to like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Talk to DPMS & they will also send you a new one , its nice to have spares for most small parts & sometimes new rifles spring out of them . Wonder if the Extension will go another turn & not cover the Buffer Stop , even with the cut out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 11 minutes ago, survivalshop said: Wonder if the Extension will go another turn & not cover the Buffer Stop , even with the cut out . A little work with a needle file will fix that if it's a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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