sellmarkguy Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 I went shooting this past weekend with some family of mine and of course, brought the venerable308AR. When we got around to finishing up our pistol soiree, we broke out the rifles. I slipped a mag into the magwell and went to charge the handle. Nothing; no movement at all.Hmmmmmmm.This called for firmly rapping the buttstock on the ground to 'unstick' the bolt carrier, typicaldrill for an FTE. It only slid back an inch or two. Then, I tapped the muzzle on the groundto bring the BCG forward again into battery so that I could takedown the rifle and visually assess the problem. What happened was the firing pin was hanging halfway out of the BCG because the retaining pin for it was gone. I'm like, "How is that even possible?" The FP retaining pin was gone. I was able to get back into action with a little outside-the-box thinking. I found a small, thin piece of wood on the ground that was a perfect fit into the slot where the retaining pin usu. resides. The firing pin remained perfectly in place for the remainder of our shoot. Make a note of this if you ever experience this strange anomaly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Awesome in the field repair! So where did the pin go? <thumbsup> Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Most likely fell out during assembly.You can tweak those pins ,so they stay where you put them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellmarkguy Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Most likely fell out during assembly.Actually not at all! That was the first time that the firing pin had been removed from the BCG.I don't clean my rifle often; just lubricant. <thumbsup>It's good info for us to put into our trick bag. Wash, I have no idea where it went! <dontknow> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Actually not at all! That was the first time that the firing pin had been removed from the BCG.I don't clean my rifle often; just lubricant. <thumbsup>It's good info for us to put into our trick bag. Wash, I have no idea where it went! <dontknow>Wow! you wont believe this....went shooting taking both of the 308's...so come home take em apart to clean and when I pulled the bcg out of one of em I felt something hit my barefoot....looked down and saw the pin...looked at the bcg I was holding...no pin...lol geez these things are in there loose...not like the ol cotter pin <thumbsup> Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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