Factory DDMK18 BOLT CATCH BROKE OFF!

[Member 53328]

Should have bought an Anderson.

 

[clanhanson]

Should have bought an Anderson.

You buy an Anderson not for the rifle, but for the lifestyle. Keystone Light in the 80s mini fridge next to the 70s floral couch in the front yard are soon to follow. Camo crocs are also an essential accessory.

 

[HANKYPANKY]

Isn't that how it supposed to be done? Slap that b!tch home. That's what I was taught atleast. Lol.

Indeed, but I never once touched the bolt catch.

 

[Member 53328]

Indeed, but I never once touched the bolt catch.

So it just snapped in two on its own….. the movement of the hammer must be pretty violent in those fancy DD rifles.

 

[TTSX]

So it just snapped in two on its own….. the movement of the hammer must be pretty violent in those fancy DD rifles.

It just went off all by itself!!

 

[HANKYPANKY]

Should have bought an Anderson.

I sold my anderson And my SOLGW custom and my KE15 and my everything else I owned 15+ to downsize my pew life. I wanted to get the best AR on the market to pimp out and SBR as well as a staccato so I made some sacrifices.
I was expecting a tank with this mk18 hence my shock and disappointment. This has never happened before "that's what he said" with any other AR I have ever owned and I have owned a few.
The outsourcing of parts explains a lot about what happened here.
I'm sure I'm not the first or last.
I just want it fixed ASAP by DD's pros.
Let's call it a test of their Customer Support.

 

[Member 53328]

It just went off all by itself!!

Sure it's not a Sig?

 

[HANKYPANKY]

It just went off all by itself!!

Only the shadow knows for sure.

THE SHADOW = ALEC BALDWIN

 

[Member 53328]

I sold my anderson And my SOLGW custom and my KE15 and my everything else I owned 15+ to downsize my pew life. I wanted to get the best AR on the market to pimp out and SBR as well as a staccato so I made some sacrifices.
I was expecting a tank with this mk18 hence my shock and disappointment. This has never happened before "that's what he said" with any other AR I have ever owned and I have owned a few.
The outsourcing of parts explains a lot about what happened here.
I'm sure I'm not the first or last.
I just want it fixed ASAP by DD's pros.
Let's call it a test of their Customer Support.

I definitely wouldn't say DD is the best.

 

[HANKYPANKY]

So it just snapped in two on its own….. the movement of the hammer must be pretty violent in those fancy DD rifles.

Note: I was trying out a newly added Geissele 2 stage.
"I don't know my own strength" (Amy Lyn Geissele) ALG

 

[clanhanson]

I sold my anderson And my SOLGW custom and my KE15 and my everything else I owned 15+ to downsize my pew life. I wanted to get the best AR on the market to pimp out and SBR as well as a staccato so I made some sacrifices.
I was expecting a tank with this mk18 hence my shock and disappointment. This has never happened before "that's what he said" with any other AR I have ever owned and I have owned a few.
The outsourcing of parts explains a lot about what happened here.
I'm sure I'm not the first or last.
I just want it fixed ASAP by DD's pros.
Let's call it a test of their Customer Support.

They'll fix it. They're great rifles and have fewer QC issues than many including Colt, which is what I use and prefer despite their quirks.

At least you didn't overpay for the QC nightmare that is LMT!

 

[Pete F]

I bought a LWRC M6A2 on sale, got it home and noticed that the rear sight was loose. I contacted them for a new one and got a response like - it is just a backup sight I explained that many people use it as there only sight and at + $200 for a new one, I wanted one that worked.

They finally sent me a new one and it was funky, although I don't remember the problem. I called them and they told me that they had looked it over before they sent it. Keep in mind that this is a + $2000 piston gun. I love the gun and have never had another problem

I ended up taking both of them apart and using the best from each. I ended up with a sight that they should have sent in the first place and they got a sight with a buggered up roll pin and extremely loose aperture.

It seems that QA/QC is the first to go.

 

[CamoDeafie]

At least it wasn't a Knights Armament Company SR-15?

 

[Lazyfaire]

Things happen. The big tell in this will be how DD responds to this contact. Will they just send you a $20 part and say "sorry", or offer to get your rifle back to them for an overhaul, or something inbetween? The part itself is minor, but the reaction of customer service will be most interesting. Good luck with it all

 

[66PonyCar]

MIM bolt catch and poor heat treatment?

 

[HANKYPANKY]

MIM bolt catch and poor heat treatment?

It looks like they changed bolt catches in recent years on the MK18s

 

[FireArm]

I had that happen before on an AR10, they are cast parts, order a machined/milled/billet version, Radian…

 

[Nosferatu]

It looks like they changed bolt catches in recent years on the MK18s

Get one of these and be done with it. https://www.vsevenweaponsystems.com/lower-parts/v7-ultra-light-s7-bolt-catch

 

[Certaindeaf]

MIM bolt catch and poor heat treatment?

Lol, I was going to say mim's the word but hey. Anyway, I gather tungsten carbide etc. cutting bits are essentially metal injection molded.. that cut everything known to man pretty much.

 

[Ops]

thats not a factory part. dd uses stock bolt catches. thats been modified