SPIKE'S NICKEL BORON BOLT CARRIER STAKING ISSUE

[Kaboomer]

Inspect your Spike's Bolt Carriers closely. There's air between the bolts and the "stakes". As you can see in the photos, the "stakes" aren't even touching the bolts. Spike's needs to issue a recall on these. If they don't there's gonna be alot of pissed off folks with busted AR's. I emailed Spike's today and will update this thread when I hear back from them.

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[Member 5605]

So you are saying there is no recall, you want one because you feel your BCG was put together improperly?

 

[Velzey]

Can you unscrew those bolts with little effort?

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

My advice is to just:




sorry, couldnt resist.

 

[Stomper]

A small vice, 24oz hammer, and a ball end punch ought to make that a non-issue....

 

[Velzey]

A small vice, 24oz hammer, and a ball end punch ought to make that a non-issue....

This works very well for staking!

 

[308]

A small vice, 24oz hammer, and a ball end punch ought to make that a non-issue....

Yes, but that could possibly scratch the part and no one wants a scratch on any part of their AR

 

[rick benjamin]

AR-15/M16 CARRIER KEY STAKING TOOL | Brownells

 

[Stomper]

Looks like you should forward that link to Spike's BCG vendor....

 

[IronMonster]

yeah, "Recall" seems a bit drastic. I check all my gas key bolts when I get the BCG, about half the time I re-stake them, mostly because I got a fancy staking tool and I like to use it. In my opinion if you are not happy with how it's staked then it's up to you to improve it. As long as there is sufficient pressure on the screw it's probably not going to come loose (not saying I would not re-stake it, just that for most shooters it would probably work)

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Did you get a bunch of them or something?

This is either fix yourself or contact them for support. Not a recall.

 

[Flopsweat]

I'm just going to go ahead and call this out as a misleading thread title. Deliberate, accidental, whatever.

 

[IronMonster]

After looking at the pic a little closer I think those are fine. There is material raised over the head of the cap screw, If it is, those are "properly staked" for all intent and purposes. I think you are worked up over nothing.

I will say I would give them a bit more, I also don't think they are unsafe. I am by no means an expert but I have handled at least 80 BCG over the years, probably over a hundred, and that one is better than several I have seen.

Not saying is great, just that I don't think it's anything to get worked up about.

 

[Liberty97045]

Looks like it's touching to me. . .

 

[nehalemguy]

This thread should be recalled.

E

 

[Doc In UPlace]

Dang Brownells is just so handy. I wish I owned stock in the company.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Dang Brownells is just so handy. I wish I owned stock in the company.

could be like obama and all the other gun grabbers and buy stock in the larger gun companies. then, push for gun control and cause a mass buying panic.


just my theory

 

[Kruel J]

Can anyone point to an actual recall on these BCG's?

 

[Gene Rojas]

I pulled the BCG out of my Spike's Tactical ST-15 upper- the bolts are staked and not coming undone any time soon.

Geno

 

[Kaboomer]

If you look closer (the 2 first photos) you can see the "stakes" aren't even touching the bolts. It only 'appears' to be staked. If the bolts aren't touching, it isn't staked. And for $200 this thing should be able to restake itself. Here's Spikes Tactical's response to my email:


The BCG in the pictures is staked... and it's properly staked. What makes you think it's not?

John Dowhy
Customer Service/Crisis Management