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Recently acquired a Stag 15 Retro. I took it to the range and encountered a consistent issue with feeding. I was using 4 Bushmaster metal magazines and 1 factory metal magazine from Stag.
I noticed that if I loaded the rifle with bolt closed and attempt to loading the rifle via the charging handle, the bullet gets stuck when leaving the magazine. I'd have to pull the charging handle again to load the rifle. It will then shoot fine with this problem rarely repeating until I load a fresh magazine. Even if I have the bolt locked back and hit the bolt release, the round will get stuck.
You can see what it looks like copper shavings on the feedramp. If you look you can see scratches all along the casing and tips of the bullets. I'm thinking that maybe the feedramp was cut too slim for the bullets and now its catching. If that were the case I think it'd be a consistent issue throughout the whole magazine, not just when I'm loading the first round from the magazine.
Had some people on Reddit say it was possibly the buffer spring. Took it to my LGS and he agreed that it does sound like the buffer spring is weak when cycling the rifle. Before I ordered a new buffer spring I wanted to get another opinion from you guys here.
Kind of pissed seeing as how I spent damn near $1000 expecting a high quality and functioning rifle from Stag Arms just to see that it can't even feed right. Here's a video below of me demonstrating the issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I noticed that if I loaded the rifle with bolt closed and attempt to loading the rifle via the charging handle, the bullet gets stuck when leaving the magazine. I'd have to pull the charging handle again to load the rifle. It will then shoot fine with this problem rarely repeating until I load a fresh magazine. Even if I have the bolt locked back and hit the bolt release, the round will get stuck.
You can see what it looks like copper shavings on the feedramp. If you look you can see scratches all along the casing and tips of the bullets. I'm thinking that maybe the feedramp was cut too slim for the bullets and now its catching. If that were the case I think it'd be a consistent issue throughout the whole magazine, not just when I'm loading the first round from the magazine.
Had some people on Reddit say it was possibly the buffer spring. Took it to my LGS and he agreed that it does sound like the buffer spring is weak when cycling the rifle. Before I ordered a new buffer spring I wanted to get another opinion from you guys here.
Kind of pissed seeing as how I spent damn near $1000 expecting a high quality and functioning rifle from Stag Arms just to see that it can't even feed right. Here's a video below of me demonstrating the issue.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!