AR15 shell deflector question

[kingcheese]

My ar was a 16.5inch barrel, and i didn't get that chipping, i got a streak down the length of the deflector, i think its more about the buffer then anything, my gues is that your shorter barrels are on rifles with colapsable stocks, where as my ar uses an A2 stock

 

[MachIVshooter]

That finish looks more like paint then hard anodizing.

Anodizing doesn't chip off like that.

Anodizing creates a hardened surface layer on the aluminum; It most certainly can chip off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodizing

I have a 16" Armalite AR-10, and four 5.56 ARs; a 16" Armalite middy, a 16" R-Guns M4gery (bronze anodized), a 12.5" BCM with carbine gas system and a 7.5" pistol using a WMD NiBX upper. All of them look very similar to the OP's picture.

The Armalite M15 has many, MANY thousands of rounds down range, much of it steel cased ammo, and looks no worse than the BCM, which has seen maybe 400 rounds to date (bought in Dec.).

OP-don't worry about it. ARs are not pretty guns; scratches and other blemishes from honest wear should be evident.

 

[ac6916170]

+ 1000 to not cutting the spring. Try an h2 buffer. or the simple use of stick on velcro and go shoot some more.

 

[CLP]

I wouldn't alter any springs on a reliably functioning rifle, especially just to prevent shells from deflecting off the shell deflector.

Trimming coils off the ejector spring is safe and a pretty common mod. The intent isn't to prevent the brass from hitting the deflector, it's to alter its path so it hits it more squarely in the center (in this case, it's usually done to keep brass from ejecting too far and keeping it in a small pile). At 35 cents per spring, there's no reason not to clip some coils.

If the concept escapes you, then I'd refer you to Glen Zediker's articles in Guns Magazine or from one of his many books where he covers the topics of springs exhaustively.

 

[Captains1911]

Trimming coils off the ejector spring is safe and a pretty common mod. The intent isn't to prevent the brass from hitting the deflector, it's to alter its path so it hits it more squarely in the center (in this case, it's usually done to keep brass from ejecting too far and keeping it in a small pile). At 35 cents per spring, there's no reason not to clip some coils.

If the concept escapes you, then I'd refer you to Glen Zediker's articles in Guns Magazine or from one of his many books where he covers the topics of springs exhaustively.

Ha! No thanks. If the concept of altering springs in a machine that is functioning perfectly escapes you, then I am through here. The gun is designed to EJECT, if its doing that reliably, it's functioning as it should.

As for it being a "common mod", I'd be curious to see a poll on that one.

 

[CLP]

Ha! No thanks. If the concept of altering springs in a machine that is functioning perfectly escapes you, then I am through here. The gun is designed to EJECT, if its doing that reliably, it's functioning as it should.

As for it being a "common mod", I'd be curious to see a poll on that one.

So you've never had, nor will you ever get, a trigger job done in any rifle or handgun?? No one is arguing that the rifle isn't functioning as designed. The OP doesn't want the brass hitting that particular spot on the ejection port. Solution is to trim a couple of coils from the ejector spring.

Here are some threads from US Rifles Team forum.
http://www.usrifleteams.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1063&hl=+trim++ejector#entry34395
http://www.usrifleteams.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4790&hl=+trim++ejector#entry36357
http://www.usrifleteams.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6091&page=2&hl=+trim++ejector#entry49613
http://www.usrifleteams.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16486&hl=+trim++ejector#entry144236
http://www.gswagner.com/arejector/arejector.html
http://www.usrifleteams.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4790&hl=+trim++coil#entry36517
http://www.usrifleteams.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6677&hl=+trim++coil#entry54677

 

[joeschmoe]

I never noticed it before. Just checked. Yup. I have the same mark. Thanks.

 

[akv3g4n]

Like CLP had said, I was just trying to see if there was an easy way to get the casings to hit the deflector more squarely to avoid the finish from chipping. For 35 cents I may give it a go.....

 

[rskent]

Ha! No thanks. If the concept of altering springs in a machine that is functioning perfectly escapes you, then I am through here. The gun is designed to EJECT, if its doing that reliably, it's functioning as it should.

As for it being a "common mod", I'd be curious to see a poll on that one.

It's very common in NRA high power matches. It's considered common courtesy not to dump brass all over the guy on the line next to you.

 

[Captains1911]

It's very common in NRA high power matches. It's considered common courtesy not to dump brass all over the guy on the line next to you.

Well then I guess I'm a discourteous jerk because I would never snip coils off bolt spring parts in a gun that works just to avoid shells hitting the guy next to me. I bet I'm not alone here either.

 

[rskent]

Well then I guess I'm a discourteous jerk because I would never snip coils off bolt spring parts in a gun that works just to avoid shells hitting the guy next to me. I bet I'm not alone here either.

Its a wise man that can make a honest evaluation of himself.

 

[Captains1911]

Its a wise man that can make a honest evaluation of himself.

perhaps. But at the same time, it doesn't take a wise man to know "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

 

[mopar92]

I would not be that with more rounds through it, that it doesn't pop them out differently. Mine did this at first, then started hitting the deflector correctly. What you have there is just a hair away from a stovepipe in my opinion.