Father Knows Best
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Took my new (to me, anyway) SA58 Para Congo to the range this morning. Boy, was it fun, and a whole lot more accurate than I expected given my past experience with FALs.
The ejection pattern was off, however, and I'm wondering if I might have a problem. First of all, case ejection was not at all consistent. Most were thrown about 10-15 feet and slightly to the rear. A fair number, however, went more forward than rearward (landing about 3-5 feet ahead of the firing line). Perhaps 1 in 10 just seemed to drop on the bench next to me.
I adjusted the gas port per SOP (close until bolt won't lock back and then open 2 positions), and was shooting it on number 5. Ammo was surplus NATO ball. I did find that two of my mags were bad -- one had a floorplate that kept working out under recoil and the other gave consistent feed failures. The random ejection, however, happened on all mags I tried.
Also, it appears that the brass is spinning and hitting the receiver just aft of the ejection port with a fair bit of force. About 2/3 of the cases I inspected had dented/deformed mouths. There was a lot of brass deposited on the receiver.
Any idea what's happening? Is it anything I should be concerned about?
The ejection pattern was off, however, and I'm wondering if I might have a problem. First of all, case ejection was not at all consistent. Most were thrown about 10-15 feet and slightly to the rear. A fair number, however, went more forward than rearward (landing about 3-5 feet ahead of the firing line). Perhaps 1 in 10 just seemed to drop on the bench next to me.
I adjusted the gas port per SOP (close until bolt won't lock back and then open 2 positions), and was shooting it on number 5. Ammo was surplus NATO ball. I did find that two of my mags were bad -- one had a floorplate that kept working out under recoil and the other gave consistent feed failures. The random ejection, however, happened on all mags I tried.
Also, it appears that the brass is spinning and hitting the receiver just aft of the ejection port with a fair bit of force. About 2/3 of the cases I inspected had dented/deformed mouths. There was a lot of brass deposited on the receiver.
Any idea what's happening? Is it anything I should be concerned about?
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