What have y'all found is the cause of most problems in the AR-15?

What have y'all found is the cause of most problems in the AR-15 that make them fail?

  • Charging handle

    Votes: 2 4.2%

  • Ejector

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Extractor

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Firing Pin

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Bolt

    Votes: 2 4.2%

  • Bolt carrier

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Barrel

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Upper reciever

    Votes: 2 4.2%

  • Lower reciever

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Trigger

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Magazine lips

    Votes: 15 31.3%

  • Magazine spring

    Votes: 11 22.9%

  • Magazine body

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Chamber

    Votes: 7 14.6%

  • Gas rings

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Gas tube

    Votes: 4 8.3%
  • Total voters
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I cant vote. I've honestly never had a problem with either of my AR's. I have thousands upon thousands of rounds thru one of them and I shoot it once a month.
 
Cleaning the BCG.
It sh*ts where it eats making it a PITA to clean.
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Hmmm... I have run 750-800 rounds in a day before without cleaning. I also regularly do 250-300 rounds suppressed without cleaning. As long as you keep the BCG wet, I have never seen it get filthy enough to stop functioning (and I have seen them so filthy that the shiny new brass cases were coming out black).

People keep making the "poops where it eats" comment; but I just haven't ever seen that be a real issue in function. The worst I have ever seen (BCG fouling wise) is that after around 450 rounds, you can dry up the lube enough that more needs to be applied to keep the rifle running. Two drops through the holes in the side of the BCG is usually enough to get you another 400+ rounds.

As it stands right now, my favorite AR hasn't been cleaned in six months and has been shot almost 100% suppressed. The BCG looks brand new until you touch it and find out that the nice, even coating of parkerizing is actually a nice, even coating of suppressor filth.

I am not saying it has never happened to anyone anywhere; but I've been around ARs a lot and just don't see it myself. I think it is more an issue of training (proper lubrication) where it does happen.
 
No option in list for "None". I have never had a problem with the only one I have, a Colt Match. Have only used the 2 mags I got with it...the original and one milsurp. A friend gave me an ammo can packed with milsurp mags, some loaded, some not(Cool friend, huh? He doesn't own an AR.). They range from new to worn to the metal...haven't tested them yet. I have been refurbing and cleaning them about one a week and getting them ready to test and store.
 
Biggest cause of failures that I have seen in the AR-15?

Internet rumor. AR's seem to be ok until you read about them on the intarwebs.
It also seems to be the biggest cause of M1911 failures.
 
The only problem I ever had were double-feed jam because of sub-standard magazine.
 
I built an AR using an m-aparts.com kit. At the time, their supplier was putting a standard barrel extension on a receiver with m4 feed ramps. New mags didn't have a problem, but an older mag I had was shoving a 55gr fmj reload into the gap on the left ramp. They fixed the problem, but it's not common if it's put together right. I haven't put enough rounds through one to break anything tho.
 
#1 Reason = The Internet
#2 Reason = Mags
#3 Reason = Lack of lubrication
 
I have been shooting the M16/AR15/GAU-5A since 1968 (Vietnam to the Sandbox) and haven't has any problems with any of the rifles.

I have never understood why some people have so much trouble with these rifles and I have none.
 
I think you need one more catagory, "other". The biggest problem I have with my AR15 is that it runs out of ammo too soon and I have to leave the range and go home.

I guess I could say that cheap and beat up magazines don't always feed correctly.
 
AR 15's will run, they are reliable...without a doubt.

But you guys that are saying yours will not quit....well....you're not running them hard enough...they will ALL choke once in a while...usually from a lack of lube.
 
(QUOTE) "They are perhaps one of the most reliable designs around, anything anyone else says is rubbish"

"Perhaps", as in "maybe" or "possibly" ? So.... you sure ?
And "one of the most reliable..." Meaning what ? Among the top three? Top five ? Top ten ?
All the AK variations, the FN's, the HK's, the M1/ M1A's,( to name a few) all have it beat in relaibility.
 
They are perhaps one of the most reliable designs around, anything anyone else says is rubbish.

Oh, I guess since you say so the issue is settled :rolleyes:
 
I've had very few failures in any of my improperly-built, non-mil-spec, match-part-containing ARs. The falures I have experienced have all been ammo- or operator-related (i.e. forgetting to turn up the gas on your adjustable gas block. Oops.)

I've shot at least one of my ARs, at least twice a month, for the past three years.

- Chris
 
Ammo.
Laquered-case Wolf gummed up the chamber, causing cases to stick. Interestingly, a few rounds of textured polymer-case (non-Wolf) seemed to clear it out.

As to the "$#!^s where it eats" comment, seems I only see that from people who it seems are repeating hearsay. Have yet to hear a viable description of actual failure from that cause.
 
Ya know, if ya keep a small bottle of oil with ya, the thing wont ever have a lube problem..ya dont have to do it at home only,lol.. oil is allowed at the range,lol.
 
Most cause of problems is user ignorance/lack of training....the rifle itself is fine.
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I think you need to qualify your comment. The AR's I clean religiously and only expose to a range environment operate flawlessly.

the M16's I drug through mud, dirt and sand were not nearly so reliable.

sorry I didn't have the time to detail-clean my M16 when I crawled up on the beach after a 1000m swim or the middle of a 23mile force march.

I must be ignorant, or untrained. certainly not the fault of a weapon with a long and storied history of poor reliability under adverse conditions.
 
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