Lancaster AK-74 issue

Ingsoc , email our office direct and let us know a brief description of the problem and your contact info a rep will call you and get the problem dealt with.

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Ingsoc , email our office direct and let us know a brief description of the problem and your contact info a rep will call you and get the problem dealt with.

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Done. Thanks.

Kudos to Atlantic Firearms

Who else reads our forum and responds so quickly?

Did you guys get your replacement rifles?

Did you guys get your replacement rifles?

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I talked to Lancaster about an hour ago. The lady said that all warranty work is going to be done this and to check in on Thursday for a tracking number.

I picked mine up yesterday. Haven't had a chance to do more than fondle it yet but fit and finish seem fine. The bolt does not seem stick at all.

Good to hear progress, ingsoc, and to hear that your AK-74 is OK, 41magsnub. I'm waiting on a shipment notification on a roughrider from atlantic, card's already been charged, so am curious to hear about any problems. I think a lot of people are nervous about the AK74's with US made barrels after the century tantal barrel fiasco The RR looks to be a nice rifle. I'm excited Will be my first modern semiauto hi-cap rifle.

Did they give you a tracking #, barbarsac? After reading this thread:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=4&f=64&t=124188

I would be very nervous if I had to go directly to lancaster for help. In fact, I ordered directly from atlantic arms to avoid having to deal with Lancaster, after getting the impression from various forum posts that Atlantic would be handling issues for customers so that they did not have to deal with lancaster's renowned retail customer service... - but it sounds like you had to deal with lancaster directly even though you ordered through atlantic, is that true?

I've been trying to be proactive with Lancaster on getting my rifle fixed/replaced.

Welp, just got an e-mail saying my rough rider 74 has been shipped - here's hoping it doesn't have any of the issues you guys have seen... I'm excited. Let us know what happens with your rifles!

I just called Lancaster this afternoon and talked to Heather. She said the warranty work rifles are still being worked on.

Welp, just got an e-mail saying my rough rider 74 has been shipped - here's hoping it doesn't have any of the issues you guys have seen... I'm excited. Let us know what happens with your rifles!

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I don't think the rough rider AK74s are having the issues that the ones we have are.

Just got a call from Heather at Lancaster and she told me two things:

1. They are replacing my AK74 with a new one
2. They are shipping it out today via Fed Ex and she gave me a tracking number

Now I will track that closely and see how it goes.

ingsoc, we called them this morning to discuss the issue with the rifle and expressed to them that we would like the rifle replaced for you asap . We also asked they they forward the tracking info to our office for verification.

My roughrider arrived today! Looks good. Maybe range this weekend...

headless , let us know how the rifle works out at the range.

I took my RR out and shot it the first time today. Flawless shooting, dead at 25 yards on without adjusting the sights.

jOHNNY wALker and the smell of spent gun powder that should be a new fragrance for Men's Cologne !!

Both of you were very wise to go through Atlantic with your problem with the Lancasters.....Dealing with Chet directly is nearly impossible..

Heather does a great job when she is allowed to..

Nice rifles; one on one customer service is a nightmare (for the customer), my personal experience...

Good shooting to you ......

Just picked up mine from the local Fed Ex office. I was away on business and requested them to hold it there until I got back.

The replacement has a red wood pistol grip which is nice. The magazine appears to be a Russian Izhmash make as well.

I didn't get a plastic case like the first one. Not a big deal as the important thing is that it works right. Only one way to tell and that is to test it at the range.

Well, I was going to take mine out to the range today, got my BP02 mount in and my red dot holographic sight...but alas, the BP02 does not mount correctly to my AK74 The mount is not only 2-3mm past (to the right of) the boreline when mounted, but also skewed to the right by 3-5 degrees! Since I don't have any other side mounts around to test with, I can't really tell if it's the BP02 mount or the mount on the receiver, but I am inclined to suspect the BP02... anyone have any experience with BP02 issues?

Welp, went ahead and took the rifle out today. The truglo holographic red dot was a let-down; after only 15 rounds downrange the reticle started to flicker in/out as if the battery was making inconsistent contact . Well, at least it maintained it's zero, right? It did provide enough adjustment to line up correctly even with the BP02 mount skewed by a couple of degrees.

The rifle performed well; no issues at all with functionality in about 250 rounds fired. The iron sights were off about 4 feet high at 20 yards, so it took some adjustment to bring it on target, but windage is dead on.

The only negative that I found was the receiver cover gets pushed back, out of the groove above the chamber when the rifle is fired. After 200 rounds, the receiver cover had actually popped out of the groove and jammed against the bottom of the iron sights. When I attach the cover, I can push it forward all the way into the groove, but just by pulling the bolt handle all the way back to charge the weapon, the cover is pushed back to almost the point where it pops out of the groove.

I'll take it out again this weekend and see if it's a chronic problem; has anyone else seen anything like this happen before? It's like the slide cover is 2-3mm too short or something.