Potentially Huge AR problem

[zstephens13]

I have an RRA LAR-8 that was firing steel Wolf .308.
Today we went out shooting with a couple of people and what happened was someone was shooting and we had a failure to eject because it swelled and stuck in the barrel after firing. They pulled back the charging handle, turned the rifle to get the jammed cartridge out, ejected the magazine and before i could stop them dropped the bolt on to the spent casing.

Now I can not even move the bolt carrier group. After I removed the upper from the lower i can see that the lock lugs (whatever they are called) are stacked on top of each other. I can't get it to move at all.

What do I do?! I need help! Thanks.

Z

 

[Mot45acp]

This is gonna hurt especially if its a new rifle.

Step 1: Put the rifle back together. Take outside and slam the butstock onto the ground (muzzle up) grass or something other than concrete. Using the inertia to force it out. There is a chance that the bolt will rip the rim off the casing if this happens proceed to step 2

Step 2: take a cleaning rod and tap the casing out.

Quit using Wolf in guns not designed for it. The steel does not expand as brass does allowing fouling to gunk up your chamber. German surplus DAG is UNDER $500 NOW FOR A CASE.

I went through this with Wolf ammo and various AR platforms.

 

[mljdeckard]

I agree. There are guys in here that tell you to go ahead and shoot Wolf, it's no problem. My rule is; use Russian ammo in Russian guns ONLY.

And I also agree about the process for clearing it out. You gotta slam the butt on the ground a few times. I do this with issue M-16s all the time, I would prefer not to have to do it to an AR-10, but I don't know what else to do. When you get it apart, give everything a good look. Maybe there will just be scratches and it will work fine. If there is damage, hopefully it will just be to the bolt, easy to replace. If it's in the lugs of the barrel, not as easy but still just one part to replace.

 

[cbrgator]

Just lay something like a towel on the ground when you slam the buttstock down so you don't scratch it. I've gotten wolf stuck in my AR as well. I've had success with both methods mentioned, but considering the bolt carrier is stuck, I'd start with the buttstock slam

 

[zstephens13]

Yay! It worked on the first try!
Thanks

 

[mljdeckard]

double-tap

 

[mljdeckard]

Are the surfaces ok? I guess if it came loose on the first try it wasn't jammed in there too tight.