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Originally Posted by namonline
Brand new M&P fails to feed rounds
I picked up a new M&P 15 OR this weekend and have not fired it yet. I tried cycling a few snap caps and only the first round in the mag loaded. All others failed. I tried with live ammo and had the same problem (yes, safety on and fingers VERY far from the trigger). FYI, I was cycling the rifle manually with the charge handle.
I am using American Eagle 5.56 and the barrel is stamped 5.56
I have uploaded a few pictures and I was wondering if anyone could help by identifying what I am doing wrong. Surely a $1000 rifle does not suck that much
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First, DO NOT CYCLE LIVE ROUNDS unless you are pointing the rifle in a safe direction, preferably at a range. Take a look at the primers of the rounds that you did get to feed and you'll understand why. The AE xm193 uses the military primers, so it's not likely to slam fire on you, but you really don't need to take any chances.
Second, like vulcan bob said, don't panic until you get a chance to actually go to the range and shoot the rifle. If it does fail at the range 99% of the time it's a problem with the magazine. So at least make sure you take a couple of magazines with you so you can isolate the problem if necessary. If you are in a free state, it is preferable to use a standard 30 round magazine. You are less likely to experience follower tilt problems that some of the 10 and 20 round straight box magazines are known to have.
But first, make sure you field strip the rifle, clean the chamber, bore, bolt carrier group and lube it up. Most firearms are shipped with a rust preventative applied in the bore and action parts.