Recent content by mstewart440

Long overdue update here. Work/kids sports/wife/life have kept me from spending any time on fun stuff. I took the above advise and disassembled it, cleaned and lubed everything again (including the BCG). This past weekend I got a chance to shoot it again and its still a single shot. The...

I hope you guys are right! Although I've read about them for years, this is the first AR type rifle I've owned so I defer to those with more knowledge. I'll keep you posted. And thanks!

I'll take the rifle down again tonight and check the chamber again as well as check the gas system. I'm leaning towards something being out of spec with the chamber though. A gas system problem or lubrication problem might prevent it from reloading automatically, but I can't see how any of...

Yeah, it will go bang...once. But then it takes a significant amount of force to pull the charging handle back and eject the spent cartridge. The next round will chamber fine. I can manually eject it easily too, but if I pull the trigger, we're stuck again. Ammo...brass 5.56 (didn't notice...

I mean the round is stuck in the chamber...most stubbornly stuck. <thats fun to say fast three times>

Crud or a burr in the chamber was my first thought so I ran a brush and swab through it with no effect. I kept 6 cases with the marks on them. I'll post some pics tonight. They are not deep scratches, but enough to catch my eye. The balooning is what has me concerned the most though. I've...

I received a brand new M&P 15 Sport for Christmas this week. So far I have not been able to fire two consecutive rounds from it. Each round, after it is fired, fails to eject. Manually ejecting the round by pulling the charging handle is very difficult. I have tried .223 and 5.56 rounds...