Thread: AR15 shell cases not extracting

Originally Posted by P38

@Rushy

Yes but that's it's technical name.

Only known to those who constantly worship the false King of beers

Most people know it by its common name of gas key.

Cheers
Pete

Ah yes but I'm not a common sort of a cuss Pete.

Originally Posted by Rushy

SiB take heart as you are doing better than me by knowing what a gas key even is, unless it is the pokey outey bit on top of the slidey doodad.

I say Rushy, you're more technically minded than you think you are.

Thanks guys. I'll give it a good dissemble/reassemble and clean and get back to you

So is it a new gun or has it been played with

Originally Posted by Rushy

So it is the pokey outey bit on top of the slidey doodad.

Just about its the pokey out thing with a hole in it

I bought if off a forum member here

On the lighter side it could be a wasp....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEte...ature=youtu.be

Though knowing how lose the OP is to Fjiordland, it could be one of the sandflies....

does it do it with the suppressor off ? .... supprsors can up the speed of the extraction , if the case is still in expansion then it wont be able to be extracted easily .... try a couple of mags with no suppresor .... and see , ...

Thanks guys

My AR has a similar problem although with mine not every cartridge slams home in the chamber & I can only extract it by holding the gun on it's butt then knocking the bolt back with my hunting knife handle as I hold the lock bolt open. If I want to extract a round @ any time manually after a hunt for example, it remains stuck in the chamber. I've cleaned the chamber heaps & always check my reloads with a chamber gauge so it'll be up to spec. I have seen though on a You tube vid that it's best to use a small base die set made for the AR (not standard 223 dies) & crimp the projectile could solve the problem, although paying $110.00 for a new set of dies isn't what I want. I may have to take it to a Gunsmith. I also bought this early last year off "AR15" on trademe & it's been like this from day one.
Can anyone help?
Sorry I can't help you much SiB but I write this to show others have similar problems

My AR has a similar problem although with mine not every cartridge slams home in the chamber & I can only extract it by holding the gun on it's butt then knocking the bolt back with my hunting knife handle as I hold the lock bolt open. If I want to extract a round @ any time manually after a hunt for example, it remains stuck in the chamber. I've cleaned the chamber heaps & always check my reloads with a chamber gauge so it'll be up to spec. I have seen though on a You tube vid that it's best to use a small base die set made for the AR (not standard 223 dies) & crimp the projectile could solve the problem, although paying $110.00 for a new set of dies isn't what I want. I may have to take it to a Gunsmith. I also bought this early last year off "AR15" on trademe & it's been like this from day one.
Can anyone help?
Sorry I can't help you much SiB but I write this to show others have similar problems

Originally Posted by Tararua Phil

My AR has a similar problem although with mine not every cartridge slams home in the chamber & I can only extract it by holding the gun on it's butt then knocking the bolt back with my hunting knife handle as I hold the lock bolt open. If I want to extract a round @ any time manually after a hunt for example, it remains stuck in the chamber. I've cleaned the chamber heaps & always check my reloads with a chamber gauge so it'll be up to spec. I have seen though on a You tube vid that it's best to use a small base die set made for the AR (not standard 223 dies) & crimp the projectile could solve the problem, although paying $110.00 for a new set of dies isn't what I want. I may have to take it to a Gunsmith. I also bought this early last year off "AR15" on trademe & it's been like this from day one.
Can anyone help?
Sorry I can't help you much SiB but I write this to show others have similar problems

Get the chamber/bolt checked with a GO gauge. I don't use small base dies and have never had an issue. What brand is the gun (or the BCG and barrel if it's a parts gun)?

Never had problems like that with my T3.

Helpful as always, systolic

Originally Posted by systolic

Never had problems like that with my T3.

i bet you never get hemorrhoids either since you are a perfect asshole