edlsen
04-19-2011, 05:20 PM
It's been awhile since I've been here, but I have had enough.
I have an Arsenal USA SSR-56 that I bought new about 10 years ago. The thing probably has about 300 rounds through it.
It is beautiful (can an AK be beautiful?!), but it won't reliably cycle steel ammo. For a Russian designed weapon this is unacceptable. It will shoot brass okay.
The problem is that the bolt is really tight and the brass is soft enough that it will close, but steel is hard enough to keep it out of battery.
I could buy a go-no-go gauge set, but then I would only know that it is indeed too tight. I would rather put that money toward getting it fixed.
If that is indeed the problem, what would the fix be? How much would I be looking at spending to get this fixed?
Is this something I could do? I have put an AR together, but just the lower.
Thanks
Jared
I have an Arsenal USA SSR-56 that I bought new about 10 years ago. The thing probably has about 300 rounds through it.
It is beautiful (can an AK be beautiful?!), but it won't reliably cycle steel ammo. For a Russian designed weapon this is unacceptable. It will shoot brass okay.
The problem is that the bolt is really tight and the brass is soft enough that it will close, but steel is hard enough to keep it out of battery.
I could buy a go-no-go gauge set, but then I would only know that it is indeed too tight. I would rather put that money toward getting it fixed.
If that is indeed the problem, what would the fix be? How much would I be looking at spending to get this fixed?
Is this something I could do? I have put an AR together, but just the lower.
Thanks
Jared