Let me start by saying I know that PSA is a cheap brand, not here to discuss that!
I have about 500 rounds through my PSA AR9 and have had no problems up until yesterday at the CQB match in Biloxi. I had no issues for the first three stages. On the fourth stage, I fired four of five rounds and then it would not detonate the cartridge. I cycle the rifle manually and the same thing happened again for a few cycles. It would seem to me as though something broke to cause a sudden failure. There was no indication that the firing pin was even reaching the primer. Not even light strikes
I opened the rifle and checked the trigger, that functioned fine. Firing pin did protrude but not by much. I thought that maybe the bolt was not going into battery so I lubed the cr_p out of it and tried again. Same result. I removed the firing pin and it did not seem like it was damaged. Will check tonight under a magnifying glass.
Does anyone out there have experience with this? Don't mind replacing parts but I just don't want to throw unnecessary parts at it.
Thanks
I have about 500 rounds through my PSA AR9 and have had no problems up until yesterday at the CQB match in Biloxi. I had no issues for the first three stages. On the fourth stage, I fired four of five rounds and then it would not detonate the cartridge. I cycle the rifle manually and the same thing happened again for a few cycles. It would seem to me as though something broke to cause a sudden failure. There was no indication that the firing pin was even reaching the primer. Not even light strikes
I opened the rifle and checked the trigger, that functioned fine. Firing pin did protrude but not by much. I thought that maybe the bolt was not going into battery so I lubed the cr_p out of it and tried again. Same result. I removed the firing pin and it did not seem like it was damaged. Will check tonight under a magnifying glass.
Does anyone out there have experience with this? Don't mind replacing parts but I just don't want to throw unnecessary parts at it.
Thanks
