I recently purchased a threaded muzzle brake for my WASR-10/63 at a local gun show. It looks just like this one:
It wobbles quite a bit, but all the Googling in the world would only turn up that it was normal and to pay it no mind. I took it out shooting, and I was shooting easily 2 feet too low even at 20 yards, and I was key holing. My only theory is that the bullets were ricocheting off the end of the muzzle brake and causing these issues (scary).
I didn't get a chance to fire it yet after I've taken it off, but have any of you ever heard of this happening?
My second potential issue is that the firing pin doesn't seem to be quite long enough. The forward end doesn't look "sharp" any more, more like someone hit it with a hammer. I want to take it out and look at it, but I can't get the retaining pin to even budge. Any tips on how to get it out? It's causing issues where I'll have multiple rounds in a row that will fail to fire. The gun is "new" so I don't know why the firing pin would be goofed, but I'm familiar with Century Arms quality control, so that may be the issue.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
-Chris
It wobbles quite a bit, but all the Googling in the world would only turn up that it was normal and to pay it no mind. I took it out shooting, and I was shooting easily 2 feet too low even at 20 yards, and I was key holing. My only theory is that the bullets were ricocheting off the end of the muzzle brake and causing these issues (scary).
I didn't get a chance to fire it yet after I've taken it off, but have any of you ever heard of this happening?
My second potential issue is that the firing pin doesn't seem to be quite long enough. The forward end doesn't look "sharp" any more, more like someone hit it with a hammer. I want to take it out and look at it, but I can't get the retaining pin to even budge. Any tips on how to get it out? It's causing issues where I'll have multiple rounds in a row that will fail to fire. The gun is "new" so I don't know why the firing pin would be goofed, but I'm familiar with Century Arms quality control, so that may be the issue.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
-Chris