I am having an issue with an AR15 coming back into battery after being fired. Here are the facts:
- The weapon has been thoroughly cleaned.
- After manually loading the cartridge from an empty chamber the gun fires without issue.
- After firing the case is ejected and the next cartridge is chambered without issue, but the gun is slightly out of battery.
- The forward assist does nothing to resolve the issue.
- If I pull the bolt back just a bit, but not enough to eject the round in the chamber then let it slam home the gun goes into battery.
- The non-battery issue happens 100% of the time after a shot, but 0% of the time with a manual loading.
- I have swapped out the BCG into another AR and it works fine.
- I put the BCG from another working AR in the "bad" one and the issue remains
At this point, I am thinking the issue has to be the barrel. Should I simply purchase another barrel or is there something else I should do first?
- The weapon has been thoroughly cleaned.
- After manually loading the cartridge from an empty chamber the gun fires without issue.
- After firing the case is ejected and the next cartridge is chambered without issue, but the gun is slightly out of battery.
- The forward assist does nothing to resolve the issue.
- If I pull the bolt back just a bit, but not enough to eject the round in the chamber then let it slam home the gun goes into battery.
- The non-battery issue happens 100% of the time after a shot, but 0% of the time with a manual loading.
- I have swapped out the BCG into another AR and it works fine.
- I put the BCG from another working AR in the "bad" one and the issue remains
At this point, I am thinking the issue has to be the barrel. Should I simply purchase another barrel or is there something else I should do first?