Anybody running anything different than stock? Just broke mine and the parts went flying so I have to replace it.
- Thread starter Jon Lester
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How did you break it and what part?
Not sure why it broke, was running suppressed and on the last round out of the mag, the bottom 1/2 of the lever and spring went flying.
Mag release,...not bolt catch for hold open after last rd right?
Its definitely the bolt release lever/ left side. The small half on the bottom that catches and holds bolt open flew out along with spring and spring end. The top section (paddle) is still held in by the pin.
Thats what i figured, i had the same thing happen on a ar-10t that had a fairly low " <1000 " rd ct. The replacement part armalite sent me was beefier . With the suppressor and the particular load might be gettin a little overgassed and bolt carrier may be gettin a bounce back + spring return pressure and hammerin the tab a little hard on return forward would be my guess
If its the bolt release, the GAP, like the POF should use the regular AR15 bolt release. The mag release is a Norgon ambi mag release.
