NEMO ...PHFfffffff . . Cant be that hard to build that nightmare of a boat anchor to function proper and flawless in a semi-auto Mag. cal. . Even Benelli conquered that perfectly and for Fact it Is Also MORE accurate and dependable than what I am reading here about this thing .
Benelli's R1 semi-action 300wm rifle functions flawless & MOA with box stock ammo and a joy to shoot . little recoil with there piston gas system . Cryo barrel, Plus it left the extracted Brass just beautiful and unmolested for reloading . The thing was feather light to carry also .
Buy-$$$ a NEMO Omem that chokes like a Mexican hooker blowing Donkey Dick . Or buy a run dependable boutique semi-auto Benelli R1 .300wm, & put 1500-$ piece of glass to top it off, plus 2000-$ of ammo to shoot, with gas money leftover in your pocket.
Hard to argue with that.
But I will say this in NEMO's defense... The quality of the parts they use is second to none. Benelli stuff is not that great, its mass produced crap. There is virtually nothing cheap or crappy on NEMO's rifle....
Here is where I am at with mine... 3 trips back to NEMO for the latest upgrades and the last time I took it out I was getting 1 MOA out of it. The problems I was primarily having with it were mag related. I contacted NEMO and they have new mags made out of a better polymer than the originals. The originals are great if you live where it is cool, but the Florida heat was turning them into butter. The new ones arrived yesterday and these are every bit as stiff as a magpul mag so I believe those problems I had will be solved.
My only remaining bitch is the gas block. That 4 stage adjustment does not allow you to tune the gas for a specific round. You need to tune your ammo to a specific setting on the gas block and that is a pain in the ass. 76 grains of H1000n on setting #3 30% of the cases had the rims ripped off by the extractor. Set it to #2 and you don't get enough gas to cycle the weapon. It wont even eject the spent case. So I need to tone my load down or I need to Nuke it up. FYI, mine has the 26" match barrel on it so how mine behaves may not be like anyone else's.
The new bolt carrier was much kinder on the brass, no ejector marks. The cases that did not have the rims ripped off are reloadable. Granted they are not as perfect as brass coming out of a bolt gun but they are not useless. All my rounds are reloaded military brass I paid .35 each for so I am not howling too much when I get a trashed case. I'd just like to get 3-4 reloads out of them before they go in the scrap bucket. I did put a bit of that HD foam you get buying those self adhesive cheek pads for shotguns on the brass deflector and that really helped with the case mouth dings. Pretty much all I have on the brass are scratches from the chamber lugs. That's pretty normal for any AR so hopefully I wont be trashing any brass like I was before once I get this thing dialed in.
The one thing I have not checked to see if is the shoulders are being blown out from the pressure still in the chamber when the brass begins its extraction. This was an issue before. I really had to bump the shoulders of the brass fired using the old BCG. I am not getting any odd pressure signs on the brass now so I don't think this will be an issue.
My advice to NEMO at this point...
You guys need to refine that gas block. The knob is impossible to turn after you fire a few rounds down the barrel and the gas difference between settings needs a little tuning.
Either that or have a progressive design that allows you to fine tune the amount of gas by knob turns not port settings. Make a knob you can actually get your fingers on with some leverage.. star shaped or something.. this little small knurled thing you use does not work for operators with big fingers.
Other than that, I think they are close to being ready for prime time with these latest changes.