HRnightmare
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So I went to have my headspace checked on my PSA AR10. Th egunsmith said it was way off. I called rainier Arms who made the barrel and Palmetto State Armory who makes the BCG and was advised the PSA upper, lower receivers and BCG are DPMS patterns.
The Rainier arms barrel was sent to me in Armalite.
So at this point I am going to buy a RAINIER arms brand BCG. Just for personal mental satisfaction. Question is:
Will an Armalite pattern BCG operate in a DPMS upper receiver? MY gunsmith seems to think not but he swears up and down the barrel is DPMS even though Rainier showed me paperwork that says it is.
Rainier offered to take the barrel and headspace it to one of their bolts. If I do that I have to completely disassemble it and remove the JL Billet handguard and barrel nut which is proprietary and I don't have the crowsfoot wrench to do it (I had the gunsmith do it). And risk it still not headspacing properly and having to send it back again...
Or maybe can I send the the whole upper receiver to Rainier and tell them to headspace check it with one of their bolts, if it fits sell me the BCG and if it doesn't, fit it to one and pay them to disassemble and reassemble the upper....if they will do that?
The Rainier arms barrel was sent to me in Armalite.
So at this point I am going to buy a RAINIER arms brand BCG. Just for personal mental satisfaction. Question is:
Will an Armalite pattern BCG operate in a DPMS upper receiver? MY gunsmith seems to think not but he swears up and down the barrel is DPMS even though Rainier showed me paperwork that says it is.
Rainier offered to take the barrel and headspace it to one of their bolts. If I do that I have to completely disassemble it and remove the JL Billet handguard and barrel nut which is proprietary and I don't have the crowsfoot wrench to do it (I had the gunsmith do it). And risk it still not headspacing properly and having to send it back again...
Or maybe can I send the the whole upper receiver to Rainier and tell them to headspace check it with one of their bolts, if it fits sell me the BCG and if it doesn't, fit it to one and pay them to disassemble and reassemble the upper....if they will do that?