New AR

[Independent_shooter]

So I took my new Spikes Tactical gun to the range yesterday (Terry Walden's out in Manchester), other than a magazine at On Target earlier in the week this was the first trip out. I couldn't make it through a magazine without having "light strikes". There was a guy shooting his FNAR .308 carbine (man his set-up was sweet) and he said I should have Terry look at it. I took it over to Terry's shop and he noticed that a pin above the trigger housing was "working itself out", he hammered it back in, went to the range and fired off 2 magazines with 1 light strike. Sure enough the pin was working itself out again, I had to leave it with Terry (really don't want to have to ship it off for who knows how long). Man it's frustrating to have a new gun not go "bang" everytime you pull the trigger.

[Guest ls2tiger]

My S&W MP15 has the same issue. I havn't taken it to get fixed though because it's getting a new trigger and pins soon. It is bad when the gun don't go Boom though......

[Guest nozzle13]

I had that problem one time. Make sure your springs are resting in the recesses of the pins. That solved my problem, but you could also get the non rotational pins. They have screw on backs that keep the pins in place with a brace.

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[LA_357SIG]

You can also get a set of DPMS anti-walk pins. I use them on my dedicated .22 build. They break hammer pins alot.

[Independent_shooter]

Spike's sent me some anti-walk pins...they work beautifully. Spike's customer service was top notch...and so is Terry Walden. I will definately continue to do business with both.