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10/1/2016 10:47:14 AM EDT
Finished my AR 9 all PSA on a Glock compatible lower, with an AR 9 buffer .It passed several function checks and operated flawlessly for 300 hundrd rounds
However

When I do a function check on it now, the trigger wont reset. (It will when firing live ammo) this is something that just happend. After I got home I took the upper off and without letting the hammer smack into the reciever, tested it again, it reset with no problem. I am a bit baffeld by this, do you folks have any idea what this may be?
10/1/2016 11:00:58 AM EDT
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The bolt isn't going rearward far enough. Gun gets dirty, and the bolt gets sluggish.
The buffer weight may be heavier than is needed.

Or the ammo is a touch underpowered if It runs fine when clean.

Do this...
Don't clean the gun, put a mag in, with only one round
Shoot, and see if the bolt locks back.
If not, clean and oil the gun and repeat test.

Did it lock back ? If so, get a lighter buffer.

ETA, if you don't have a BHO, do the test and see if it functions.
A lighter buffer will probably cure it.
10/1/2016 12:11:06 PM EDT
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The bolt isn't going rearward far enough. Gun gets dirty, and the bolt gets sluggish.
The buffer weight may be heavier than is needed.

Or the ammo is a touch underpowered if It runs fine when clean.

Do this...
Don't clean the gun, put a mag in, with only one round
Shoot, and see if the bolt locks back.
If not, clean and oil the gun and repeat test.

Did it lock back ? If so, get a lighter buffer.

ETA, if you don't have a BHO, do the test and see if it functions.
A lighter buffer will probably cure it.
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Glock uppers don't lock back.  They aren't designed that way.

Concerning the symptoms, I had an AR-15 that did the same thing.  I would fire a round and the next round would chamber, but the trigger was not reset.  I would manually reset the trigger and fire again.  I had built the lower from a PSA parts kit.  I replaced the fire control group and the problem went away.  Must have just had a bad spring or something.
10/1/2016 7:06:57 PM EDT
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Glock uppers don't lock back.  They aren't designed that way.

Concerning the symptoms, I had an AR-15 that did the same thing.  I would fire a round and the next round would chamber, but the trigger was not reset.  I would manually reset the trigger and fire again.  I had built the lower from a PSA parts kit.  I replaced the fire control group and the problem went away.  Must have just had a bad spring or something.
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The bolt isn't going rearward far enough. Gun gets dirty, and the bolt gets sluggish.
The buffer weight may be heavier than is needed.

Or the ammo is a touch underpowered if It runs fine when clean.

Do this...
Don't clean the gun, put a mag in, with only one round
Shoot, and see if the bolt locks back.
If not, clean and oil the gun and repeat test.

Did it lock back ? If so, get a lighter buffer.

ETA, if you don't have a BHO, do the test and see if it functions.
A lighter buffer will probably cure it.


Glock uppers don't lock back.  They aren't designed that way.

Concerning the symptoms, I had an AR-15 that did the same thing.  I would fire a round and the next round would chamber, but the trigger was not reset.  I would manually reset the trigger and fire again.  I had built the lower from a PSA parts kit.  I replaced the fire control group and the problem went away.  Must have just had a bad spring or something.



its actually the lower, not the upper that is made that way.  Psa also offers a LRBHO version.