Crazydoc68
Almost a doctor
Recently purchased a 10.5" upper from Hardened Arms. It came in a pretty cool box. Opened it up and it was packaged in some styrofoam. Came with some business cards, a sticker and the tag on the upper as to when they shot it to make sure the headspace was good to go. I took a look at it and it looked solid from what i could see. Mounted it to my lower and put my optics, light, AFG and light on it. Friday last week, I took it to the range to sight everything in. Shot great and gouped on par as a more expensive upper. Had a few issues with it not locking back on the last round and it trying to feed a round without extracting the empty case. So i tinkered with a few things and got it working great. No issues until i took it apart to put it back in the bag to go home and I noticed that the upper rail system was loose.
Once i got home I took a look at it and realized the screw holding the rail system in place had loosened up a bit. I decided to take off the entire rail just to see the inner workings. I noticed that the screws holding the gas block in place had also loosened up. Well i took some blue locktite to everything and torqued it all to spec.
Went back to the range on Sunday to re zero everything. Had no issues with the function or anything being loose. I emailed the company today to let them know my issues and waiting to hear back a response.
All in all not bad for the price. I hope to hear back as to what they have to say about the QC of the actual upper.
Doc
Once i got home I took a look at it and realized the screw holding the rail system in place had loosened up a bit. I decided to take off the entire rail just to see the inner workings. I noticed that the screws holding the gas block in place had also loosened up. Well i took some blue locktite to everything and torqued it all to spec.
Went back to the range on Sunday to re zero everything. Had no issues with the function or anything being loose. I emailed the company today to let them know my issues and waiting to hear back a response.
All in all not bad for the price. I hope to hear back as to what they have to say about the QC of the actual upper.
Doc