While I financially profit from fixing this companies fuck ups (to be fair they do correct their fuck ups but many customers just want their gun fixed now and don*t want to wait for it to be sent back).
The latest pile of trash started as a customer bringing in his rifle and saying the handguard was loose.
Well it was, as in the barrel nut wasn*t tight. The rifle was a few days old.
This is the mess I found after taking off the HG:
https://i.postimg.cc/76XMXKNM/1-BD76...910-BFF0-E.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/QtjJp2cd/270-C8...CC2-B84-FA.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/prTQSKGN/2-B71-...33-C447-AA.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/k5QyRJ6H/2-C3-D...6025-F58-F.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/C5QCpdXR/54-BBD...-A3-CCC1-C.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/sf64h0x3/5-A0-B...E808449327.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SKFrK2s8/6-B5-D...E7-AC4-C09.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/QxFkkkK1/AA3-B6...4006452-B1.jpg
Now, as many of you know from building your own, a four sided nut is good, a six or eight would work but a five flat nut where the five flats aren*t even flats makes it impossible to tighten that nut except with maybe a pipe wrench.
Also note the use of oil in the threads, I*ve yet to take apart a Palmetto or BCA upper that had moly on it, always light oil.
I was also doing up a Trump gun for another customer also using a new and unfired BCA upper and I was able to use that nut to fix the other customers gun. On this upper I had to for the first time ever on a new factory upper use not only heat but also a four foot cheater pipe on my 1/2* breaker bar to remove the nut that was in no way torqued properly.
So one was never torqued and the other was grossly over torqued.
Again, I*m sure they*ll send a replacement barrel nut but c*mon, this is ridiclous.
The Trump upper if anyone is interested, my third of last week:
https://i.postimg.cc/VNfRxSkF/296-D4...98-BC8-EA5.jpg
Just ranting... If you have a BCA rifle/upper id strongly suggest you take off the HG and check that nut for the correct torque. This isn*t the first of these I*ve had to fix.