DistrictCow wrote:Thanks for all the tips, folks. I'll provide the manufacturer name once I get this problem resolved. I'd like to given them the chance to make things right (again). I'm also not super pleased with the gun shop that sold me this (I self-identified as a newbie with ARs and he sold me this rifle after I explained what I was looking for). With the loose gas key, they were great and had a new gas key put in with no questions asked. It's a one year warranty (so long as you haven't voided terms to include steel, reloaded, re-manufactured ammo- this seems odd, but ok) so I should be able to send it back in.
However, as Sarge pointed out, I have totally lost confidence in the platform as a whole now. Yes, the manufacturer can fix the trigger group problem, but now I'm starting to worry about literally every other component of the rifle. Should I just send it in, have the trigger fixed, and sell it off?
The vital components are the bolt carrier group and the trigger group. There are dozens of manufacturers out there selling high quality BCGs and triggers. Rather than take a hit on selling the entire rifle, just get better parts. Think of it as an upgrade, and many people do that even when there's nothing wrong with the original components.
Get yourself a nicer nickel-boron BCG from a good company. For trigger group, you can put in great products from Geissele, Timney, and the like.
Glad that federal government is boring again.