Everything that Bear Creek has sent me, has been a preformer! I have a few uppers and all work perfectly! Thank you for your work that keep your prices affordable.. in a time when prices are inflated. May God bless your efforts! Please stay safe and healthy!
This is why I trust Bear Creek It took me 20 years to find a firing pin that was reliable with berdan.( in a "Reliable-well-known brand) d p m s;;;; I had to tune each mag and get the feed ramps ground. Then, I had to learn about gas block differences. Bear Creek saves you the 20 year learning curve.
Both of my x39 bca are on point tack driving accurate. They just break#1 or#7 lug at around 4 or 5 hundred rds but bca fixed the problem every time they're my go to ar company. Lots of love to BCA from Chris Rayburn. And the 2 A community in Oklahoma.
I just bought one of these. Waiting patiently for it to come in :) I LOVE the work you guys are doing to keep MADE IN USA affordable components, and to take a standard AR15 useful in multiple platforms! My 5.56, 22WMR, and 7.62x39 uppers are ALL Bear Creek Arsenal!
Same here. My backwoods barbie is 10 and has a 16" and a 10.5" x39. Dumped a doe as her first deer last youth day here in Maine with the 16". She went today for her first bear with the 10.5, but boo boo was a no show today lol. Back on er' Monday.
I love the 7.62x39. I hog hunt and the 7.62x39 is great for hogs. I also have a BCA 350 legend upper attached to an Aero precision lower. and that cartridge is also great for hog hunting it hits hard. Really love the upper that I purchased from you. It works great. And it’s accurate it’s at least a 2MOA Which is great. And it works really good even out 250 yards.
Thanks BCA. I just got done building a lower for one of your 20"HBAR 5.56 uppers. It works great BTW. Now it looks like the 7.62x39 side charger is going on the list!
My Bear Creek 7.62x39 upper worked flawlessly out of the box. If you want to spruce it up a little more, Black Rifle Arms enhanced firing pin and hammer spring are a great start. And adjustable gas block along with a Nib bolt will help with cycling the dirty steel rounds as well. My 7.62 is always in the bag for range day.
I just received my 7.62x39, from BCA. Excited to get it assembled and out to the range. Thank you BCA, for all your dedication, hard work, and always looking to improve your quality. Looking forward to doing more business with BCA.
4 ar15s. 2 have bca barrels (18" .223 wylde mid length and 10.5" 9mm) and 2 uppers, a 10.5" and a 16" x39 complete from bca. Cannot bring myself to pay more elsewhere when every bca product is as accurate as i am and runs as expected.
You covered all the points for a reliable, fun shooter. I'm still thinking about the charging handle upgrade for mine. I still want (need) a right side charging 45ACP upper!!! Please?!
I bought a 7.62x39 16-inch right side charger BCA upper on a CMMG multi lower. It DID need an enhanced firing pin (Black Rifle Arms - the BCA one I bought was BENT and broke during dry fire testing. I also bought a Black Rifle Arms heavy hammer spring) I also installed an H2 buffer. I NOW have a rifle that runs steel or brass ammo equally well. I manage 2 inch groups at 100 yards with quality ammo and consistently hit an 18x24 inch steel silhouette target at 300 yards with a cheap 1.5-8X scope. I really LIKE the side charger over the rear charger for a scoped AR. I also bought a BCA "Endure" - an AR chambered in .223 Wylde 20 inch fluted barrel with the most gorgeous American Walnut furniture (triangular forearm, A2 rear and carved pistol grip) that was the excitement of the day at the range (FFL) the day it arrived.(unfortunately it was RMA for warranty for FTF, ripping the bullets from their case and jamming making it unsafe to fire) UPDATE 02/03/23 The ejector on the BCA bolt fractured and jammed the bolt. I disassembled it at the range to remove the live round. When I got home, I ordered a replacement from Black Rifle Arms and will send BCA the bolt and fragments for quality control inspection. Haven't heard a word from BCA on the RMA "Endure" - may never see it again. 2/23/2023 UPDATE. The broken 7.62x39 extractor was REPLACED by BCA 2/20/2023 FREE! The .223 Wylde "The Endure" should be back in hand next week. The issue wasn't BCA customer service not helping. The issue was a communication problem on email and automated answer system. April called me today and all has been resolved. THANK YOU APRIL.
Why did the extractor break? I've gone thru two can't figure out the issue causing my extractor to break the teeth of the extractor that grab the casing just fractured right off
I actually start with battle rifle arm entire bcg. I got their heavy hammer as well. The rest of my gun is a faxon barrel, mid gas, and all other stuff Aero precision
Exactly what I was looking at! Knew the issue was more than likely the firing pin with Intl. manufactured steel cases were more likely a lack of enough pin protrusion. Explained precisely, was exactly what I figured my issues were with my new toy! Ha! Ha! 40 Years of reloading and shooting you figure out problems fairly easily! I had a 50% firing rate if success with a couple magazines! Accurate for what % fired, so I came home and tore the gun apart, measured the firing pin extrusion because I immediately surmised it was the area to look. Ordered 2 new pins for my toy before the video was half done! Ha! Ha! Thanks!
I run a 10.5 inch BCA 7.62x39 barrel in an AR build. .5 to .6 inch groups with federal fusion at 100. Roughly 1 to 1.2 inch at 100 with milsurp ammo, great shooter. It's the nitride barrel.
I have five BCA barrels, 7.62x39, two 5.56 nato, 300 blk, and a 308 Win. Every barrel shoots 1.3 inch or better not using match ammunition. Have not had a chance to test the 308 yet, soon though.
I have bought barrels and uppers and told friends and family and have a uncle thay b2 uppers and a buddy bought a upper and nothing but great work a couple of problems for my uncle but once again you buy from BCA your buying from a amazing company and good American people they helped him out shipped him a brand new upgraded upper that work flawsley. So yes ladies and gentlemen BCA 1000 🌟 I'm about to buy a another upper so please keep up the amazing work BCA
I got a mine a year or so ago and put over 2000 rounds through it and I'm just now needing a new bolt for it. I got it for coyotes and prairie dogs and it works absolutely great. It's a joy to take prairie dog hunting especially close range 🤙
@@tennesseekartgarage oh no its completely fine i guess I'm sick of cleaning it, I wanted to try a Nickle boron BCG and see how it's goes. When I do stand the bolt up on it's face upright it does slide down? If you know what I mean.
I have four 7.62 x 39 ARs with binary type triggers, BEST TROUBLE-FREE MAGS are DURAMAG by C Products Defense I prefer the 20 rd (for convivence) Also I use brass cased ammo (PPU & Winchester in ARs. Steel for AKs/ Brass for ARs Also important on 7.62 ARs is keep the chamber clean!!! Love Bear Creek Arsenal, great customer service I wish they would make a gen 2 side charging handle that would fit our Gen 1 bolt carriers with the old (vibrate out) handle.
In regards to the ammo prices being cheaper...i reckon this video was made prior to last Friday. Sucks because i just bought a 7.62 upper from yall about 2 months ago.
I feel y'alls pain, I finally got all my parts and I was just fixin to throw mine together, now you can't find 7.62 x 39 and if you do it's the same price as 556 or more. UNFRICKINBELIEVEABLE!!!
Couple weeks ago Rural King had stacks of tuna can wood cases of 7.62x39, and see tons of S&b brass on the ground from shorter at the local range, as a reloader that does not currently have a firearm in this caliber just collecting cases at the moment.
Here's my experience with their 10.5in 7.62x39 upper from BCA. First firing pin went out about 200 rounds, 2nd firing pin lasted about 60 rounds, 3rd firing pin lasted about 80 rounds. Bought Black Rifle Arm enhanced 7.62x39 firing pin and got 300 rounds threw it so I took care of that. Other problem I was having was it was undergassed so I would have to rack it back to load another cartridge. Bought a 20% reduced power buffer spring, still same issue. Drilled gas port on barrel to 1/8 and walla the thing finally runs good. I have a 16in 556 upper from them also and have zero issues with it but the 7.62x39 upper turned into a fun project that I finally now enjoy shooting. Word of advice to bca, your firing pin design needs to change, the tip is shapped like a coke bottle and I think that creates a weak point, try just making more of a straight shot to a point on the end of the firing pin
We are sorry to hear that you had a poor experience. All our products are backed by our Bear Den Guarantee; please submit a warranty request if something is not right.
My firing pin broke and extractor on brass ammo but once I replaced it with black rifle enhanced firing pin and cmmg extractor haven't had any problems
I just got done buying one of these and soon as it arrived I broke it all down make sure it was cleaned up oiled up put it back together and went to the gun range and to my surprise this thing handles like a dream and I was reading that there were so many people were negative complaining about this 762 and I couldn’t believe it. I was smiling ear to ear after the first five rounds. I put this on my 556 Saint Victor B5 lower and I did not have any light strikes or anything no problems whatsoever! You guys of me one heckuva upper thank you!!!!
I am glad I bought both the side charging and standard BCA 7.62x39 uppers. Great price that gave me the budget to take a risk, and with the enhanced firing pin and good magazines, they work fine and are good little thumpers!
I read a lot of people complaining about ASC mags in their x39 guns, but they work great for me. 10s, 20s, and 30s no problems. But I've only ran brass cased, no steel yet. I keep an enhanced firing pin and a Wolfe extra power hammer spring handy but only shot brass thru it so far. I built one up so I could shoot the cheaper stuff but the cost of ammo now, well you know. I found a bunch of brass Norma for under 50 cents and that isn't much higher than Wolfe and Tula and they have boxer primers and also easier on extractors. Hey I was hoping you'd talk some about buffer/buffer spring combos.
My first BCA 10.5 (7.62x39) upper was TORQUED wrong and titled to one side. The barrel screws was loose. I heard MANY others complain about the same thing. Loose barrel nut screws and loose gas blocks. The firing pin broke after my first 28 rounds. I got 2 BCA uppers my 7.5 didn't give me ANY issues but my 10.5 was my favorite. I still like BCA and vouched for them on my channel. But I half to be HONEST the FIRING PIN is very cheap metal compared to a stainless steel one. I don't know they use that black colored firing pin vs a stainless steel that I bought for like $10 ... Also the QUALITY CONTROL is simple stuff that SIMPLY taking your time would solve. It seems they rush making these and then send out unfinished uppers with loose screws and stupid stuff like that. BCA if your reading this I think you need to have a "TALK" with your production team. Tell them to take their time and quit rushing products. This would solve this issue tremendously.
Please, please, please make some more uppers, I know you guys still have a handful left, but I'm really looking forward to the left side charger coming back. My dad shoots with his left due to his eye, and I'm itching to buy a rifle that doesn't toss brass or steel at him. Besides that, love you guys, I'll be ordering the 16" right side charge next week after I finish a job. Keep it up!
I received my BCA BC-15 right hand charging upper in 7.62x39. I couldn’t be happier, well with one exception. I purchased my upper at an outstanding price , plus it was on a Special Sale Price….. ready……..$189.99. Complete! I was amazed, completely blown away ! How can Bear Creek Arsenal have such low prices on such High Quality Uppers ? Then BCA let the other shoe drop…… Seven days later BCA lowered the price to $175.00 What ???? At these prices BCA is Practically giving Quality Uppers away. I should have waited one more week. ❤
Hey bear creek. There is a youtuber P80ralph. He is having issues with his 7.62x39 10.5” upper. Some of it self inflicted and some of it with the upper itself. I know you guys have one of the best customer service and businesses in the industry and I love all your products I’ve purchased and have had no issues. He’s a good guy and he promotes stuff he can stand by. I’m sure you can help him out. It would be a good look for the 80% community
I use a flat spring, H2 buffer, adjustable gas block. My bolt came from battle rifle arms. 200 dollar bolt but it’s built for 762x39. The Faxon mid gas barrel. Everything else Aero Precision. I am taking a hard look at bca though for the dual charging upper and bolt. Very cool set up. The 22 mag AR kind of neat as well.
i just took my 7.5" 7.62x39 (gen 2 side charger) BCA upper to the range today, had some issues extracting with tulammo, standard mil-spec PSA lower. no light primer strikes on any of the 300ish rounds fired so the enhanced firing pin worked great. After about 100 rounds of steel cased, switched over to brass which cycled flawlessly. for what its worth, i used the ASC mags with no issues on the mag side of things. That cartridge is really fun to shoot, recoil is definitely manageable. EDIT: only shot 25-50 yards because its a 7.5" barrel, and the groupings were as tight as my 16" barrel 5.56 in the same range. even with the cheaper ammo.
Glad you're enjoying your new upper! If the extracting problems continue, email bcatech@bearcreekarsenal.com with details like the type of ammo used and buffer weight
Three AR15’s. One being a pistol the other two 5.56 & 7.62 Bear creek products Look awesome preform awesome my pistol is 10 inch barrel e side charging handle love it love it Should have made my other ARs side charging oh well live and learn but thank you BCA Damm good stuff 👍🏻
Just received my 7.62x39 upper from Bear Creek Arsenal a few weeks ago and I love it. I will say that you guys should not be recommending ASC magazines on your website. This was my first upper chambered in 7.62x39 and I saw a lot of negative reviews concerning ASC but I bought some because they were recommended by BCA. They were (are) horrible and initially I thought there was something wrong with the upper. I bought a few different brands of magazines after that and they all worked just fine. I tried 4 different ASC mags, 2 - 20 and 2 - 30 round mags and although the 20 round mags were not as bad, they were not reliable at all and the 30 round mags were a complete mess. BCA makes great products and ASC made me think that there was a major problem with my upper. The only problem was the ASC magazines. You guys do a great job and are a fine example of an American company producing quality products at a fair price. Thank you and God bless.
@@Bear_Creek_Arsenal Thanks for responding to my post. I do not write negative comments often and if I do they are always impartial and honest. Thanks for making great products for America. Stay safe.
I dremeled down the front of the mags on my 30rd promags and 20rd asc mags and now no feeding issues. You can see that the round will get hung up on the neck of the cartridge if you just try and push a few rounds out with your fingers. Shouldn't have to do that though-still looking for a mag I dont have to mod myself. Maybe I'll try the Ross brand everyone here mentioned.
@@toddtiberius Thanks for the info. I got some C Product mags and they work perfectly. I also got a couple of DuraMags and they work perfectly. I have one ProMag and it works fine. Everything is new so none of them had any adjustments made to them. Only the ASC mags gave me trouble. These are not cheap, and as you said, we shouldn't have to do any modifying of anything at these prices. I rarely post negative comments but I read a lot of negative posts about the ASC mags and I only bought some because they were recommended on the BCA site. BCA is a great company so I just wanted to let them know what's going on with the mags. Also, I appreciate when people write reviews that are honest and let everyone now what is good or bad about a product, so I want to try and save other people the headache and cost of getting something that doesn't work well.
@@toddtiberius same here, My four 20 round ASC mags have had zero issues, I did the dremel on the front lips and a light sanding on the inner ribs (removed the paint) before they ever saw the range. Perfect ! I do own two 28 round Duramags that I also did a light dremel on, again no issues so... P.S. thats after several range days and hundreds of rounds.
Definitely a very happy customer and I’m eyeballing the new 243 Winchester A.R. 10 upper. I think I can’t live without that one lol definitely going to be a must I might even give that to myself for Christmas lol! I’ve been sort of good lol
I bought an upper awhile back, all light primer strikes. Replaced with their newer bolt and enhanced firing pin, nothing. Replaced hammer spring with Wolf extra power, about 50/50 light strikes no matter what kind of Soviet ammo. Installed an h2 buffer and red Sprinco buffer spring, no change.. Bought a whole different upper from BCA and put all my innards in it (to keep it scientific), works great. That means the first upper was out of spec in the chamber causing the round to sit too far forward, preventing the pin from reaching the primer enough much of the time... Doesn't take much. Wonder if they'll let me return or replace the out of spec upper? (Posted several places in hope of helping someone else who may be in my same spot, gun Smith confirmed my thoughts)...
Got one from them a little while back. Knocks off my ears first shot, every time, and round leaves a meteor like crater. Rounds are harder to find, midway normally has them. Gets a ton of looks and step backs at the range once you pull the trigger. An absolute beast.
Wish the standard hand guards on BCA still had the full picatinny rail on top. They all have only a few inches in front and rear. I much prefer the look of a full picatinny rail on top. I love all my BCA uppers. Fired thousands of rounds through mine because I can afford the ammo due to their great prices. My new 7.62 upper just finally shipped today can’t wait to run it.
I use H2 buffer weight 4.6oz, and David Tubb flat wire spring in mine. Its a great combo. I tried H1 3.0 oz, and H3 5.6 oz, but found H2 4.6 oz was best feel for me. I have the superlative arms adjustable gas block which enabled me to test the multiple buffer weights. I found I could tame it pretty good with brass, but adjusting gas down too much caused steel not to cycle. The steel must have a weaker pressure somehow than brass.
I recently purchased the 762x39 upper from bear creek arsenal. Love the craftsmanship from bca. I shot 180 rounds couple weeks ago and had only 13 failed rounds not to bad in my first outing. Hope my next trip will be better results after getting cleaned up and lubed
Hey Joseph, glad you're enjoying your upper! Send an email to bcatech@bearcreekarsenal.com with specifics like you're ammo type and buffer weight if you continue to have some cycling issues and they'll help you out
just curious when you guys will make the extractors available for spares? I bought 2 firing pins and a complete BCG from you just to have back up parts.
@@richardlara4941 usually its the last few rounds don’t get picked up. I’d say its a spring issue but they seem to have more spring force that other magazines so its hard to say
Been wanting to invest in my ar lately.. Also have been wanting another deer hunting rifle. I think I just found a universal answer.. Keep a nice fat scope on that upper, and a light weight red dot setup on my 5.56!
Very informative I appreciate y’all going more in depth on the whole 7.62 in a different platform situation and giving some real life tips about it I also liked getting to see what I was wanting on video instead of them crappy pictures y’all got lol btw not gonna lie though man I was sketched before because of the forum people saying they’ve had all these crazy issues but y’all just earned a customer
Nice to see the firing pin is updated first thing I did when I got mine but those magazines in the video don't work for me the grooves mass with the back of the shell we need better magazines Options. I found one that works but good luck finding it took me 9 months to get one
How about an enhanced extractor? I've broken 3 extractors on your 7.63x39 and on your 6.5 grendel. Still waiting for customer support to contact me on this issue.
🤣😂🤣😂 This was about to be my next purchase from BCA (Russian ammo ban enters chat). I guess I will go ahead and get the 6.5 grendel. I I've had good luck with my other BCA uppers so I expect it will be no different. Current fave is .350 legend. Waiting on deer season....
@@Alan-yd5pc it had an H2 with zero issues. I put an FRT trigger in it and an H3. Then just by accident while boating here in Arizona. It was lost when we hit a 30 foot wake. Wink wink!
I have several uppers and a few complete rifles from Bear Creek 🐻 Good stuff. I really enjoy my 7.62x39 shorty (7.5"?) from BCA on a custom pistol lower with a fast trigger. Any chance you guys would make one with a 11~12" barrel? The steel case picks up a couple hundred feet per second with 4 to 5 extra inches tube length
Hey when are we going to get side charging bolt carrier groups I've been waiting for over a year. I'd say it's pretty darn important as to they are proprietary
I had to change the gas block to a adjustable gas block cause it was over gassed and it was killing my shoulder, overall it cycles awesome already 500rds through it no hiccups sucks about the ammo ban but I have stock piled that I'm not gonna touch for awhile.
You trying to get rid of what 7.62 uppers you got before the ammo dries up? I hate to tell you it pretty much has already.no need to finish my 7.62 pistol.
What about the extractor's? I see on TH-cam they don't last long. Also on the light strikes. Wouldn't it explain a lot if you tried a go no go chamber gauge to see if the cartridge is chambered correctly. Just my thoughts.
Had to add an enhanced hammer spring for steel ammo. Works great with brass cases. Went with 20 rd mags to help with feed. 2nd upper from BCA and I'm very happy with them so far.
I built two 7.62x39 rifles, one is an SBR. They mentioned recoil, the SBR was really peppy to the point my son's girlfriend didn't want to shoot it. I upgraded the buffer setup to a VLTOR A5 receiver extension, A5H2 buffer, and sprinco green spring. Shoots much smoother now.
Everything that Bear Creek has sent me, has been a preformer! I have a few uppers and all work perfectly! Thank you for your work that keep your prices affordable.. in a time when prices are inflated. May God bless your efforts! Please stay safe and healthy!
I wish they would send me something 😉
@@DevExvius there sending me something but I had to send them something haha
This is why I trust Bear Creek
It took me 20 years to find a firing pin that was reliable with berdan.( in a "Reliable-well-known brand) d p m s;;;; I had to tune each mag and get the feed ramps ground. Then, I had to learn about gas block differences.
Bear Creek saves you the 20 year learning curve.
"Steel case 7.62x39 is a lot cheaper than .223"
*cries in Russian ammo ban*
7.62 x39 Ammo will be as expensive as a big game catridge....Russian Ammo Ban will definitely hurt it for awhile
@@vonster22 now will be a great time to sell it and make a profit
Right! Did they make this video a year ago, and forget to post it? Gotta make videos with up to date info, especially weeks after an ammo ban!
@@redacted5744 it was made right before the ban
@@vonster22 allegedly PSA is going to open a steel case ammo factory, allegedly.
Both of my x39 bca are on point tack driving accurate. They just break#1 or#7 lug at around 4 or 5 hundred rds but bca fixed the problem every time they're my go to ar company. Lots of love to BCA from Chris Rayburn. And the 2 A community in Oklahoma.
I just bought one of these. Waiting patiently for it to come in :) I LOVE the work you guys are doing to keep MADE IN USA affordable components, and to take a standard AR15 useful in multiple platforms! My 5.56, 22WMR, and 7.62x39 uppers are ALL Bear Creek Arsenal!
I bought one years ago from y'all. It's my daughter's deer gun. No issues at all. Deer slayer and accurate. Plus it doesn't "kick' as much as a 3030.
Same here. My backwoods barbie is 10 and has a 16" and a 10.5" x39. Dumped a doe as her first deer last youth day here in Maine with the 16". She went today for her first bear with the 10.5, but boo boo was a no show today lol. Back on er' Monday.
I love the 7.62x39. I hog hunt and the 7.62x39 is great for hogs. I also have a BCA 350 legend upper attached to an Aero precision lower. and that cartridge is also great for hog hunting it hits hard. Really love the upper that I purchased from you. It works great. And it’s accurate it’s at least a 2MOA Which is great. And it works really good even out 250 yards.
Love my 7.62x 39mm 16" upper from BCA
Hammer spring and firing pin mod and eat steel all day!!
Thanks BCA. I just got done building a lower for one of your 20"HBAR 5.56 uppers. It works great BTW. Now it looks like the 7.62x39 side charger is going on the list!
My Bear Creek 7.62x39 upper worked flawlessly out of the box. If you want to spruce it up a little more, Black Rifle Arms enhanced firing pin and hammer spring are a great start. And adjustable gas block along with a Nib bolt will help with cycling the dirty steel rounds as well. My 7.62 is always in the bag for range day.
I second this description 👍
I just received my 7.62x39, from BCA. Excited to get it assembled and out to the range. Thank you BCA, for all your dedication, hard work, and always looking to improve your quality. Looking forward to doing more business with BCA.
4 ar15s. 2 have bca barrels (18" .223 wylde mid length and 10.5" 9mm) and 2 uppers, a 10.5" and a 16" x39 complete from bca. Cannot bring myself to pay more elsewhere when every bca product is as accurate as i am and runs as expected.
My gen 2 side charger upper had been flawless. Love it, price makes it even better. Cproducts mags.
You covered all the points for a reliable, fun shooter. I'm still thinking about the charging handle upgrade for mine.
I still want (need) a right side charging 45ACP upper!!! Please?!
Shot mine couple days for the first time ran 100 rounds thru it absolutely no problems and very accurate love it!!!
I bought a 7.62x39 16-inch right side charger BCA upper on a CMMG multi lower. It DID need an enhanced firing pin (Black Rifle Arms - the BCA one I bought was BENT and broke during dry fire testing. I also bought a Black Rifle Arms heavy hammer spring) I also installed an H2 buffer. I NOW have a rifle that runs steel or brass ammo equally well. I manage 2 inch groups at 100 yards with quality ammo and consistently hit an 18x24 inch steel silhouette target at 300 yards with a cheap 1.5-8X scope. I really LIKE the side charger over the rear charger for a scoped AR.
I also bought a BCA "Endure" - an AR chambered in .223 Wylde 20 inch fluted barrel with the most gorgeous American Walnut furniture (triangular forearm, A2 rear and carved pistol grip) that was the excitement of the day at the range (FFL) the day it arrived.(unfortunately it was RMA for warranty for FTF, ripping the bullets from their case and jamming making it unsafe to fire)
UPDATE 02/03/23 The ejector on the BCA bolt fractured and jammed the bolt. I disassembled it at the range to remove the live round. When I got home, I ordered a replacement from Black Rifle Arms and will send BCA the bolt and fragments for quality control inspection.
Haven't heard a word from BCA on the RMA "Endure" - may never see it again.
2/23/2023 UPDATE. The broken 7.62x39 extractor was REPLACED by BCA 2/20/2023 FREE!
The .223 Wylde "The Endure" should be back in hand next week. The issue wasn't BCA customer service not helping. The issue was a communication problem on email and automated answer system. April called me today and all has been resolved. THANK YOU APRIL.
Why did the extractor break? I've gone thru two can't figure out the issue causing my extractor to break the teeth of the extractor that grab the casing just fractured right off
I actually start with battle rifle arm entire bcg. I got their heavy hammer as well. The rest of my gun is a faxon barrel, mid gas, and all other stuff Aero precision
i have 3 of these 7.62x39, 10.5 and two 16" runs great!!! excellent quality, great price!
Exactly what I was looking at! Knew the issue was more than likely the firing pin with Intl. manufactured steel cases were more likely a lack of enough pin protrusion. Explained precisely, was exactly what I figured my issues were with my new toy! Ha! Ha! 40 Years of reloading and shooting you figure out problems fairly easily! I had a 50% firing rate if success with a couple magazines! Accurate for what % fired, so I came home and tore the gun apart, measured the firing pin extrusion because I immediately surmised it was the area to look. Ordered 2 new pins for my toy before the video was half done! Ha! Ha! Thanks!
I run a 10.5 inch BCA 7.62x39 barrel in an AR build. .5 to .6 inch groups with federal fusion at 100. Roughly 1 to 1.2 inch at 100 with milsurp ammo, great shooter. It's the nitride barrel.
That's some good shooting!
I have five BCA barrels, 7.62x39, two 5.56 nato, 300 blk, and a 308 Win. Every barrel shoots 1.3 inch or better not using match ammunition. Have not had a chance to test the 308 yet, soon though.
@@Bear_Creek_Arsenal can we get bcgs for them?.... Please? Pretty please with a cherry on top???
I have bought barrels and uppers and told friends and family and have a uncle thay b2 uppers and a buddy bought a upper and nothing but great work a couple of problems for my uncle but once again you buy from BCA your buying from a amazing company and good American people they helped him out shipped him a brand new upgraded upper that work flawsley. So yes ladies and gentlemen BCA 1000 🌟 I'm about to buy a another upper so please keep up the amazing work BCA
I got a mine a year or so ago and put over 2000 rounds through it and I'm just now needing a new bolt for it. I got it for coyotes and prairie dogs and it works absolutely great. It's a joy to take prairie dog hunting especially close range 🤙
Why do you need a new bolt? Did your extractor break?
@@tennesseekartgarage oh no its completely fine i guess I'm sick of cleaning it, I wanted to try a Nickle boron BCG and see how it's goes. When I do stand the bolt up on it's face upright it does slide down? If you know what I mean.
@@garoldwilson6547 I get that. Not everyone enjoys cleaning their tools.
@@garoldwilson6547 lol you need gas rings my friend
Waiting for mine tomorrow! I’ll just need to get a new trigger or trigger spring…will be using with my same lower as my 300 blackout.
I have four 7.62 x 39 ARs with binary type triggers, BEST TROUBLE-FREE MAGS are DURAMAG by C Products Defense I prefer the 20 rd (for convivence) Also I use brass cased ammo (PPU & Winchester in ARs. Steel for AKs/ Brass for ARs Also important on 7.62 ARs is keep the chamber clean!!! Love Bear Creek Arsenal, great customer service I wish they would make a gen 2 side charging handle that would fit our Gen 1 bolt carriers with the old (vibrate out) handle.
I love Bear Creek. I have several of their firearms and parts. Great performance and value.
In regards to the ammo prices being cheaper...i reckon this video was made prior to last Friday. Sucks because i just bought a 7.62 upper from yall about 2 months ago.
Yep
I'm in the same boat, my BSA 7.62x39 upper got delivered 3 days after the Russian ban. Lol....
@@nathanmathews2148 ouch. I feel that one.
I feel y'alls pain, I finally got all my parts and I was just fixin to throw mine together, now you can't find 7.62 x 39 and if you do it's the same price as 556 or more.
UNFRICKINBELIEVEABLE!!!
Couple weeks ago Rural King had stacks of tuna can wood cases of 7.62x39, and see tons of S&b brass on the ground from shorter at the local range, as a reloader that does not currently have a firearm in this caliber just collecting cases at the moment.
Here's my experience with their 10.5in 7.62x39 upper from BCA. First firing pin went out about 200 rounds, 2nd firing pin lasted about 60 rounds, 3rd firing pin lasted about 80 rounds. Bought Black Rifle Arm enhanced 7.62x39 firing pin and got 300 rounds threw it so I took care of that. Other problem I was having was it was undergassed so I would have to rack it back to load another cartridge. Bought a 20% reduced power buffer spring, still same issue. Drilled gas port on barrel to 1/8 and walla the thing finally runs good. I have a 16in 556 upper from them also and have zero issues with it but the 7.62x39 upper turned into a fun project that I finally now enjoy shooting. Word of advice to bca, your firing pin design needs to change, the tip is shapped like a coke bottle and I think that creates a weak point, try just making more of a straight shot to a point on the end of the firing pin
We are sorry to hear that you had a poor experience. All our products are backed by our Bear Den Guarantee; please submit a warranty request if something is not right.
I love mine. Very accurate and shoots smoother than my AK.
My firing pin broke and extractor on brass ammo but once I replaced it with black rifle enhanced firing pin and cmmg extractor haven't had any problems
I agree with you 😊
The side charging handle and 7.62 ammo works fine with that kind of rifle ✅
I just got done buying one of these and soon as it arrived I broke it all down make sure it was cleaned up oiled up put it back together and went to the gun range and to my surprise this thing handles like a dream and I was reading that there were so many people were negative complaining about this 762 and I couldn’t believe it. I was smiling ear to ear after the first five rounds. I put this on my 556 Saint Victor B5 lower and I did not have any light strikes or anything no problems whatsoever! You guys of me one heckuva upper thank you!!!!
I am glad I bought both the side charging and standard BCA 7.62x39 uppers. Great price that gave me the budget to take a risk, and with the enhanced firing pin and good magazines, they work fine and are good little thumpers!
Follow up question, why do you only offer heavy barrel profiles?
I read a lot of people complaining about ASC mags in their x39 guns, but they work great for me. 10s, 20s, and 30s no problems. But I've only ran brass cased, no steel yet. I keep an enhanced firing pin and a Wolfe extra power hammer spring handy but only shot brass thru it so far.
I built one up so I could shoot the cheaper stuff but the cost of ammo now, well you know. I found a bunch of brass Norma for under 50 cents and that isn't much higher than Wolfe and Tula and they have boxer primers and also easier on extractors.
Hey I was hoping you'd talk some about buffer/buffer spring combos.
My first BCA 10.5 (7.62x39) upper was TORQUED wrong and titled to one side. The barrel screws was loose. I heard MANY others complain about the same thing. Loose barrel nut screws and loose gas blocks. The firing pin broke after my first 28 rounds. I got 2 BCA uppers my 7.5 didn't give me ANY issues but my 10.5 was my favorite. I still like BCA and vouched for them on my channel. But I half to be HONEST the FIRING PIN is very cheap metal compared to a stainless steel one. I don't know they use that black colored firing pin vs a stainless steel that I bought for like $10 ... Also the QUALITY CONTROL is simple stuff that SIMPLY taking your time would solve. It seems they rush making these and then send out unfinished uppers with loose screws and stupid stuff like that.
BCA if your reading this I think you need to have a "TALK" with your production team. Tell them to take their time and quit rushing products. This would solve this issue tremendously.
Please, please, please make some more uppers, I know you guys still have a handful left, but I'm really looking forward to the left side charger coming back. My dad shoots with his left due to his eye, and I'm itching to buy a rifle that doesn't toss brass or steel at him. Besides that, love you guys, I'll be ordering the 16" right side charge next week after I finish a job. Keep it up!
I received my BCA BC-15 right hand charging upper in 7.62x39. I couldn’t be happier, well with one exception. I purchased my upper at an outstanding price , plus it was on a Special Sale Price….. ready……..$189.99. Complete! I was amazed, completely blown away ! How can Bear Creek Arsenal have such low prices on such High Quality Uppers ? Then BCA let the other shoe drop…… Seven days later BCA lowered the price to $175.00
What ???? At these prices BCA is Practically giving Quality Uppers away. I should have waited one more week. ❤
I have a first gen ar-47 upper and my little girl shoots it runs steel fine and it's on a cheap plumb crazy lower !
Just ordered mine. I’m so excited I cannot wait
I'd get a Magpul mag for these, I saw a rifle for cheap, might get one next year and test it out with that mag. Thanks Bear Creek!
Just picked up my first Bear Creek arsenal upper, looking forward to getting it built.
Thanks for the information on the steel ammo and their harder primers, I was not aware of that.
Heavy spring,Enhanced pin , Good mags. Done
Love the slow mo case ejection. Cool!
Hey bear creek. There is a youtuber P80ralph. He is having issues with his 7.62x39 10.5” upper. Some of it self inflicted and some of it with the upper itself. I know you guys have one of the best customer service and businesses in the industry and I love all your products I’ve purchased and have had no issues. He’s a good guy and he promotes stuff he can stand by. I’m sure you can help him out. It would be a good look for the 80% community
P.s. love my 7.62 side charging upper. The enhanced firing pin did the trick. Now it runs every ammo I throw at it.
Ordering a 7.62x39 upper from Bear Creek today along with a magazine.
I use a flat spring, H2 buffer, adjustable gas block. My bolt came from battle rifle arms. 200 dollar bolt but it’s built for 762x39. The Faxon mid gas barrel. Everything else Aero Precision.
I am taking a hard look at bca though for the dual charging upper and bolt. Very cool set up. The 22 mag AR kind of neat as well.
i just took my 7.5" 7.62x39 (gen 2 side charger) BCA upper to the range today, had some issues extracting with tulammo, standard mil-spec PSA lower. no light primer strikes on any of the 300ish rounds fired so the enhanced firing pin worked great.
After about 100 rounds of steel cased, switched over to brass which cycled flawlessly.
for what its worth, i used the ASC mags with no issues on the mag side of things. That cartridge is really fun to shoot, recoil is definitely manageable.
EDIT: only shot 25-50 yards because its a 7.5" barrel, and the groupings were as tight as my 16" barrel 5.56 in the same range. even with the cheaper ammo.
Glad you're enjoying your new upper! If the extracting problems continue, email bcatech@bearcreekarsenal.com with details like the type of ammo used and buffer weight
@@Bear_Creek_Arsenal will do. I have more tulammo coming in this week. I’ll let you guys know how it runs
My bca equipment is solid. I've changed a couple of things on a budget purchase, but not because it failed. I just had some leftovers fall in my lap.
Three AR15’s. One being a pistol the other two 5.56 & 7.62
Bear creek products
Look awesome preform awesome my pistol is 10 inch barrel e side charging handle love it love it
Should have made my other ARs side charging oh well live and learn but thank you BCA Damm good stuff 👍🏻
You guys need to start having the side charging uppers come with that little rubber cover on the handle like they do with the dracos
Bca makes a fantastic upper. Your customer service department is bad about returning emails, I still love you though! Keep it up guys! You rock
This 7.5" upper is SPICY
Next build is a 7.62x39 BCA "pistol"
Pretty excited about it
Just received my 7.62x39 upper from Bear Creek Arsenal a few weeks ago and I love it. I will say that you guys should not be recommending ASC magazines on your website. This was my first upper chambered in 7.62x39 and I saw a lot of negative reviews concerning ASC but I bought some because they were recommended by BCA. They were (are) horrible and initially I thought there was something wrong with the upper. I bought a few different brands of magazines after that and they all worked just fine. I tried 4 different ASC mags, 2 - 20 and 2 - 30 round mags and although the 20 round mags were not as bad, they were not reliable at all and the 30 round mags were a complete mess. BCA makes great products and ASC made me think that there was a major problem with my upper. The only problem was the ASC magazines. You guys do a great job and are a fine example of an American company producing quality products at a fair price. Thank you and God bless.
Thanks for the heads up. We will alert someone in our technical department
@@Bear_Creek_Arsenal
Thanks for responding to my post. I do not write negative comments often and if I do they are always impartial and honest. Thanks for making great products for America. Stay safe.
I dremeled down the front of the mags on my 30rd promags and 20rd asc mags and now no feeding issues. You can see that the round will get hung up on the neck of the cartridge if you just try and push a few rounds out with your fingers. Shouldn't have to do that though-still looking for a mag I dont have to mod myself. Maybe I'll try the Ross brand everyone here mentioned.
@@toddtiberius
Thanks for the info. I got some C Product mags and they work perfectly. I also got a couple of DuraMags and they work perfectly. I have one ProMag and it works fine. Everything is new so none of them had any adjustments made to them. Only the ASC mags gave me trouble. These are not cheap, and as you said, we shouldn't have to do any modifying of anything at these prices. I rarely post negative comments but I read a lot of negative posts about the ASC mags and I only bought some because they were recommended on the BCA site. BCA is a great company so I just wanted to let them know what's going on with the mags. Also, I appreciate when people write reviews that are honest and let everyone now what is good or bad about a product, so I want to try and save other people the headache and cost of getting something that doesn't work well.
@@toddtiberius same here, My four 20 round ASC mags have had zero issues, I did the dremel on the front lips and a light sanding on the inner ribs (removed the paint) before they ever saw the range. Perfect ! I do own two 28 round Duramags that I also did a light dremel on, again no issues so...
P.S. thats after several range days and hundreds of rounds.
Cant wait to get one already have 3 of the 5.56 uppers awesome products and great customer service
Definitely a very happy customer and I’m eyeballing the new 243 Winchester A.R. 10 upper. I think I can’t live without that one lol definitely going to be a must I might even give that to myself for Christmas lol! I’ve been sort of good lol
I love my BCA 7.62x39!! Great video as always. You can't go wrong with BCA
I bought an upper awhile back, all light primer strikes. Replaced with their newer bolt and enhanced firing pin, nothing. Replaced hammer spring with Wolf extra power, about 50/50 light strikes no matter what kind of Soviet ammo. Installed an h2 buffer and red Sprinco buffer spring, no change.. Bought a whole different upper from BCA and put all my innards in it (to keep it scientific), works great. That means the first upper was out of spec in the chamber causing the round to sit too far forward, preventing the pin from reaching the primer enough much of the time... Doesn't take much. Wonder if they'll let me return or replace the out of spec upper? (Posted several places in hope of helping someone else who may be in my same spot, gun Smith confirmed my thoughts)...
I’m having the same problems
Love bear creek they are my favorite for good price and quality uppers for sure, going to buy a 50 beowulf from them soon for some big holes
Got one from them a little while back. Knocks off my ears first shot, every time, and round leaves a meteor like crater. Rounds are harder to find, midway normally has them. Gets a ton of looks and step backs at the range once you pull the trigger. An absolute beast.
Wish the standard hand guards on BCA still had the full picatinny rail on top. They all have only a few inches in front and rear. I much prefer the look of a full picatinny rail on top. I love all my BCA uppers. Fired thousands of rounds through mine because I can afford the ammo due to their great prices. My new 7.62 upper just finally shipped today can’t wait to run it.
I use H2 buffer weight 4.6oz, and David Tubb flat wire spring in mine. Its a great combo.
I tried H1 3.0 oz, and H3 5.6 oz, but found H2 4.6 oz was best feel for me. I have the superlative arms adjustable gas block which enabled me to test the multiple buffer weights.
I found I could tame it pretty good with brass, but adjusting gas down too much caused steel not to cycle. The steel must have a weaker pressure somehow than brass.
Duramag magazine is the way to go
I recently purchased the 762x39 upper from bear creek arsenal. Love the craftsmanship from bca. I shot 180 rounds couple weeks ago and had only 13 failed rounds not to bad in my first outing. Hope my next trip will be better results after getting cleaned up and lubed
Hey Joseph, glad you're enjoying your upper! Send an email to bcatech@bearcreekarsenal.com with specifics like you're ammo type and buffer weight if you continue to have some cycling issues and they'll help you out
Thanks for the heads up I will do I’m planning on ordering the h1 buffer I do believe that is the one suggested for my upper
@@josepholinger130 Yes a carbine or H1 buffer will work great
@@josepholinger130 don't waste your time with an H1 go ahead and use an H2
I absolutely want to build one of these. I have a 223 wylde I built from psa currently. Great video
just curious when you guys will make the extractors available for spares? I bought 2 firing pins and a complete BCG from you just to have back up parts.
Buy after Market they're much better.
Ross defense uni-mags work well with all my 7.62x39 AR’s. I’ve had issues with promags.
cproducts are the best
All I use is the Ross defense unimags they work great for 8 different calibers and they are 20 bucks each
What kind problem were u having I got mine and have pro mag but have issue with cycling the rounds
@@richardlara4941 get an enhanced firing pin from black rifle arms and use cproducts mags. You’ll thank me later.
@@richardlara4941 usually its the last few rounds don’t get picked up. I’d say its a spring issue but they seem to have more spring force that other magazines so its hard to say
Enhanced firing pin is a must have. Nite n day difference
Been wanting to invest in my ar lately.. Also have been wanting another deer hunting rifle. I think I just found a universal answer.. Keep a nice fat scope on that upper, and a light weight red dot setup on my 5.56!
Very informative I appreciate y’all going more in depth on the whole 7.62 in a different platform situation and giving some real life tips about it I also liked getting to see what I was wanting on video instead of them crappy pictures y’all got lol btw not gonna lie though man I was sketched before because of the forum people saying they’ve had all these crazy issues but y’all just earned a customer
Nice to see the firing pin is updated first thing I did when I got mine but those magazines in the video don't work for me the grooves mass with the back of the shell we need better magazines Options. I found one that works but good luck finding it took me 9 months to get one
How about an enhanced extractor? I've broken 3 extractors on your 7.63x39 and on your 6.5 grendel. Still waiting for customer support to contact me on this issue.
I Bought One for myself a year ago and one for a friend of mine Recently.
Just bought this upper for my son. He wanted an AK and quickly decided it wasn’t for him. Hopefully it runs well.
🤣😂🤣😂 This was about to be my next purchase from BCA (Russian ammo ban enters chat).
I guess I will go ahead and get the 6.5 grendel. I
I've had good luck with my other BCA uppers so I expect it will be no different.
Current fave is .350 legend. Waiting on deer season....
My 10.5 7.62x39 has been flawless with c product magazines. Dont have 1 single complaint.
What buffer are you running in it? TIA
@@Alan-yd5pc it had an H2 with zero issues. I put an FRT trigger in it and an H3. Then just by accident while boating here in Arizona. It was lost when we hit a 30 foot wake. Wink wink!
@@Alan-yd5pc I also use a Strike Industry flat wire carbine length spring.
@@stagsmcnasty1 Thank you.
Loving mine! Need more ammo now!
I have several uppers and a few complete rifles from Bear Creek 🐻
Good stuff. I really enjoy my 7.62x39 shorty (7.5"?) from BCA on a custom pistol lower with a fast trigger. Any chance you guys would make one with a 11~12" barrel? The steel case picks up a couple hundred feet per second with 4 to 5 extra inches tube length
What buffer and spring are you guys using for the 7.5" I can't get it to extract the fired round.
Will be looking at BCA for my next AR15 in 7.62x39.
I think it would be great if you offered a pencil and lightweight profile barrel in 7.62x39!
Love my 7.62x39 upper so far got about 100 rounds through it I did put a BRA firing pin and BRA hammer spring but it runs like a sewing machine
I use mine for hunting I bought a bunch of wolf soft points works great!
I also got the enhanced hammer spring I feel like that helps too
Love BCA always!
im loving my 350 legend 10.5 upper.. $224 shipped on a $145 shipped PSA lower $380 total cant beat it
Hey when are we going to get side charging bolt carrier groups I've been waiting for over a year. I'd say it's pretty darn important as to they are proprietary
Just ordered one so we’ll see 🙏
Got the gen1 version upgraded them parts hammer spring and firing pin runs like a champ just need to upgrad the handle
I had to change the gas block to a adjustable gas block cause it was over gassed and it was killing my shoulder, overall it cycles awesome already 500rds through it no hiccups sucks about the ammo ban but I have stock piled that I'm not gonna touch for awhile.
What size gas block? I need to get one for mine but don’t know the size cause they have the heavy barrel
@@jamesclemons3815 .750
Put a rise armament blitz in my 7.62 ar pistol and it doesnt have enough smack to ignite primer stock psa trigger works just fine
Ray wylie hubbard taught me all about those berdan primers..lol
I like the AK round but prefer AR platform so think I'll get one of these
This is the AR I really want
Mannnn in still waiting on my 7.5 in 7.62 upper from BCA
I just ordered the complete rifle in 7.62x39 tonight. Would you recommend to use the factory trigger over an after market 2.5lb. trigger?
I ordered one after this video
You trying to get rid of what 7.62 uppers you got before the ammo dries up? I hate to tell you it pretty much has already.no need to finish my 7.62 pistol.
I have a question, should you use 2 different firing pins 1 for brass ammo and other for steel ammo .
What about the extractor's? I see on TH-cam they don't last long. Also on the light strikes. Wouldn't it explain a lot if you tried a go no go chamber gauge to see if the cartridge is chambered correctly. Just my thoughts.
Had to add an enhanced hammer spring for steel ammo. Works great with brass cases. Went with 20 rd mags to help with feed.
2nd upper from BCA and I'm very happy with them so far.
I have gone through eight firing pins on this upper. I can't get BCA to send me a good firing pin they keep breaking! So frustrating 😫
I built two 7.62x39 rifles, one is an SBR. They mentioned recoil, the SBR was really peppy to the point my son's girlfriend didn't want to shoot it. I upgraded the buffer setup to a VLTOR A5 receiver extension, A5H2 buffer, and sprinco green spring. Shoots much smoother now.
Can you use a 556-223 lower receiver for the build?