@@scott2228it supports the upper receiver when servicing an AR such as barrel changing or muzzle device swap. Also can help align barrel extension and tell u if it is timed properly or not. Very handle tool for an armorer, gunsmith, or hobbyist.
I use them for training/range time. They tend to work and if something goes wrong they fix it. I save my nice stuff which feels similar enough when firing for serious use. Win win.
@@Joe-hz1nw exactly. There’s levels to them. You could throw this to somebody and it’s OK if it lands in the dirt and your buddy accidentally breaks it. Maybe you won’t give them your best. Also, when you see a $400 deal for a gun that should be 850 It’s hard to say no.
@@liggerstuxin1 definitely. Also, these videos are great, you can buy the gauges and it’s less than a new gun. Then you can check all your serious use guns if you want to. I did so with my BCM and DD both checked out almost perfect.
@@Joe-hz1nw i’m already going to buy his geissele Reaction Rod. I have the Magpul thing and thought it was good enough. Now I know better. This dude is awesome. Edit: r/Ar15 as well as l school of the American rifle” educated me to buy the “Midwest industries UPPER RECEIVER ROD”. It has a thin on top that protects the indexing pin and has a stronger hold.
Damn a new sotar autopsy? And it's one of three....and it's PSA. Damn it's 930pm..I'm gonna have to save this for tomorrow so I can get paid while watching this at work.
Taking Ned's AR15 Armorers course here in Michigan in November just down the street from where I live. Pretty excited to learn from Ned as I embark on my journey. Looking forward to taking a future SOTAR course after Ned's course. Thanks Chad!
"There's a little bit of education in this video..." Understatement of the year! I've already picked up several tips, of which I had no prior knowledge. Glad I subbed! Many thanks!
@zncuentertainment712 I have a psa 5.7 rock and recorded 7 malfunctions over 450 rounds, (failure to feed, failure to hold open, 1 ammo related hang fire and mag being sensitive to loading issue) but it hasn't malfunctioned in last year (I didn't shoot it all year)
@@brandonsmoot4056 I've read a lot of negative reviews of their pistols, I don't own one but I've had nothing but positive experiences with their rifles.
This is why I have not bought a factory built AR-15 since 2009. I build ALL from scratch on my bench. I never buy any complete uppers or lowers. Never had any failures.
Waited a long time for this series to begin. You've got me on the edge of my seat. Wish my local gunsmith was competent in ar's, I'd pay him to run this gauntlet on my collection. Unfortunately when I brought him an lwrci that was peening the buffer against the retainer he just swapped the buffer and called it fixed, after 1 weekend culling hogs it's peened again.
You had me at "autopsy," I was wondering who destroyed two PSA uppers one after another and sent them in 😅. This is more like an in-depth physical examination. But one I appreciate for the lessons and tips.
@@DesertRat.45idk about a buy back, I'd be more worried about them throwing RMA'd parts back into the regular assembly line. Spin the lottery and hope the next guy doesn't notice
Love these videos. I really wish I would have had someone in my life when I was younger, that would have told me that I could have a career in firearms. I love tinkering with stuff, and learning how things work. My first 1911 was a cheap Armscor, that I immediately took completely apart, just so I knew how to assemble and disassemble them. Wish I had more tooling and education, because I’ve always wanted to custom build my own 1911.
It might be more possible than it seems? While it’s not a full blown mill, Matrix Precision sells some affordable jigs and devices to finish and assemble your own 1911 from parts. Very rewarding for someone that doesn’t have the equipment to start from steel blanks.
This was the exact issue I had with a 10.5 complete railed upper from them, bolt hitting barrel lugs. When I sent pics and video to see if they would fix it with that 100% guarantee they said they wouldn't cause thats normal, so it was the last upper I ever bought from them. The barrel nut was also incredibly over torqued.
SAME was said to me with my same issue. My 300 black out pistol upper is so bad it's unusable. F those guys I've not bought a PSA product from them since.
Excellent videos. Great information. Thankyou Chad. I'd really like to see the PSA Saber line on your examination table. I'm tempted at one of those, but I'm skeptical of it's "premium" quality.
Once again ive learned of a new tool for front sights. Thank you sir! 🤘🇺🇸 Surprisingly good for the PSA not so pricey uppers! PSA should send their armorers to SOTAR!
wow thanks for the lessons. I learned several things I was not aware of. It was also nice to see all the tools that are available that I don't have lol
I don't own a gun. They make it kind of impossible in the UK. But this was fascinating. It's a bit like buying a guitar. It might be good straight from the shop but generally you'll need to take it to a luthier and have it set up properly because the donkeys who work the factory will always screw some things up.
@@billionsandbillions 🤣🤣 this lower budget upper wasn't aligned. Obviously you didn't watch the video. Like myself and others who follow the channel we've watched many of this guy's videos. If you don't like them go to a cartoon channel.
Very informative video to me. I know just enougfh to know what you're talking about. PSA is a good company. I've built numerous lowers on PSA blemished lower recievers without ever seeing anything wrong with one in regards to their finishes. Thanks for all the information!
I agree hood all accountable…silly is if they followed proper mounting/torquing procedures a lot of these misalignments wouldn’t occur. Can’t wait til part 2 and 3.
I can’t believe YT let me find this channel on my feed🤯this is cool, I’ve only built sidearms so far but I want to move to rifles eventually. I know they’re a lot more complex, so I appreciate someone that knows what they’re talking about and explains things clearly.
Three of my H&R rifles from PSA came clocked. Two of them so bad I ran out of windage. I checked for alignment of the feed ramps and they were good. When I checked the sight alignment, you could see how off the front sight was. I sent the M16A2 back for repair. When it came back, the front sight was aligned but the feed ramps were out of alignment. What’s your guess what they did? I’d bet you money they did the old Bushmaster trick of beating on the front sight with a heavy mallet rotating the barrel extension inside the upper.
I've got a 10 year old Aero Precision AC-15 (basic m4 style) and on both a magpul rear sight and a carry handle sight the windage is almost all the way to the right side. It's definitely annoying
Thanks for another great video you’re the best teacher and we’re all so lucky you have went through TH-cam’s crap and stuck around. Thanks again for teaching gun safety and keep doing what you do
11:00 ..... Thanks for the barrel extension clocking info. Ive been slapping ARs together since 2007 (about 200) and i never considered that detail. Ill be looking for an alignment tool to add to my tool box.
It started out that PSA had decent uppers until you got to barrel alignment and the gas tube on one. Then it just went downhill for the PSA uppers. Interesting enough, on the same day this video was uploaded, another TH-camr named FocusTripp did a live stream that PSA terminated his account for his PSA JAKL review. The upper had out of spec picatinny rails off by .004 and he couldn't mount scope rings or optics to it because of that.
Bought the PA10 in .308. Did a disassembly to clean it before firing it. Inside the cover of the ejector was an extra spring . Was not the same as the ejector spring. Annoyed at that. Excellent video from someone who knows what he is doing.
I had a barrel extension literally unscrew from removing a muzzle device that was torqued to about 35 ft lbs. Franklin Armory barrel, it was manufactured circa 2013.
I definitely want a rifle that had been test fired to make sure things are good because even manufacturers mess things up or get them out of spec. I love this channel!! Very educational and informative!
It’s the grease on the barrel nut. Adding grease to threads increases the torque by a lot. That’s why you’re supposed to experiment with the fasteners and the lubricants before torquing them.
"Passed one check so far..." Nah, its passed two, since the carry handle fit down upon the 1913 rail, which for PSA is not a given 😅 Love your videos, always see lots I'm not familiar with; always feel like I pick up a little piece of knowledge.
PSA seems to be as good as any milspec rifle I have been issued. I did have one issue where the gas block worked loose after 150 rounds. Thighted it up with no other issues.
Hey not sure if anyone else is noticing this or it's because I've got headphones on, but something's up with the audio in this video. It's probably due to some kind of background noise suppression or the location of the mic, but Something in the left ear is causing physical discomfort, like it will frequently spike, inducing vertigo and sinus pressure. If I unplug the left ear that sensation goes away so it's mostly whatever is going on in the left channel.
I bought two economy PSA AR15 uppers, and one had a sticky bolt, but it started working 100 pct with some brake in and worked fine with diff bolts. I don't know why, but after breaking in, testing my bolt travel, the sticking went away. I did not run checks or trouble shoot, but when it started working and cycling, I called it good and fired hundreds of rounds with zero probs. Same for all my cheap AR's. PSA, DPMS, and Anderson Rifles. I thought PSA uppers and lowers were a good value and worked without any malfunctions, even with diff manufacturer bolts; lots of diff mags/ammo. I had no complaints for cheap gun that doesn't get used hard nor go to war. Happy PSA customer.
@@pootinhammer this is going to be a long reply lol. So I started out with the 24" Hunter model. I took it out with 400 rounds of Hornady 150 grain steel case (they don't make it anymore) I tuned the gas system per the owners manual. Found the click number that barely got the bolt to lock back on an empty mad and gave it 3 more clicks. I ran only that ammo and everything ran great. By about the 900-1000 round mark I started having problems with it dropping empty casings in the chamber instead of lifting them up and into the ejection shoot.
@@pootinhammer so I decided to re time the gas system since it was acting over gassed. Once again everything worked great, for a while. I ran out of the Hornady stuff and switched to pmc bronze. So again I returned the gas system but I could no longer get a full magazine to run reliable so I took a look and found a crack in the weld that holds the recoil spring assembly to the top cover. I sent it into kelt t ch and they fixed it and I had them swap the 24" barrel out for an 18". Once again after about 500 rounds same crack in the weld happened again. I had kel tec fix it and then I pawned it.
@volkskrieg8735 oof. well I guess I'll keep an eye out for that failure point on mine. no issues so far but I haven't crossed 2k rounds yet I'm around 1600 ish on it with no issues, only ever fed it brass.
@@pootinhammer they eat steel just fine as long as the gas system is tuned to the ammo. That was.kinda the big frustration for me was I knew I could just slam whatever ammo into it. Even brass case has so much variability that u can't really expect reliability when swapping from m80 ball to 168 grain hornady to 150 grain federal.
They really need to get their production and QC standards up to par before coming out with any more new products. Every time I see a PSA rep reply to a video here in TH-cam I reply and tell them that. If they can't get a basic AR-15 upper right, they shouldn't be coming out with newly designed firearms. They've been producing AR's so many years now. You would think they would have perfected it by now. I used to order so many lowers, uppers amd other parts from them. But once I had purchased tools to check head spacing, sight alignment, and other things, I noticed just how off their production and QC was. Before that I received the occasional off centered front sight post that could be seen with my eyes. Plus out of spec receivers that I had trouble putting together because they were so out of spec. I really like PSA's overall goal to make quality budget friendly firearms. However, they aren't meeting the quality part of that.
Hi Chad , thanks for your videos, I have learned a lot over the past year from you !, Did you know Botach has a clone of the Midwest URR with a sail or as they call it a fin :)
Why don't they use 2 or more pins for the barrel extension? I've always felt the pin is a little too thin. I know it could make the threaded part of the upper wesker but as far as I can see the extension is just threaded on and has 1 pin, I can understand 1 pin to clock but why not another 1 to 3 flush pins to make it more solid. I know some people swear by (bedding) the barrel as they use shims, picture or both but aluminium is soft and torqed correctly it's a solid fit with no need for bedding. I true my uppers, some don't need much at all but some need more, it removes a tiny amount of material but I'm not sure if its worth it as I don't have a tool to true the barrel extension but I have found that doing it has had better results. It would be nice if PSA offered it's kits or uppers unassembled. It's nice to see they test fired it but I think by law all manufacturers should fire 1 or 2 proof loads. In alot of nations proofing is the law and I have had some firearms come in (usualy AKs with no pistol grip or the mag cutout for 30 round mags) come with at least 1 empty cartridge from test firing, a proof mark and sometimes a bench group. Setting up something like proof houses in the US would considerably push up the prices of firrarms and I'm sure some manufacturers do use a proof load but it would be nice if they all did as paying a dollar or so more for them to use overpressure proof rounds. I would prefer it. Not sure if barrel makers like FN proof, but it does not mean much if a manufacturer uses FN barrels but not matched FN bolts.
If you run into a burr from the gas port what do you do to fix it? Some say just shoot rounds others say try to file it down so I’d love your expertise.
It’s been a running joke for years that the PSA barrel nuts are tightened by a gorilla. 😂
Glad it wasn't only me suffering to take it off!
Assembled by a moron who insists that a torque wrench and a barrel adapter are not 90 degrees. That’s unforgivable.
That same gorilla must’ve done the barrel nut on my BCM.
Bro, a gorilla with a 6’ long wrench. 😂
i don't understand why they keep doing this. They've been called out for it repeatedly over the years. Just stop tightening it so damn much
Thank you for the education Chad. It's nice when someone genuinely shares their knowledge.
Not many people left in the qorld to ahare knowledge! Nice whwn thoes who have it do share!
How many drinks you've had?@@stefanmolnapor910
I have 1 PSA AR15. The barrel was also slightly clocked. I disassembled and fixed it with the MW Industries upper receiver rod. Very handy tool.
What’s the point of that?
I have a MW receiver rod too, absolutely essential if you work on/build AR’s.
@@scott2228it supports the upper receiver when servicing an AR such as barrel changing or muzzle device swap. Also can help align barrel extension and tell u if it is timed properly or not. Very handle tool for an armorer, gunsmith, or hobbyist.
Being a former Army gunsmith and getting back into shop work for hobby, im glad I came across your 'autopsies'. Great work.
Armorer. Gunsmith is a totally different thing.
I have a love hate relationship with PSA. I’ve had to deal with issues from factory built rifles. This was before I found this channel.
I use them for training/range time. They tend to work and if something goes wrong they fix it.
I save my nice stuff which feels similar enough when firing for serious use. Win win.
@@Joe-hz1nwsame I keep some beaters around for truck/buddy guns too.
@@Joe-hz1nw exactly. There’s levels to them. You could throw this to somebody and it’s OK if it lands in the dirt and your buddy accidentally breaks it. Maybe you won’t give them your best. Also, when you see a $400 deal for a gun that should be 850 It’s hard to say no.
@@liggerstuxin1 definitely. Also, these videos are great, you can buy the gauges and it’s less than a new gun. Then you can check all your serious use guns if you want to. I did so with my BCM and DD both checked out almost perfect.
@@Joe-hz1nw i’m already going to buy his geissele Reaction Rod. I have the Magpul thing and thought it was good enough. Now I know better. This dude is awesome.
Edit: r/Ar15 as well as l school of the American rifle” educated me to buy the “Midwest industries UPPER RECEIVER ROD”. It has a thin on top that protects the indexing pin and has a stronger hold.
Damn a new sotar autopsy? And it's one of three....and it's PSA. Damn it's 930pm..I'm gonna have to save this for tomorrow so I can get paid while watching this at work.
Amazon?
Merica
@@AndrewTa530 you're definitely not getting time to sit and watch videos at Amazon 🥵🎥👀
I’ve never learned so easily from someone about a firearm. Subscribed
Ditto
This is the most useful AR video I've seen in over a year. Well earned subcribe.
Taking Ned's AR15 Armorers course here in Michigan in November just down the street from where I live. Pretty excited to learn from Ned as I embark on my journey. Looking forward to taking a future SOTAR course after Ned's course. Thanks Chad!
Congratulations on getting in a Class with Ned. I'm having Ned come out to my place in September to teach a few Classes.
You have some of the best content when it comes to this. Love the fact you I actually educate. Your camera woman deserves her praises too.
"There's a little bit of education in this video..."
Understatement of the year! I've already picked up several tips, of which I had no prior knowledge. Glad I subbed! Many thanks!
Awesome, as always. It's crazy how you have a specialty tool (or three) for everything.
Chad, ive been watching your content, here and there, for a couple of years now. Thank you for all the lessons
Great review/autopsy of a PSA 15. As a owner of 4 PSA rifles, I have had no problems with my rifles from 5.56 to 308 to 6.5 Creedmoor.
Your channel is invaluable man, I'm always learning new stuff
I love PSA, I have yet to get a malfunction in my AR. I am always pleased on range days.
Same here, I've owned my PSA AR for 6 years and zero issues so far.
@zncuentertainment712 I have a psa 5.7 rock and recorded 7 malfunctions over 450 rounds, (failure to feed, failure to hold open, 1 ammo related hang fire and mag being sensitive to loading issue) but it hasn't malfunctioned in last year (I didn't shoot it all year)
@@brandonsmoot4056 I've read a lot of negative reviews of their pistols, I don't own one but I've had nothing but positive experiences with their rifles.
With a rebel meow, he cried meow, meow, meow!
😸
Meow
He called him Dr. Rebel, his full name is Doogie Meowser..
Dude
This is why I have not bought a factory built AR-15 since 2009.
I build ALL from scratch on my bench. I never buy any complete uppers or lowers.
Never had any failures.
This is the key.
You save a lot of money too
Idk I can buy an upper for less than half the cost of building what I want
@@johnb.6468 But how much will you spend swapping out parts on the factory upper until you get what you want?
@@SCAR16L maybe $700 and I’ll wait for the barrel and bcg to wear out first
I’m jealous of your ability to put things back where they belong. Nice job!
Waited a long time for this series to begin. You've got me on the edge of my seat. Wish my local gunsmith was competent in ar's, I'd pay him to run this gauntlet on my collection. Unfortunately when I brought him an lwrci that was peening the buffer against the retainer he just swapped the buffer and called it fixed, after 1 weekend culling hogs it's peened again.
Wouldn't that be a short carrier causing that?
Buffer retainer pin hole is out of spec. Sounds like it is drilled too far back. Try an offset buffer retainer pin from galloway precision
Just take the buffer retainer pin out. It'll run fine without it and you won't have to worry about it breaking.
I miss opening boxes from Palmetto- F&&$ing Washington
Illinois
Hopefully U find a workaround. I try not to let Colorado laws hold me back. It’s sad that companies turn their backs on entire states.
Man, Idaho is like, 4 hours away, tops. If I lived in Washington I'd be contracting with a freight forwarding company that wasn't nosey.
Same.
Nazi WA. I left CA at 18. My FFl stills gets and sells AR parts and uppers minus lower reciever
Chad, the knowledge you share with us is immeasurable! I can't thank you enough.
Picked up a PSA recently and built my AR for a little under 500 bucks during the 4th of july sale, honestly it's been an amazing piece for the price.
I love the tip with the clamshell and MI rod working together!
You had me at "autopsy," I was wondering who destroyed two PSA uppers one after another and sent them in 😅.
This is more like an in-depth physical examination. But one I appreciate for the lessons and tips.
I agree, Autopsy is not the right word, here, it indicates that these two are dead or ruined and you are trying to figure out what happened
"some people don't want a gun that's been fired" How do you know it works ...
The argument is, how do you know you have ar quality or parts assembled from a buy back.
@@DesertRat.45idk about a buy back, I'd be more worried about them throwing RMA'd parts back into the regular assembly line. Spin the lottery and hope the next guy doesn't notice
Love these videos. I really wish I would have had someone in my life when I was younger, that would have told me that I could have a career in firearms. I love tinkering with stuff, and learning how things work. My first 1911 was a cheap Armscor, that I immediately took completely apart, just so I knew how to assemble and disassemble them. Wish I had more tooling and education, because I’ve always wanted to custom build my own 1911.
It might be more possible than it seems? While it’s not a full blown mill, Matrix Precision sells some affordable jigs and devices to finish and assemble your own 1911 from parts. Very rewarding for someone that doesn’t have the equipment to start from steel blanks.
My last PSA upper I had to put it in the freezer overnight to get the barrel nut off.
Heat, not cold. Break out a torch, heat up the barrel nut (dont just hold the flame on one spot of the nut. Move it around). The. You will be golden.
@@tugboat_actual
you want the metal to shrink not expand, and also heating up treated parts is always a bad idea lol.
This was the exact issue I had with a 10.5 complete railed upper from them, bolt hitting barrel lugs. When I sent pics and video to see if they would fix it with that 100% guarantee they said they wouldn't cause thats normal, so it was the last upper I ever bought from them. The barrel nut was also incredibly over torqued.
SAME was said to me with my same issue. My 300 black out pistol upper is so bad it's unusable. F those guys I've not bought a PSA product from them since.
Excellent videos. Great information. Thankyou Chad.
I'd really like to see the PSA Saber line on your examination table. I'm tempted at one of those, but I'm skeptical of it's "premium" quality.
Once again ive learned of a new tool for front sights. Thank you sir! 🤘🇺🇸 Surprisingly good for the PSA not so pricey uppers! PSA should send their armorers to SOTAR!
Excellent, methodical, inspirational. Thank you for helping to grow the 2A community with knowledge and example.
i appreciate the fair and unbiased review, easily the best i have seen in awhile.
While you are checking with gages , please explain each step. I do not know what erosion is. You did mostly so great job and I appreciate these vids.
That cat hasn't missed to many meals! 🤣
wow thanks for the lessons. I learned several things I was not aware of. It was also nice to see all the tools that are available that I don't have lol
I don't own a gun. They make it kind of impossible in the UK. But this was fascinating. It's a bit like buying a guitar. It might be good straight from the shop but generally you'll need to take it to a luthier and have it set up properly because the donkeys who work the factory will always screw some things up.
YES!! Been waiting for this! Thank you both!
excellent breakdown i really dig their chrome lined uppers
The left/right audio balance on this video is maddening.
I've learned so much from watching this guy's videos.
Learned a bunch of bullshit. Like this upper wasn’t already checked by PSA. How much did this guy spend on all his little gadgets?
@@billionsandbillions 🤣🤣 this lower budget upper wasn't aligned. Obviously you didn't watch the video. Like myself and others who follow the channel we've watched many of this guy's videos. If you don't like them go to a cartoon channel.
Just learned more in 3 minutes than 3 years of DIY building. I use magpull vice tools do you think I've miss aligned my barrels / nuts?
Very informative video to me. I know just enougfh to know what you're talking about. PSA is a good company. I've built numerous lowers on PSA blemished lower recievers without ever seeing anything wrong with one in regards to their finishes. Thanks for all the information!
@School of the American Rifle Thanks for the video. This is priceless.
I bet you keep a lot of people in the gun industry up at night lol love it keep them honest.
I agree hood all accountable…silly is if they followed proper mounting/torquing procedures a lot of these misalignments wouldn’t occur. Can’t wait til part 2 and 3.
I can’t believe YT let me find this channel on my feed🤯this is cool, I’ve only built sidearms so far but I want to move to rifles eventually. I know they’re a lot more complex, so I appreciate someone that knows what they’re talking about and explains things clearly.
Thanks, I did not know messing with the muzzle device could throw the barrel extension out of alignment. learn something new everyday.
Thanks for the info. I was quite intrigued of this evaluation. Stay safe and be well.
This is the best channel I have found in a while. Thank you for sharing so much info.
I've definitely experienced over torqued barrels from PSA. More so with the GI barrel nuts than the free floater
Three of my H&R rifles from PSA came clocked. Two of them so bad I ran out of windage. I checked for alignment of the feed ramps and they were good. When I checked the sight alignment, you could see how off the front sight was. I sent the M16A2 back for repair. When it came back, the front sight was aligned but the feed ramps were out of alignment. What’s your guess what they did? I’d bet you money they did the old Bushmaster trick of beating on the front sight with a heavy mallet rotating the barrel extension inside the upper.
I've got a 10 year old Aero Precision AC-15 (basic m4 style) and on both a magpul rear sight and a carry handle sight the windage is almost all the way to the right side. It's definitely annoying
I was not expecting to learn this much genuinely useful knowledge. Subbed
They were made at the same time. You should check 2 from different manufactur dates.
Attention PSA Employees, when tightening barrel nuts both feet must remain flat on the floor.
Thanks for another great video you’re the best teacher and we’re all so lucky you have went through TH-cam’s crap and stuck around. Thanks again for teaching gun safety and keep doing what you do
wow, the speaker is obviously a very skilled armorer. how many years would it take to be that knowledgeable about firearms?
@SchooloftheAmericanRifle you're a good dude chad. some day i'm gonna take your course. miss your commentary on MDS.
Could i ask for your services and have you inspect two of my WC sbr's ? im questioning their overpriced quality...
11:00 ..... Thanks for the barrel extension clocking info. Ive been slapping ARs together since 2007 (about 200) and i never considered that detail. Ill be looking for an alignment tool to add to my tool box.
Rebel the well fed shop cat😅
Rebel: meow, any food around here, my bowls only half full 😸
It started out that PSA had decent uppers until you got to barrel alignment and the gas tube on one. Then it just went downhill for the PSA uppers. Interesting enough, on the same day this video was uploaded, another TH-camr named FocusTripp did a live stream that PSA terminated his account for his PSA JAKL review. The upper had out of spec picatinny rails off by .004 and he couldn't mount scope rings or optics to it because of that.
PSA assemblers to the training area. This in my right hand is a torque wrench.
PSA QC still has alot of work to do
It's funny to me cause I've never had an issue with psa in the 3 years I've been using them, my FN needed servicing tho 😂
Yes likewise. The premium PSA uppers are well made. Our 14.7” pinned & weld are one of our better performer coupled with FN BCG
@@Chicano_pistolero cool, so does that mean PSA never has problems and gets a pass?
No way errrrrrr milspec is milspec. Jussss as gud. (I only shoot 100 rounds a year)
@@556bc nope, and I never said nor implied that either,i was simply pointing out an irony. Stay mad tho.
Bought the PA10 in .308. Did a disassembly to clean it before firing it. Inside the cover of the ejector was an extra spring . Was not the same as the ejector spring. Annoyed at that. Excellent video from someone who knows what he is doing.
Mom, another sotar video, just dropped
I had to do a double take to make sure it was a new video😂
More meatloaf!!! MOM!
Lame…
Thats nice dear...
Get the chicken nuggies ready!!!
love the video, hated the method of unwrapping the boxes haha
I'm not in a very good mood today. I took it out on the boxes. My apologies.
@@SchooloftheAmericanRifle haha i relate to that
@@SchooloftheAmericanRifle 🤣🤣🤣
I had a barrel extension literally unscrew from removing a muzzle device that was torqued to about 35 ft lbs. Franklin Armory barrel, it was manufactured circa 2013.
Great video! Excited for parts 2 and 3!
James on TFB intentionally put a .300 BO in a 5.56 CZ Bren 2, and it cleared the barrel. We have a cat just like Rebel.
Rebel had to make his appearance to let everyone know that that’s his territory. But it was probably just to remind you it was past his dinner time 😆
Very interesting. I’m pretty sure Rebel needs something to eat. 😂😂😂
😂😂😂. He looks thin. 😆
Fat shamer! Rebel's just big boned.
When I purchase my next AR I would love to send it to you bro, I have alot to learn still.
I definitely want a rifle that had been test fired to make sure things are good because even manufacturers mess things up or get them out of spec. I love this channel!! Very educational and informative!
It’s the grease on the barrel nut. Adding grease to threads increases the torque by a lot. That’s why you’re supposed to experiment with the fasteners and the lubricants before torquing them.
I always want a good test but I do like when we get to see all the wrongs being fixed. Nice work thank you.
I learn so much from your videos Chad. Hope I can get into a class eventually in the future
"Passed one check so far..."
Nah, its passed two, since the carry handle fit down upon the 1913 rail, which for PSA is not a given 😅
Love your videos, always see lots I'm not familiar with; always feel like I pick up a little piece of knowledge.
PSA seems to be as good as any milspec rifle I have been issued. I did have one issue where the gas block worked loose after 150 rounds. Thighted it up with no other issues.
Ooo, I thought that .223 was exactely the same as 556. Thank you for educating me❤
Hey not sure if anyone else is noticing this or it's because I've got headphones on, but something's up with the audio in this video. It's probably due to some kind of background noise suppression or the location of the mic, but Something in the left ear is causing physical discomfort, like it will frequently spike, inducing vertigo and sinus pressure. If I unplug the left ear that sensation goes away so it's mostly whatever is going on in the left channel.
Here for all the really cool gauges and tools.
Rebel has never missed a meal! 😂
I'm here because of my autism, and I'm distracted as there is now a shop cat, but I love watching things get plug gauged.
Tip: Use black light absorbing paint on your front sight post to avoid sight washout when the sun is high.
What is that? Never heard of it...
I learn a lot from your videos, most of all I do not want to know if my own rifles are good or not :D
So with the pin being aligned correctly, the excessive torque and lacking support on assembly misaligned it?
Great vid as always! Rebels meow is awesome! The vid is even better with rebel!
Rebel is a exact copy of our kitty Irving, it's scary. Another great video!!!
Mine too, exactly! Her name is Cordi.
Even the sabre line is disappointing how their non pined gas blocks are not even dimpled. I had one and the feed lips were misaligned as well. Sad
PSA actually has really nice packaging.
I could watch your channel 24/7. Keep up the great video's
I bought two economy PSA AR15 uppers, and one had a sticky bolt, but it started working 100 pct with some brake in and worked fine with diff bolts. I don't know why, but after breaking in, testing my bolt travel, the sticking went away. I did not run checks or trouble shoot, but when it started working and cycling, I called it good and fired hundreds of rounds with zero probs. Same for all my cheap AR's. PSA, DPMS, and Anderson Rifles.
I thought PSA uppers and lowers were a good value and worked without any malfunctions, even with diff manufacturer bolts; lots of diff mags/ammo. I had no complaints for cheap gun that doesn't get used hard nor go to war. Happy PSA customer.
@volkskrieg8735 what went wrong with your RFB?
@@pootinhammer this is going to be a long reply lol. So I started out with the 24" Hunter model. I took it out with 400 rounds of Hornady 150 grain steel case (they don't make it anymore) I tuned the gas system per the owners manual. Found the click number that barely got the bolt to lock back on an empty mad and gave it 3 more clicks. I ran only that ammo and everything ran great. By about the 900-1000 round mark I started having problems with it dropping empty casings in the chamber instead of lifting them up and into the ejection shoot.
@@pootinhammer so I decided to re time the gas system since it was acting over gassed. Once again everything worked great, for a while. I ran out of the Hornady stuff and switched to pmc bronze. So again I returned the gas system but I could no longer get a full magazine to run reliable so I took a look and found a crack in the weld that holds the recoil spring assembly to the top cover. I sent it into kelt t ch and they fixed it and I had them swap the 24" barrel out for an 18". Once again after about 500 rounds same crack in the weld happened again. I had kel tec fix it and then I pawned it.
@volkskrieg8735 oof. well I guess I'll keep an eye out for that failure point on mine. no issues so far but I haven't crossed 2k rounds yet I'm around 1600 ish on it with no issues, only ever fed it brass.
@@pootinhammer they eat steel just fine as long as the gas system is tuned to the ammo. That was.kinda the big frustration for me was I knew I could just slam whatever ammo into it. Even brass case has so much variability that u can't really expect reliability when swapping from m80 ball to 168 grain hornady to 150 grain federal.
They really need to get their production and QC standards up to par before coming out with any more new products. Every time I see a PSA rep reply to a video here in TH-cam I reply and tell them that. If they can't get a basic AR-15 upper right, they shouldn't be coming out with newly designed firearms. They've been producing AR's so many years now. You would think they would have perfected it by now. I used to order so many lowers, uppers amd other parts from them. But once I had purchased tools to check head spacing, sight alignment, and other things, I noticed just how off their production and QC was. Before that I received the occasional off centered front sight post that could be seen with my eyes. Plus out of spec receivers that I had trouble putting together because they were so out of spec. I really like PSA's overall goal to make quality budget friendly firearms. However, they aren't meeting the quality part of that.
Hi Chad , thanks for your videos, I have learned a lot over the past year from you !, Did you know Botach has a clone of the Midwest URR with a sail or as they call it a fin :)
Why don't they use 2 or more pins for the barrel extension? I've always felt the pin is a little too thin.
I know it could make the threaded part of the upper wesker but as far as I can see the extension is just threaded on and has 1 pin, I can understand 1 pin to clock but why not another 1 to 3 flush pins to make it more solid.
I know some people swear by (bedding) the barrel as they use shims, picture or both but aluminium is soft and torqed correctly it's a solid fit with no need for bedding.
I true my uppers, some don't need much at all but some need more, it removes a tiny amount of material but I'm not sure if its worth it as I don't have a tool to true the barrel extension but I have found that doing it has had better results.
It would be nice if PSA offered it's kits or uppers unassembled.
It's nice to see they test fired it but I think by law all manufacturers should fire 1 or 2 proof loads.
In alot of nations proofing is the law and I have had some firearms come in (usualy AKs with no pistol grip or the mag cutout for 30 round mags) come with at least 1 empty cartridge from test firing, a proof mark and sometimes a bench group.
Setting up something like proof houses in the US would considerably push up the prices of firrarms and I'm sure some manufacturers do use a proof load but it would be nice if they all did as paying a dollar or so more for them to use overpressure proof rounds. I would prefer it.
Not sure if barrel makers like FN proof, but it does not mean much if a manufacturer uses FN barrels but not matched FN bolts.
are you saying that these aren't functional as shipped?
If you run into a burr from the gas port what do you do to fix it? Some say just shoot rounds others say try to file it down so I’d love your expertise.
Nice looking, well fed cat.
PSA is having a bad week
I know Nothing about guns after watching this guy