ar five seven bending shell casings when ejected??

[huddleston101]

i just got a new ar five seven, all i can say is :clap: I LOVE IT anyway when the shells eject they get bent and i had to put padding in the shell colecter to keep it from bending anymore. my serial# is low its in the 100 s , is there anyone out there having the same problem? iam shooting fn factory loads . thanks

[IrishRedneck86]

I am too having the same problem but as I informed in another thread per my gunsmith its because the ejection is so fast and kinda violent the casing rotates fully before it drops and hits something inside the magwell or the underside of the bolt. And its not because I have a catch mag since I also tried it without the modded Pmag I have for mine by zip-tying a cloth catch bag onto the magwell and they still all came out with a dinged neck. But the nice thing is I know now that it doesnt affect reloadability of the casings thankfully.

If ya dont mind could you post a pic of your foam mod so I can get a better idea and try it myself later?

[huddleston101]

i need help on posting pics any help would be great. thanks

[Rapier1772]

There is an instructional link in my sig line.

[huddleston101]

here are some pictures of what i did, worked for me. hope this helps you will have to work with me im new to the picture thang :wall:

[huddleston101]

let me know if this works because im going nuts trying to figure this out :ponder:

[huddleston101]

thanks rapier1772 for the info i thank i figured it out lol

[Rapier1772]

Actually, it looks like you're putting double img tags on it.

Oh, and it looks like the pics are too big as well. The forum limits picture size to 1024 pixels wide.

I'll see if I can fix it

[huddleston101]

Actually, it looks like you're putting double img tags on it.

Oh, and it looks like the pics are too big as well. The forum limits picture size to 1024 pixels wide.

I'll see if I can fix it

thanks rapier1772 im really slow on the picture than lol i guess ill figure it out

[huddleston101]

ok new update, the foam was kia after a few rounds so i got to thanking :ponder: so i was going to use black window and door seal foam then it hit me what about a red rubber eraser you know the big ones, well i got one and trimed to fit inside the case and glued it and went and put 50 rounds through it. no more bent cases and the eraser held up excellent :clap: :thumb: here are some pictures to see what i did.

[Rapier1772]

Nice! Not sure how well that would work on a PS90 but it certainly works on an AR57.

[huddleston101]

update about the rubber in the shell catcher. i would not do it, i was having jamming issues today even with the new fnh magazine :ponder: so i removed the pies of rubber the inside of the shell catcher and sent another 100 rounds down range and had no more jamming issues. :thumb: and yes i was the idiot that came up with that bright idea on the rubber piece :facepalm:

[blueorison]

update about the rubber in the shell catcher. i would not do it, i was having jamming issues today even with the new fnh magazine :ponder: so i removed the pies of rubber the inside of the shell catcher and sent another 100 rounds down range and had no more jamming issues. :thumb: and yes i was the idiot that came up with that bright idea on the rubber piece :facepalm:

You fixed it! Great job :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: