@@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.
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.
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.
"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!
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!
@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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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
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.
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!
@@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.
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.
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.
Thanks for another great video you’re the best teacher and we’re all so lucky you have went through RU-vid’s crap and stuck around. Thanks again for teaching gun safety and keep doing what you do
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!
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 RU-vidr 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.
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 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.
"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.
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.
If you have the tools to strip it down and inspect it you can feel confident that everything is right. That goes for basically every budget ar15. Smith, Ruger, PSA, Radical and several others are turning them out as fast as they can. Assembly mistakes are inevitable.
@@brandonrupp5880 I agree but the gauges he has are so expensive and if you own all of that stuff you're probably in a state where you can just buy a trustworthy rifle anyway
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.
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.
