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  • brassburnz
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2006
    • 3553

    Crack in the M4

    Check out this thread from rimfirecentral.com
    I've heard rumors of cracked lowers, but never seen one.

    Someone I know on another forum just wrote to us and asked if this has happened to anyone else? The rifle hasn't been dropped or mistreated. It's new within the past month and has about 200 rounds through it. Someone wrote and said this is number 20 they've seen, but I have yet to hear anything...
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    offrdmania
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    • Mar 2008
    • 4053

    On a normal lower the amount of force needed to make that kind of crack is enormous. This shows that the metallurgy of those lowers is that of pot metal most likely
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    • #3
      dchang0
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      • Jul 2008
      • 2772

      I call hoax. Bet the guy dropped it hard or smacked it really hard into something. I mean, I had a cheesy "toy-ish" Smith and Wesson .22LR pistol made entirely of cheapo aluminum and put thousands upon thousands of rounds through it with no frame cracks or stretching. That's got far less metal to absorb the recoil of the .22LR than any rifle.

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      • #4
        Q
        Calguns Addict
        • Aug 2006
        • 6668

        The housing looks thin. It looks like the bolt carrier did the damage. Unless it was from recoil harmonics. There probably are 20 or more like that.

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          Noobert
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          • Jan 2009
          • 3341

          what the hell, are those full autos?!
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          • #6
            offrdmania
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            • Mar 2008
            • 4053

            No, its a messed up fire control on those things. Its called using existing parts and making them adapt to a new platform.
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            • #7
              thempopresense
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2008
              • 1134

              It's a 22lr colt according to the other thread. I wonder if they are slightly out of spec on purpose and someone tried to put a milspec upper on and hammered the pin in trying to make it fit.

              Anyone own one that can verify lower specs?
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              • #8
                Cru Jones
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2008
                • 587

                Maybe he tried to separate the upper and lower without loosening the flash hider???
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                • #9
                  smittty
                  Calguns Addict
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 6254

                  Originally posted by Cru Jones
                  Maybe he tried to separate the upper and lower without loosening the flash hider???
                  That's a good question. My friend has one of these and I don't think the upper is supposed to tilt off like a real AR. I'll have to ask him.

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                  • #10
                    Check Six
                    Junior Member
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 18

                    Dang !

                    I wish I'd have seen the reports on that other website before I bought my Colt M-4 .22. After perusing the reports on rimfirecentral, I probably would have bought the S&W instead.

                    The only positive reports I've read is that Umarex for the most part is attempting to 'fix' many of the problems owners have had with their rifles.

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                    • #11
                      brassburnz
                      Veteran Member
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 3553

                      Originally posted by offrdmania
                      On a normal lower the amount of force needed to make that kind of crack is enormous. This shows that the metallurgy of those lowers is that of pot metal most likely
                      The Umarex/Walther/Colt M4 is not an AR. The lower is just a shell. The trigger is not like an AR. The bolt stop doesn't work like an AR. The stock attachment is not like an AR. It just looks like an AR.

                      Forces from the blowback action and what little recoil there is, is absorbed by the trigger housing and bolt/barrel assembly.

                      The rear takedown pin doesn't touch the lower receiver. The takedown pin locks the bolt/barrel assembly into the trigger housing. Removing the rear takedown pin wouldn't make the lower shell crack.

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                      To me, it looks like someone whacked the right side of the stock really hard. i think that could cause the lower shell to crack. Even if it did crack, the rifle should still run just fine because the trigger housing would still be intact. The hammer and trigger pins are captured inside the two halves of the metal clamshells and are secured by four bolts and four nuts.

                      Unlike an AR, the Umarex doesn't need a stock assembly to run. The recoil spring is inside the upper. So even if the stock broke off, the Umarex would still run, but you'd probably be in violation of NFA rules for minimum overall length.
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                      • #12
                        dchang0
                        Veteran Member
                        • Jul 2008
                        • 2772

                        Ah, excellent! A real Colt .22 owner steps in. Hey, Randy, just to make sure, you're saying that the trigger housing itself actually stops the bolt?

                        If that's true, then this dude definitely broke his Colt .22 some other way than by recoil.

                        All this makes me really glad I spent $1k building a Spike's dedicated AR.

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                        • #13
                          Arteel
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                          • Feb 2009
                          • 2392

                          What recoil?

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                            brassburnz
                            Veteran Member
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 3553

                            Originally posted by dchang0
                            Ah, excellent! A real Colt .22 owner steps in. Hey, Randy, just to make sure, you're saying that the trigger housing itself actually stops the bolt?

                            If that's true, then this dude definitely broke his Colt .22 some other way than by recoil.

                            All this makes me really glad I spent $1k building a Spike's dedicated AR.
                            The square black piece on the top of the trigger housing is the buffer.

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                            I really like my little rifle, but then again, I also understand it's limitations. It's not an AR. If you think you're getting an AR, you'll be disappointed. If you want something that emulates a Colt M4 but shoots .22 rimfire, and it is very accurate with the right ammo, you'll be happy.

                            I will be building a dedicated .22 upper soon. I have a conversion I've been running, but accuracy just isn't that great. I hope the Spikes or TacSol dedicated upper has the accuracy to meet my needs.
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                            • #15
                              Dragon
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                              • Aug 2006
                              • 960

                              Originally posted by qbertquartz2
                              The housing looks thin. It looks like the bolt carrier did the damage. Unless it was from recoil harmonics. There probably are 20 or more like that.

                              Ah,that will rub out!
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