I bought one of these guns recently in the SBR configuration.
It does reduce muzzle rise though mine is semiauto.
Had problems with extracting and unfired round and failure to feed.
Sent it back to the factory and was told they fixed the feeding issue but the gun was not designed to extract an unfired round without removing the magazine. It will occasionally extract the unfired round but not reliably.
I kid you not.
Spoke with the chief engineer and gunsmith.
When I asked why every other modern firearm does this and theirs doesn't the response was that it is a revolutionary design and then a long pause....
When pressed the gunsmith said that they have spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of man hours trying to remedy this issue but the gun is what it is.
Basically when you look at the bolt face there is no support of the case rim at the lower portion, only at the top 1/2. The extractor is at the 10 o'clock position and relies on the next round in the magazine to hold upward pressure on the round as there is nothing on the opposite side of the extractor to push against. It would take a redesign of the bolt to fix this.
I actually like the way the gun looks and shoots but to me this a liability if the gun was ever to be used for home defense or even for competition shooting.
Just thought the issue with extraction is important to know before the gun is purchased.
It does reduce muzzle rise though mine is semiauto.
Had problems with extracting and unfired round and failure to feed.
Sent it back to the factory and was told they fixed the feeding issue but the gun was not designed to extract an unfired round without removing the magazine. It will occasionally extract the unfired round but not reliably.
I kid you not.
Spoke with the chief engineer and gunsmith.
When I asked why every other modern firearm does this and theirs doesn't the response was that it is a revolutionary design and then a long pause....
When pressed the gunsmith said that they have spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of man hours trying to remedy this issue but the gun is what it is.
Basically when you look at the bolt face there is no support of the case rim at the lower portion, only at the top 1/2. The extractor is at the 10 o'clock position and relies on the next round in the magazine to hold upward pressure on the round as there is nothing on the opposite side of the extractor to push against. It would take a redesign of the bolt to fix this.
I actually like the way the gun looks and shoots but to me this a liability if the gun was ever to be used for home defense or even for competition shooting.
Just thought the issue with extraction is important to know before the gun is purchased.
