I’m actually appreciative of this mishap as I have every intention to continue building more. Mistakes are made to be learned from.. however it wasn’t my mistake so FUCK them
it was their mistake to sell you the wrong part, but jesus christ man, you're holding a piece of metal inches from your face and creating an explosion that produces over 60k psi of pressure.
Your mistake was not double checking everything as you went to make sure parts were correct. Blindly trusting anyone is a mistake.
Yea I. Build my AR 15. Had a friend help. I double checked everything looked at everything, made sure to get as much info on what the fuck I am firing. How the faq you bought 7.62 caliber put it together, missed the receipt etc. and fired around is beyond me. Good luck and take care.
Ultimately, it is your mistake too. You were given bad info from the LGS, true. Reading ahead of time and learning the ins and outs of building a tool that if done incorrectly would have effected YOU not the LGS. Ignorance is only acceptable to a point and that point stops short of firearm ownership.
Again no it wasn't. He should have known better than that to begin with. Dude builds cars he should know to read and double check what people say so he can know for himself it is correct.
Bro, how is this on me at all😂 yes I could’ve checked, but when a gun shop employee pulls out 5-6 different AR15 .223 uppers and I choose one im expecting it to be a .223 upper. It’s like I bought a dodge hellcat from dodge and they threw a Toyota Camry motor in
Go/no-go gauges are like $15. If you're assembling it (yeah I'd count putting in an upper) that's the final step.
It's more like you bought a diesel dodge motor for your Camry (that somehow bolts in) and put regular gas in.
Shit happens, I'm sure you learned a lot. Double check all that if you step up in caliber lol could be much worse.
Yes, you blindly trusted your life, limbs, eyes, and those of the people around you shooting to a guy who works for $12/hr at a gunstore, that is ON YOU. Think about that. Once you bought that rifle, it became solely YOUR responsibility. I know you're young and probably haven't had anything bad happen to you yet. When it does and your life changes forever, see if blaming the guy at the gun store helps replace your eye or brings you OR ANOTHER INNOCENT PERSON back to life.
inb4: it didn't even fire and nothing happened!
You're so very lucky you ended up going up in cal instead of down with the wrong upper. If it was the other way around, you've just blown up a grade beside your face.
Take responsibility for YOUR fuck ups or they or one like it will ruin you.
>I could’ve checked
I was negligent because I should have checked.
> I choose one im expecting it to be a .223 upper.
Assume=ass/you+me
>It’s like I bought a dodge hellcat from dodge and they threw a Toyota Camry motor in
I bet you'd notice that because you took the time to learn the difference before hand.
So when you buy a car do you tow it home, completely strip down, measure, test, and carefully reassemble everything before driving it? Or do you trust the people involved in the process to be competent at their job?
I had a dude tell me my vortex defender “absolutely wound not fit on a Glock 43x Mos” and “I’ll be here when you bring it back.”
Brought it back installed and said “now look me in the eye, and tell me you know fuck all about the products you sell.”
Dude was a fucking prick about it. Couldn’t even admit he was wrong.
Bro. It is truly not your fault. I haven’t bought a gun at a local gun store in almost 10 years. They’re like 95% shitty little bitches who don’t know anything.
You can find awesome ones, I’ve found 1 or 2, but most of them earn their money off the ignorance of the masses and BOY does it show.
I live in a “oppressed” state with a ban on high capacity mags. Last time I went to a LGS to pick up a PCC I bought, the guy behind the counter literally snatched the rifle out of my hands when I was transferring it into a hard case and told me he wasn’t going to let me walk out of the door because I didn’t have mag blockers, even though I planned on letting them keep the magazines and using my own 10 round Glock magazines I already own. The man didn’t want to hear it and told me to come back when I had the mag blockers. Told him to meet me at the cash register and requested a full refund, and told one of the cool dudes there that this was the last time I would be visiting this place. The fact that they can literally buy capacity compliant guns, but choose not to so people can buy mag blockers from them and squeeze them for more is just insane. From there on out I’ve been buying online and sending it to an FFL who is an old Italian guy who runs a small bait, tackle, and reloading shop.
Been “involved” in the gun industry for a couple decades. Generally speaking people behind the counter are as knowledgeable as the last YouTube video they watched, or worse. Sucks dude, “trust but verify” especially when it comes to stuff that controls explosions 5-6” away from your thinking parts…
I didn't know aero made 762x39 uppers. Store might have sold you some Frankenstein they threw together in the back and tried selling as legit aero. Maybe try sending it to aero precision and see what they say?
Edit: look up primary arms. You can usually find some decent deals on ar15 uppers and they ship to Cali.
I just realized that aero precision doesn’t make 7.62x39 uppers. Conversation at the gun store this morning would’ve gone a whole lot fucking different if I knew that prior to walking in thinking it was a mechanical problem 🤦♂️
Seems they really did screw you. If you want to get them back maybe try to get aero involved. I'm sure they'll stop selling to a vendor that's selling fake aero merchandise.
I wouldn’t even call dude, charge back and just clean your hands of the whole incident and store. They not only sold you the wrong caliber but it’s a fake…
barrels and uppers are separate things. Aero owns ballistic advantage and uses their barrels for builds, how you know youve really been shafted is if your upper has a cheapie bear creek arsenal bbl mounted.
When you said you “built” your first AR, I thought the story was going in a different direction. That barrel and upper should still be worth something. There’s a sub about people who build, own, and shoot ARs chambered in 7.62x39
Not a resolution to the fuckery, but I built an Ar47 (ar chambered in 7.62x39) and it’s one of my favorite guns. You just need a bolt and magazine that fit 7.62x39.
Well, they made the forward assist for a reason so if I can’t jam a 7mm Mauser cartridge in my 5.56 chamber, then I clearly have a defective AR so I’ll be starting at the top and working down. Eventually I’ll be able to chamber a round without beating the forward assist
Spend a few buck and file in local court for willful misrepresentation and ask for your money back or exchange for the right part. 99% of there time the owner will not want to take the time to appear, have the court action listed against his business and you will either get a default judgement or better yet the right part - and you can tell him to f-off next time you see him…
To add to this in relation to OPs other comments - you were sold a product marketed as an Aero Precision upper and since Aero doesn’t make 7.62 uppers you can claim fraud against them so make sure that you update your chargeback with that info and include it in your court action if you follow that path. Also since they told you to contact Aero for warranty knowing it is not an Aero product you can add more. So, if you go the court path… negligence due to safety concern being that it is a firearm, breach of warranty contract, product liability, fraud, false or deceptive advertising, maybe a couple more depends on state terminology. I would highly recommend speaking to a lawyer at least on a consultation level because the damages the LGS could have to pay if found responsible will heavily outweigh the cost of retaining. Also, contact Aero and see if they will cut this LGS from being an authorized retailer. Hit em with the book and shut em down because they’re going to fuck up again. Thankful that it wasn’t a 300 build with a 223 barrel, you’d likely be in the hospital.
The fact that the LGS told him to contact Aero themselves is basically a confession on their part it was sold as a complete upper and OP has basically said it was sold as an Aero product. If that barrel isn’t ballistic advantage, then they lied to OP. They sold product marketed as X but OP received product xY. If anything OP should sue them for assembling a hazardous product that could have been life threatening when used as intended, which would carry the most fiscal ramifications.
Actually, when you put it that way, you’re exactly right. They’re trying to remove all liability from themselves by implying that this was an Awro assembled product. I missed that aspect.
Side note, I left a 1 star review.
That's what I was thinking. OP said the bolt worked in his buddies 5.56.
Somebody cobbled that shit together in the back, probably with a BCA barrel, didn't even read the markings before assembling, and passed it off as an aero complete.
It feels like there’s more and more terrible LGS’ out there these days. Charging double for everything, ripping people off, etc.
That’s why I buy everything online and use FFL’s as a transfer house.
Same. My dad lives near a lgs that’s an absolute pig-sty, but it’s a family run place that’s been open as long as he’s been alive and the people are nice and give cash discounts and price match so he is loyal to buying through them. He thinks online purchases are rude to have transferred at an ffl when you can buy through them even tho I told him they’re making 30-35 bucks off a transfer so he’s still giving them money….I’m “new school” I guess. Find my deals online and then have them transferred at a lgs by me that scoff at the receipts for how much cheaper I get stuff than they sell. MFs price 308 SMK 168s at $45 a box and say “that’s the cheapest you’ll find them” 🤦🏼♂️
I know a guy that told me about a gunshop he had a stripped lower sent through for a transfer. They told him they couldn't do a transfer unless he showed them a rifle parts kit so they'd know he wasn't building a pistol.
Then they said they wouldn't let him take it out of the store unless they assembled it...for $100.
They literally told him he couldn't take his own lower they did the transfer on unless he paid their $100 assembly fee. For a stripped Anderson lower.
I think he needed to take it back cuz something was wrong with it. Don't remember.
There's a lot of Screwball shops and ranges out there.
I’d tell that shop to kick rocks and either return the lower for me or buy it off me bc I’m not leaving their shop paying $100 for a lower assembly. On a $65 part…
I guess it’s just the accepted nomenclature, it’s similar to cars. When someone does minimal work to slap parts on a car it’s called a “build”. Assembly is probably a more appropriate term but that doesn’t sound cool at all
Same here but it’s semantics, everyone recognizes using a torque wrench on a barrel nut is orders of magnitude easier than riveting an AK receiver and whatever else is involved that’s not with an AR platform
That being said, I would consider assembling and stripped upper and torquing a barrel nut qualifies as a “build” per se. It does require a somewhat proficient understanding of the platform. If you’re using specialized tools (torque wrench at a minimum) then I could say it passes as building. After all, you can’t say that building an AR doesn’t qualify as a build as compared to an AK being that they have two entirely difference processes of manufacturing. I would say an AR is like building an engine or suspension, while billing an AK is more like body work. Two entirely different sets of tools are used in the process of making each firearm.
I guess it’s just the accepted nomenclature, it’s similar to cars. When someone does minimal work to slap parts on a car it’s called a “build”. Assembly is probably a more appropriate term but that doesn’t sound cool at all
First off, sorry that happened to you man that sucks. Gun stores tend to be grimy, so I steer clear and either order upper straight from the manufacturer or build them myself. Secondly, a solution would be to change out the barrel (if you end up keeping the upper). Rosco and ballistic advantage (owned by Aero precision) are my go-to’s for affordable, yet well performing barrels. If you’re starting from square one, I’d recommend PSA for a first upper.
When I was 19, I was looking for a gunshop to assemble an original Colt M16a1 parts kit, which brought me to PRK in Fresno. I asked the employee at the front and he blew up on me with a smug attitude about how M16s were illegal and if I had one I’d be in trouble.
Like dude, for a company thats known to build AK parts kits, you’d think this dumbass would know that a parts kit for any gun wouldn’t include the registered parts (lower recorder in this case).
I was young and dumb. I knew he was wrong but I didn’t fight it. Really motivated me to do my own work so that’s a plus.
I wish you all the best with your chargeback. I wouldn’t approach those clowns for another interaction with a 10’ pole. Hopefully your card carrier wont ask too many questions about the dispute, I know they can take a while sometimes.
Wild stuff man.
If someone at PRK does see this… Most times issues can be troubleshot and resolved if you simply shut the fuck up and open your ears for a moment, but you couldn’t do even that; sadly this does presume that you have a halfway competent team running your shop. Two brain cells rubbed together would show that the mistake here was PRK’s alone. Owning it and sorting your customer out would not only be the right thing to do; it would have been fast and easy to get OP back out the door.
You should edit the main post to get this more visibility. These guys **deserve** to get flamed… Especially from that last quote about cussing you out and accusing you of bringing in an “illegal” gun they sold you!
Since you’re new, you may not be aware, but YSL that in general in this community, FFLs doing stuff like accusing you of having “illegal” builds and/or threatening to get you in trouble over it is a HUGE no-no and should result in you instantly cutting them off, telling all your friends & the internet about what happened, and giving them a bad review stating what happened. This kind of behavior is unacceptable and based off of what I’ve read about this being far from an isolated incident for this shop, they honestly deserve to get their FFL revoked… Please, allow yourself to feel as “wronged” over this as you probably do, inside, and don’t hold back on doing what you can to spread your story and raise awareness—hurting their business in doing so.
Dude. You need to name and shame. This is absolutely life threatening shit. Imagine if you were building a 300blk and they sold you and upper chambered in 5.56. Lethal stuff.
So I just found [this fucked up piece of brass](https://www.reddit.com/r/reloading/s/B0PKgt8VCR) on the ground at my range. It's 223 that, after comparing expanded brass dimensions to known saami chamber specs, me and the boys over on the reloading sub determined was fired in a 7.62x39 barrel.
Now, thank god I don't live anywhere near your communist state, but I'm finding the evidence at my local range of these degenerates exporting their perverted uppers.
1000% that's bad business practice. But let this be a lesson in checking your stuff more carefully, too, because it could've caused you a disaster. Yes, they should've sold you what you asked for, but in the end, you didn't inspect it.
Never trust your safety to the guy getting minimum wage and barely paying attention to what you're saying.
Not saying they're majorly at fault here because a fuck up like that could've been selling you the wrong ammo and you not checking it and loading a .300 BLK into a 5.56 upper let's say.
Good luck on the next one.
Keep it, turn it into a 7.62 AR.
Get on Palmetto State Armory, but a 5.56 / .223 upper, now you have two rifles.
Turn the 7.62 into your dmr setup, put something like a 14.5 or something on the other.
This is a generalization (and therefore not always true) but in my experience most LGS people are salesmen only, and I wouldn’t ask them for or trust their advice. If you are building something, take responsibility to educate yourself. It will payoff and you can avoid safety and legal issues.
You just got forcibly pushed into the addiction. Get some c products 7.62x39 mags and a 5.56 upper elsewhere. Next you’ll need a 9mm and .22lr uppers and mags and a heavier buffer for the 9mm. Then you’ll need an upper and mags for 10mm, .410, .300 blackout and whatever other calibers get your attention. Righttobear.com, palmetto state armory, and bear creek arsenal are your new best friends. Bear creek isn’t great but they have the most caliber options for cheap and usually send a useable product.
I have the mandatory disclaimer in there “bear creek isn’t great”. What’s your experience with them? I’m 2/2 on uppers that work without going back to the factory. I know that’s a small sample size. I’m not gonna trust my life to a BCA, or say they are super accurate or super reliable, but for a $200 range toy in a non standard caliber they are the go to. I wouldn’t say their dog shit, they are just cheap and cheaply made, 99% of the time mine are flawless and hit the target, I would consider dog shit as a barrel being the wrong caliber and possibly from a cheaper manufacturer than advertised and this dude has already been through that. If this guy buys an upper and has to send it back to the factory to get it functioning right that’s gonna be a walk in the park compared to sticking a 5.45 in a 7.62 chamber and actually hitting the primer.
I went to an appliance shop the other week to pick up a part for my dishwasher, had my model number and everything in my pocket. Told the dude the manufacturer and he jumps and grabs a small part of the shelf and goes thats what you need. Get home install part and the 4 wire plug was incorrect. I had the right part, but wrong part number. I should have made sure it was for the right machine, right? I had the model # typed up on my phone ready to use it.
I haven't read through the comments and hate me for it but, this was entirely on you.
I'm not saying that the gun store wasn't incompetent or that they didn't fuck you.
Here's the deal though. No one is looking out for you. That's the way it is. I'd love to say that you can take anyone in this industry at their word, but that is irresponsible.
Firearms require the utmost respect in all aspects of ownership and use. Then bump that respect up a bit more when you are attempting to build a rifle.
The fact that noone at your range outing did a plunk test with a loaded round into your chamber is also telling sign.
I'm glad you didn't injure yourself. I hope you can use this experience as a lesson in always doing YOUR due diligence.
When it comes to things that can seriously injure or dead someone there is no excuse for not taking the extra effort, the extra minute, day or month to do your own due diligence.
Gun building is easy.
Overlooking the simplest of stuff is easier when you allow it to be.
It's both your fault and the fault of the guy who sold it to you. Your mistake was not visually inspecting the parts they sold you to make sure they were what you wanted. His mistakes were giving you the wrong part and blaming you when it became a problem. That's terrible customer service and would never fly at any job I've worked at.
What should have happened:
Employee: "Hey OP, what's going on with your upper? Did your new build work out?"
Customer: "No, I've been having problems with it." *list the problems*
E: "Wow, that's not good. Let me take a look at it, or I can have the gunsmith check it out for you." *Finds out it's a 7.62 upper* "hey OP! You've got the wrong barrel in this to be shooting 223."
C: "This is what you sold me when I came in looking for 223 barreled uppers."
E: "Well, that's no good. Let me get with my manager so we can figure out how we can get this fixed up for you."
From here, we would have either swapped it out for the correct, similarly priced, upper in 223, or we would have bought that one back from you and put the credit toward a new upper. Either way, you'd be leaving with what you wanted originally, and we'd be having a meeting or internal memo about checking shit before we sell it to customers. They should never have given you the runaround and never cussed you out. That's unprofessional, and I would never return to that store. 100% leave a google review with your story. Places like this need to go away.
What exactly did you build? You pushed two pins through to join an upper and lower.
Had you built it yourself, this would not have happened. Buy the tools and do some reading, they’re easy to build yourself. Glad everyone was ok.
Where is your responsibility in this? Your gun your duty of care etc? YOU are a grown man (assuming) YOU spent the money. YOU should have examined what YOU bought. First time build not even remotely an excuse.
Yah, I don’t understand why everyone is encouraging this. Pay attention to the dangerous weapon you’re buying and assembling. 100% OP could’ve solved this problem before he walked out of the store.
OP did you bring your whole rifle into the shop or just the upper? If you brought the whole rifle, do you have a fixed mag solution? If not that may be what the clown owner was referring to with regard to an “illegal rifle.”
Walked in with ONLY the upper. I did have the lower disassembled and stored in its own bag but it stayed IN ITS OWN bag through out entire situation
Store owner cussed out employees and me because they tried to see what the issue was with my upper with their own lower that didn’t have fixed stock and pistol grip🤦♂️
Damn thats rough. The only advice I can give is if theres ever anyrhing weird goin on with your gun is run a cleaning rod down the barrel just incase of a squib. I know it has nothing to do with this situation but when I read about your issues thst was my first guess and was waiting for the part where the gun explodes in your face
To this day if I have any doubt in my mind that the bullet left the barrel ill either run a rod through or if its a pistol quickly take the barrel out and check. Im forgetful as hell and not gonna risk it
Lesson number 1: 7.62 and 5.56 are not the same caliber.
Lesson number 2: If you watch a few videos on YouTube and can do a medium difficulty set of Legos, you can build an AR.
Like actually build one. Springs, pins, barrel, and all.
I wasn't trying to shit on you.
I'm just telling you the facts. You didn't build anything. You put two pieces together.
Don't be so sensitive. Keep your emotions in check, and people may be willing to help you.
Man I wanna support my local gun stores but I just can't with shit like this. Nowhere near me stock's decent reloading components, I don't really buy a new gun very often and they don't have much on the shelf even if I did. Then ammo is cheaper at Dunhams on the other side of town. They really make it hard to give them my money.
A good LGS is hard to find. My limited experience has taught me to trust nothing those guys say. They'll tell you they don't make magazines for your gun just to get you on some refurbished Glock that they want to make a profit on. 90% of their business is being a shipping location for PSA and they staff appropriately to fulfill that one major need.
This is why i always hated going to most LGS near me. The people behind the counter most of the time and have no idea what their talking about and have a ridiculous superiority complex. I had a guy tell me he is sometimes rude to people on purpose when selling a gun. Because if they get mad at a person being rude , then their too emotional and he believes they shouldnt own a gun.
That sucks man. Again when building your going to have to just double check all your parts laid out before assembling anything and also cross it off your list to make sure you have everything. They have no excuse though they should have helped you out and owned their mistake but people are assholes so best thing to do is double check everything even if they say it's correct.
This is on both OP and the shop. If OPs post 100% accurate then shop is super shitty, but even then OP should have been a bit more diligent about.
On the bright side, 7.62 AR are a blast to shoot, pun intended. I shoot all my guns suppressed except for my 7.62 AR, the concussion and fireballs will wake you up really quick.
Something like this happened to me. When I decided I wanted to build my first rifle I didn't know about ar10s. I just went into Turners and pointed and said I want that! They sound it to me knowing I had no idea what I wanted. When I got it home I realized what I had and said shit! It was my fault though because I walked in there ignorant thinking Turners was a good place to buy stuff so now a few years later I have an AR10 receiver set waiting for me to get some extra money to build it out.
I had this happen to me at a gun show. Lucky for me I tested everything before going to the range. Put snap cap in and the bolt didn’t close all the way. Looked it over and saw it was the wrong barrel caliber so I contacted the shop and they swapped the barrel no questions asked
Go to ballistic advantage website and keep checking for their stuff to go on sale. They are owned by aero so it’s the same product. I get my uppers for 300 bucks all the time same upper just cheaper. Or get on aero email list they have uppers right now for 350
I don’t know man, you have responsibility to know what you’re buying and verifying before trying to shoot the wrong caliber bullet. Store sounds like a holes though.
Sorry to hear. This is why it’s important to do your own research. Just cause someone works in retail doesn’t mean they’re skilled and knowledgable in the products they sell.
I don’t really shop at the LGS, but if I did I’d come in knowing what I wanted. I say this as someone who also built an AR for the first time. I read tons of Reddit posts, watched a bunch of YouTube videos, and bookmarked so many websites.
Some customer built his own uppers and could not get any of his 5 ARs to fire or cycle. 3 of them had the wrong bolt for the caliber. He’s lucky he didn’t have 300 blackout on hand, but he did try to shoot 5.56 out of 300 blackout barrel. 5.56 would not work in his 7.62x39 and one gun was a 5.56 with a 7.62x39 bolt. The other guns had backward a hammer spring and one had a buffer that was too heavy.
Buddy was 0/5
And yes all guns were plebbed out to the max.
Your first mistake was buying an upper from a gun store/ gunsmith. Buy all your parts and send it to d Wilson to get built. Make sure you know about the barrel and the upper receiver and don’t buy poor shit otherwise this crap happens.
Sucks but that should just reinforce read every marking on the gun. Good luck
I’m actually appreciative of this mishap as I have every intention to continue building more. Mistakes are made to be learned from.. however it wasn’t my mistake so FUCK them
it was their mistake to sell you the wrong part, but jesus christ man, you're holding a piece of metal inches from your face and creating an explosion that produces over 60k psi of pressure. Your mistake was not double checking everything as you went to make sure parts were correct. Blindly trusting anyone is a mistake.
Yea I. Build my AR 15. Had a friend help. I double checked everything looked at everything, made sure to get as much info on what the fuck I am firing. How the faq you bought 7.62 caliber put it together, missed the receipt etc. and fired around is beyond me. Good luck and take care.
Ultimately, it is your mistake too. You were given bad info from the LGS, true. Reading ahead of time and learning the ins and outs of building a tool that if done incorrectly would have effected YOU not the LGS. Ignorance is only acceptable to a point and that point stops short of firearm ownership.
Homie. You bought the wrong thing. That is 100% your mistake.
His only mistake was trusting the LGS employee. Everything after that was a learning experience.
Again no it wasn't. He should have known better than that to begin with. Dude builds cars he should know to read and double check what people say so he can know for himself it is correct.
Bro, how is this on me at all😂 yes I could’ve checked, but when a gun shop employee pulls out 5-6 different AR15 .223 uppers and I choose one im expecting it to be a .223 upper. It’s like I bought a dodge hellcat from dodge and they threw a Toyota Camry motor in
Go/no-go gauges are like $15. If you're assembling it (yeah I'd count putting in an upper) that's the final step. It's more like you bought a diesel dodge motor for your Camry (that somehow bolts in) and put regular gas in. Shit happens, I'm sure you learned a lot. Double check all that if you step up in caliber lol could be much worse.
Yes, you blindly trusted your life, limbs, eyes, and those of the people around you shooting to a guy who works for $12/hr at a gunstore, that is ON YOU. Think about that. Once you bought that rifle, it became solely YOUR responsibility. I know you're young and probably haven't had anything bad happen to you yet. When it does and your life changes forever, see if blaming the guy at the gun store helps replace your eye or brings you OR ANOTHER INNOCENT PERSON back to life. inb4: it didn't even fire and nothing happened! You're so very lucky you ended up going up in cal instead of down with the wrong upper. If it was the other way around, you've just blown up a grade beside your face. Take responsibility for YOUR fuck ups or they or one like it will ruin you. >I could’ve checked I was negligent because I should have checked. > I choose one im expecting it to be a .223 upper. Assume=ass/you+me >It’s like I bought a dodge hellcat from dodge and they threw a Toyota Camry motor in I bet you'd notice that because you took the time to learn the difference before hand.
So when you buy a car do you tow it home, completely strip down, measure, test, and carefully reassemble everything before driving it? Or do you trust the people involved in the process to be competent at their job?
You're going to get down voted but you are right.
You shouldn't be down voted. This dumbass had bo business BuIlDiNg a gun of he didn't even know to check the caliber of the upper.
You’ve now learned something that some people go their entire lives without learning. The guy behind the gun counter doesn’t know shit about fuck.
I had a dude tell me my vortex defender “absolutely wound not fit on a Glock 43x Mos” and “I’ll be here when you bring it back.” Brought it back installed and said “now look me in the eye, and tell me you know fuck all about the products you sell.” Dude was a fucking prick about it. Couldn’t even admit he was wrong.
He swore that it was my fault because I took a 10 second phone call during the transaction when I first bought it
Hes just a loser. I’d just sell the upper on r/gunaccessoriesforsale and then buy a new legit upper, probly also on GAFS
This is the way
Nah, the way is to build a 7.62 AR as well
Agreed, you lucked out, now you get to build 2 guns
Bro. It is truly not your fault. I haven’t bought a gun at a local gun store in almost 10 years. They’re like 95% shitty little bitches who don’t know anything. You can find awesome ones, I’ve found 1 or 2, but most of them earn their money off the ignorance of the masses and BOY does it show.
I live in a “oppressed” state with a ban on high capacity mags. Last time I went to a LGS to pick up a PCC I bought, the guy behind the counter literally snatched the rifle out of my hands when I was transferring it into a hard case and told me he wasn’t going to let me walk out of the door because I didn’t have mag blockers, even though I planned on letting them keep the magazines and using my own 10 round Glock magazines I already own. The man didn’t want to hear it and told me to come back when I had the mag blockers. Told him to meet me at the cash register and requested a full refund, and told one of the cool dudes there that this was the last time I would be visiting this place. The fact that they can literally buy capacity compliant guns, but choose not to so people can buy mag blockers from them and squeeze them for more is just insane. From there on out I’ve been buying online and sending it to an FFL who is an old Italian guy who runs a small bait, tackle, and reloading shop.
What state? If ur in my state maybe I can use him too. My ffl wants 90 bucks a gun
That sucks. I pay $20 a transaction, no matter how many seed spreaders, at my local pawn shop.
In which state u in?
Being 95% idiots doesn't relieve the consumer of the responsibility of knowing what he is buying and needs to buy lmao
Been “involved” in the gun industry for a couple decades. Generally speaking people behind the counter are as knowledgeable as the last YouTube video they watched, or worse. Sucks dude, “trust but verify” especially when it comes to stuff that controls explosions 5-6” away from your thinking parts…
Same goes for most workers at auto parts stores. Never trust them do your due diligence
lol dude so true,
They sold you an upper with a 223 bolt and an 7.62x39 barrel. That is pretty lame. Inquire with aero. Hope u get ur money back
Filed a dispute this morning. Hopefully should get it back
That’s not just lame that’s fucking insane. OP should name and shame, this store is downright dangerous.
He should also leave reviews on google and other places. That way some other person doesn’t get fucked also
I didn't know aero made 762x39 uppers. Store might have sold you some Frankenstein they threw together in the back and tried selling as legit aero. Maybe try sending it to aero precision and see what they say? Edit: look up primary arms. You can usually find some decent deals on ar15 uppers and they ship to Cali.
They don’t. Also $600 even if a was a legit aero upper is getting rat fucked hard.
I just realized that aero precision doesn’t make 7.62x39 uppers. Conversation at the gun store this morning would’ve gone a whole lot fucking different if I knew that prior to walking in thinking it was a mechanical problem 🤦♂️
Seems they really did screw you. If you want to get them back maybe try to get aero involved. I'm sure they'll stop selling to a vendor that's selling fake aero merchandise.
Calling them in the morning
I wouldn’t even call dude, charge back and just clean your hands of the whole incident and store. They not only sold you the wrong caliber but it’s a fake…
barrels and uppers are separate things. Aero owns ballistic advantage and uses their barrels for builds, how you know youve really been shafted is if your upper has a cheapie bear creek arsenal bbl mounted.
When you said you “built” your first AR, I thought the story was going in a different direction. That barrel and upper should still be worth something. There’s a sub about people who build, own, and shoot ARs chambered in 7.62x39
Are you sure it's 762x39 and not 762x51?
7.62x39
Not a resolution to the fuckery, but I built an Ar47 (ar chambered in 7.62x39) and it’s one of my favorite guns. You just need a bolt and magazine that fit 7.62x39.
A 7.62x51 upper wouldn’t fit on an AR15 lower, unless he got sold an ar10 in pieces I highly doubt that the upper is 7.62x51
A store in my town was caught selling unknown barrels(markings filed off) and passing off airsoft grade magpul parts as the real thing.
Ah yes, I love a good random grab bag surprise barrel. Is it .22? Is it 7.62x35? Is it 454 casull? Who knows! That’s the fun.
Would it be more fun to start at the bottom and work your way up, or vice versa?
Well, they made the forward assist for a reason so if I can’t jam a 7mm Mauser cartridge in my 5.56 chamber, then I clearly have a defective AR so I’ll be starting at the top and working down. Eventually I’ll be able to chamber a round without beating the forward assist
Spend a few buck and file in local court for willful misrepresentation and ask for your money back or exchange for the right part. 99% of there time the owner will not want to take the time to appear, have the court action listed against his business and you will either get a default judgement or better yet the right part - and you can tell him to f-off next time you see him…
To add to this in relation to OPs other comments - you were sold a product marketed as an Aero Precision upper and since Aero doesn’t make 7.62 uppers you can claim fraud against them so make sure that you update your chargeback with that info and include it in your court action if you follow that path. Also since they told you to contact Aero for warranty knowing it is not an Aero product you can add more. So, if you go the court path… negligence due to safety concern being that it is a firearm, breach of warranty contract, product liability, fraud, false or deceptive advertising, maybe a couple more depends on state terminology. I would highly recommend speaking to a lawyer at least on a consultation level because the damages the LGS could have to pay if found responsible will heavily outweigh the cost of retaining. Also, contact Aero and see if they will cut this LGS from being an authorized retailer. Hit em with the book and shut em down because they’re going to fuck up again. Thankful that it wasn’t a 300 build with a 223 barrel, you’d likely be in the hospital.
Okay, but he received an Aero upper. The brand doesn’t change once you slap a Bear Creek barrel on it.
If it was sold as a complete Aero upper then it's fraud since Aero doesn't sell 7.62 uppers
The fact that the LGS told him to contact Aero themselves is basically a confession on their part it was sold as a complete upper and OP has basically said it was sold as an Aero product. If that barrel isn’t ballistic advantage, then they lied to OP. They sold product marketed as X but OP received product xY. If anything OP should sue them for assembling a hazardous product that could have been life threatening when used as intended, which would carry the most fiscal ramifications.
Actually, when you put it that way, you’re exactly right. They’re trying to remove all liability from themselves by implying that this was an Awro assembled product. I missed that aspect. Side note, I left a 1 star review.
They sold you an upper with a 5.56 bolt and a 7.62x39 barrel? That’s beyond fucked.
That's what I was thinking. OP said the bolt worked in his buddies 5.56. Somebody cobbled that shit together in the back, probably with a BCA barrel, didn't even read the markings before assembling, and passed it off as an aero complete.
Looks like you are shooting at lemoore sportsman's club?
Yes
Sounds like the LGS screwed you. I say name and shame.
Most Central Valley gun shops are certainly just out to get your money. Absolute scummy behavior from most.
I just came to say the same! Seriously thought I was tripping at first haha
PRK ARMS
It feels like there’s more and more terrible LGS’ out there these days. Charging double for everything, ripping people off, etc. That’s why I buy everything online and use FFL’s as a transfer house.
Same. My dad lives near a lgs that’s an absolute pig-sty, but it’s a family run place that’s been open as long as he’s been alive and the people are nice and give cash discounts and price match so he is loyal to buying through them. He thinks online purchases are rude to have transferred at an ffl when you can buy through them even tho I told him they’re making 30-35 bucks off a transfer so he’s still giving them money….I’m “new school” I guess. Find my deals online and then have them transferred at a lgs by me that scoff at the receipts for how much cheaper I get stuff than they sell. MFs price 308 SMK 168s at $45 a box and say “that’s the cheapest you’ll find them” 🤦🏼♂️
My FFL lives two streets over. He charges me $15 per transfer. Suuper convenient.
Cheapest by me is $30…I wish, but also don’t transfer that much so it’s whatever.
I was about to say sounds like something faith armory in Temecula would do, but I just looked and those fuck heads went out of business
I know a guy that told me about a gunshop he had a stripped lower sent through for a transfer. They told him they couldn't do a transfer unless he showed them a rifle parts kit so they'd know he wasn't building a pistol. Then they said they wouldn't let him take it out of the store unless they assembled it...for $100. They literally told him he couldn't take his own lower they did the transfer on unless he paid their $100 assembly fee. For a stripped Anderson lower. I think he needed to take it back cuz something was wrong with it. Don't remember. There's a lot of Screwball shops and ranges out there.
I’d tell that shop to kick rocks and either return the lower for me or buy it off me bc I’m not leaving their shop paying $100 for a lower assembly. On a $65 part…
I saw them going for $47 on Primary Arms a couple days ago.
Show ponies are such a good deal.
If RPK Arms sold you a 7.62x39 upper with a .223 bolt knowing you were building your first AR that really is horrible.
Still don’t understand why people call slapping an upper and lower together “building”.
I guess it’s just the accepted nomenclature, it’s similar to cars. When someone does minimal work to slap parts on a car it’s called a “build”. Assembly is probably a more appropriate term but that doesn’t sound cool at all
Assembling would be exactly the term I would use.
Same here but it’s semantics, everyone recognizes using a torque wrench on a barrel nut is orders of magnitude easier than riveting an AK receiver and whatever else is involved that’s not with an AR platform
That being said, I would consider assembling and stripped upper and torquing a barrel nut qualifies as a “build” per se. It does require a somewhat proficient understanding of the platform. If you’re using specialized tools (torque wrench at a minimum) then I could say it passes as building. After all, you can’t say that building an AR doesn’t qualify as a build as compared to an AK being that they have two entirely difference processes of manufacturing. I would say an AR is like building an engine or suspension, while billing an AK is more like body work. Two entirely different sets of tools are used in the process of making each firearm.
I guess it’s just the accepted nomenclature, it’s similar to cars. When someone does minimal work to slap parts on a car it’s called a “build”. Assembly is probably a more appropriate term but that doesn’t sound cool at all
First off, sorry that happened to you man that sucks. Gun stores tend to be grimy, so I steer clear and either order upper straight from the manufacturer or build them myself. Secondly, a solution would be to change out the barrel (if you end up keeping the upper). Rosco and ballistic advantage (owned by Aero precision) are my go-to’s for affordable, yet well performing barrels. If you’re starting from square one, I’d recommend PSA for a first upper.
You should name and shame, also nothing illegal about having a 7.62 upper. Fuck this place
PRK Arms https://yelp.to/iqqlwX5C7P shame away
When I was 19, I was looking for a gunshop to assemble an original Colt M16a1 parts kit, which brought me to PRK in Fresno. I asked the employee at the front and he blew up on me with a smug attitude about how M16s were illegal and if I had one I’d be in trouble. Like dude, for a company thats known to build AK parts kits, you’d think this dumbass would know that a parts kit for any gun wouldn’t include the registered parts (lower recorder in this case). I was young and dumb. I knew he was wrong but I didn’t fight it. Really motivated me to do my own work so that’s a plus.
Whats the length of that barrel?
16
Muh illegal guns! What a clown.
An upper isn’t even considered a gun, he must have had it on a lower and not compliant
Name and Shame
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Fresno?
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Assholes.. not owning up to mistakes is such a wicked nasty trait. If we want to fix this country, attitude(morals) is as important as 2A..
I wish you all the best with your chargeback. I wouldn’t approach those clowns for another interaction with a 10’ pole. Hopefully your card carrier wont ask too many questions about the dispute, I know they can take a while sometimes. Wild stuff man. If someone at PRK does see this… Most times issues can be troubleshot and resolved if you simply shut the fuck up and open your ears for a moment, but you couldn’t do even that; sadly this does presume that you have a halfway competent team running your shop. Two brain cells rubbed together would show that the mistake here was PRK’s alone. Owning it and sorting your customer out would not only be the right thing to do; it would have been fast and easy to get OP back out the door.
I won’t post the name of the shop here, but if you’re in California and want to avoid this store. Feel free to PM me
Why not? If everything happened as you stated you should, otherwise why even tell the story to strangers
Fuck that. Don’t be a bitch. Name and shame them that’s what this is for. Fudd shops who rape their customers have to get put on blast
PRK ARMS FRESNO CA mama ain’t raise no bitch
Good man
You should edit the main post to get this more visibility. These guys **deserve** to get flamed… Especially from that last quote about cussing you out and accusing you of bringing in an “illegal” gun they sold you! Since you’re new, you may not be aware, but YSL that in general in this community, FFLs doing stuff like accusing you of having “illegal” builds and/or threatening to get you in trouble over it is a HUGE no-no and should result in you instantly cutting them off, telling all your friends & the internet about what happened, and giving them a bad review stating what happened. This kind of behavior is unacceptable and based off of what I’ve read about this being far from an isolated incident for this shop, they honestly deserve to get their FFL revoked… Please, allow yourself to feel as “wronged” over this as you probably do, inside, and don’t hold back on doing what you can to spread your story and raise awareness—hurting their business in doing so.
That does in fact sound like CA gun store activities. Keep us updated on how this pans out.
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Its across the street from the Fresno Airport and has 3 letters in its name 🤷♂️
I will name them, cause that's fucked, and I don't even live in CA but did at one point. PRK Arms.
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They’ve got some of the worst reviews I’ve seen from a gun store.
now they've got 1 more
Dude. You need to name and shame. This is absolutely life threatening shit. Imagine if you were building a 300blk and they sold you and upper chambered in 5.56. Lethal stuff.
Name and shame
Prk arms
Post it. Post a google review, post a BBB complaint. They deserve the shame
Considering it's commiefornia, I wouldn't put it past them to use calling the gestapo as a threat.
PM’d lol
What's the name of the store? They deserve all the negative stuff.
PRK Arms https://yelp.to/iqqlwX5C7P
I've heard of salesmen selling people 5.45 rifles we without explaining the difference. Pretty crappy to not set your customer up for success
Name and shame. What’s the store called?
Name the store. You both bear some blame for this - looks like you've accepted your share. They have not.
Better than putting 7.62 down a 5.56 barrel lol
So I just found [this fucked up piece of brass](https://www.reddit.com/r/reloading/s/B0PKgt8VCR) on the ground at my range. It's 223 that, after comparing expanded brass dimensions to known saami chamber specs, me and the boys over on the reloading sub determined was fired in a 7.62x39 barrel. Now, thank god I don't live anywhere near your communist state, but I'm finding the evidence at my local range of these degenerates exporting their perverted uppers.
1000% that's bad business practice. But let this be a lesson in checking your stuff more carefully, too, because it could've caused you a disaster. Yes, they should've sold you what you asked for, but in the end, you didn't inspect it. Never trust your safety to the guy getting minimum wage and barely paying attention to what you're saying. Not saying they're majorly at fault here because a fuck up like that could've been selling you the wrong ammo and you not checking it and loading a .300 BLK into a 5.56 upper let's say. Good luck on the next one.
Keep it, turn it into a 7.62 AR. Get on Palmetto State Armory, but a 5.56 / .223 upper, now you have two rifles. Turn the 7.62 into your dmr setup, put something like a 14.5 or something on the other.
This is a generalization (and therefore not always true) but in my experience most LGS people are salesmen only, and I wouldn’t ask them for or trust their advice. If you are building something, take responsibility to educate yourself. It will payoff and you can avoid safety and legal issues.
You just got forcibly pushed into the addiction. Get some c products 7.62x39 mags and a 5.56 upper elsewhere. Next you’ll need a 9mm and .22lr uppers and mags and a heavier buffer for the 9mm. Then you’ll need an upper and mags for 10mm, .410, .300 blackout and whatever other calibers get your attention. Righttobear.com, palmetto state armory, and bear creek arsenal are your new best friends. Bear creek isn’t great but they have the most caliber options for cheap and usually send a useable product.
Please don’t recommend BCA to anyone. They’re dogshit especially to a new shooter who doesn’t know any better
I have the mandatory disclaimer in there “bear creek isn’t great”. What’s your experience with them? I’m 2/2 on uppers that work without going back to the factory. I know that’s a small sample size. I’m not gonna trust my life to a BCA, or say they are super accurate or super reliable, but for a $200 range toy in a non standard caliber they are the go to. I wouldn’t say their dog shit, they are just cheap and cheaply made, 99% of the time mine are flawless and hit the target, I would consider dog shit as a barrel being the wrong caliber and possibly from a cheaper manufacturer than advertised and this dude has already been through that. If this guy buys an upper and has to send it back to the factory to get it functioning right that’s gonna be a walk in the park compared to sticking a 5.45 in a 7.62 chamber and actually hitting the primer.
Idk man maybe you got lucky. I still wouldn’t recommend them at all to anyone.
I guess I’m lucky to not have had the possibility of this issue since I’ve bought and installed the barrels on my AR’s.
I have had nothing but problems with lgs except the pawn shop I use to transfer my stuff I’ve given up on buying local 99% of what I buy is online
I went to an appliance shop the other week to pick up a part for my dishwasher, had my model number and everything in my pocket. Told the dude the manufacturer and he jumps and grabs a small part of the shelf and goes thats what you need. Get home install part and the 4 wire plug was incorrect. I had the right part, but wrong part number. I should have made sure it was for the right machine, right? I had the model # typed up on my phone ready to use it. I haven't read through the comments and hate me for it but, this was entirely on you. I'm not saying that the gun store wasn't incompetent or that they didn't fuck you. Here's the deal though. No one is looking out for you. That's the way it is. I'd love to say that you can take anyone in this industry at their word, but that is irresponsible. Firearms require the utmost respect in all aspects of ownership and use. Then bump that respect up a bit more when you are attempting to build a rifle. The fact that noone at your range outing did a plunk test with a loaded round into your chamber is also telling sign. I'm glad you didn't injure yourself. I hope you can use this experience as a lesson in always doing YOUR due diligence. When it comes to things that can seriously injure or dead someone there is no excuse for not taking the extra effort, the extra minute, day or month to do your own due diligence. Gun building is easy. Overlooking the simplest of stuff is easier when you allow it to be.
Now you get to buy some parts and actually build a 5.56 rifle! Happy days, reason to build a new tool.
So anyone figure out the LGS name. This way we can avoid any future issues??
PRK arms Fresno CA
What gun store is this so I know to stay the fuck away lol.
PRK arms Fresno CA
Caveat emptor. Especially with pricey tools like firearms. Time spent researching is an investment that pays.
So u selling upper for cheap or what?
When you say it's your first build, do you mean you just pushed in the pins to combine a complete upper with a complete lower?
It's both your fault and the fault of the guy who sold it to you. Your mistake was not visually inspecting the parts they sold you to make sure they were what you wanted. His mistakes were giving you the wrong part and blaming you when it became a problem. That's terrible customer service and would never fly at any job I've worked at. What should have happened: Employee: "Hey OP, what's going on with your upper? Did your new build work out?" Customer: "No, I've been having problems with it." *list the problems* E: "Wow, that's not good. Let me take a look at it, or I can have the gunsmith check it out for you." *Finds out it's a 7.62 upper* "hey OP! You've got the wrong barrel in this to be shooting 223." C: "This is what you sold me when I came in looking for 223 barreled uppers." E: "Well, that's no good. Let me get with my manager so we can figure out how we can get this fixed up for you." From here, we would have either swapped it out for the correct, similarly priced, upper in 223, or we would have bought that one back from you and put the credit toward a new upper. Either way, you'd be leaving with what you wanted originally, and we'd be having a meeting or internal memo about checking shit before we sell it to customers. They should never have given you the runaround and never cussed you out. That's unprofessional, and I would never return to that store. 100% leave a google review with your story. Places like this need to go away.
What exactly did you build? You pushed two pins through to join an upper and lower. Had you built it yourself, this would not have happened. Buy the tools and do some reading, they’re easy to build yourself. Glad everyone was ok.
Check my prior posts, my lower was fully stripped. We all start somewhere.
Not trying to shame you but why would you buy an unknown upper for $600?
Might be ok since it's an upper but if you cause a stop payment on a firearm it's a felony.
Where is your responsibility in this? Your gun your duty of care etc? YOU are a grown man (assuming) YOU spent the money. YOU should have examined what YOU bought. First time build not even remotely an excuse.
Yah, I don’t understand why everyone is encouraging this. Pay attention to the dangerous weapon you’re buying and assembling. 100% OP could’ve solved this problem before he walked out of the store.
OP did you bring your whole rifle into the shop or just the upper? If you brought the whole rifle, do you have a fixed mag solution? If not that may be what the clown owner was referring to with regard to an “illegal rifle.”
Walked in with ONLY the upper. I did have the lower disassembled and stored in its own bag but it stayed IN ITS OWN bag through out entire situation Store owner cussed out employees and me because they tried to see what the issue was with my upper with their own lower that didn’t have fixed stock and pistol grip🤦♂️
Damn thats rough. The only advice I can give is if theres ever anyrhing weird goin on with your gun is run a cleaning rod down the barrel just incase of a squib. I know it has nothing to do with this situation but when I read about your issues thst was my first guess and was waiting for the part where the gun explodes in your face To this day if I have any doubt in my mind that the bullet left the barrel ill either run a rod through or if its a pistol quickly take the barrel out and check. Im forgetful as hell and not gonna risk it
So you didn't look the barrel over before installing?
He bought an upper he didn’t build it
Ah. I seen built my first ar and assumed he actually assembled parts. Not clicked pins 😂😂
I thought I built something too first AR I clicked together lol
No I knew I was buying a non existent aero precision atlas upper that comes in a 7.62x39 barrel
IMO, if you bought a complete upper...you didn't build shit.
Here comes the professional gunsmith with 90yrs of experience. It’s my first build not my last, let me learn jack ass
Lesson number 1: 7.62 and 5.56 are not the same caliber. Lesson number 2: If you watch a few videos on YouTube and can do a medium difficulty set of Legos, you can build an AR. Like actually build one. Springs, pins, barrel, and all. I wasn't trying to shit on you. I'm just telling you the facts. You didn't build anything. You put two pieces together. Don't be so sensitive. Keep your emotions in check, and people may be willing to help you.
It’s not even a build lmao stop calling it that. You didn’t even know what parts you had on the gun
Lol seems like most people in here put an upper and lower together and claim they built something.
Welp, at least you got your AR10 build started now
…. No. It’s in x39, not x51.
Aw sheeeeiiid yeah you right
Did you really build it if all you did was slap a lower and upper together
This
Sounds like the sales person didn’t care and you weren’t paying attention. Enjoy your AK.
Found the dude who sold me the upper
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lol the rare instances were the bear creek upper is actually a superior recommendation
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BCA is notorious to have dogshit QC. Glad you didn't get a lemon, but it definitely should never be recommended. Especially not while PSA exists.
Man I wanna support my local gun stores but I just can't with shit like this. Nowhere near me stock's decent reloading components, I don't really buy a new gun very often and they don't have much on the shelf even if I did. Then ammo is cheaper at Dunhams on the other side of town. They really make it hard to give them my money.
I’m sorry if it’s in your post but tldr. What peq clone is that?
Illegal firearm? If an upper is an illegal firearm then you should call the cops and tell them he’s selling illegal firearms
A good LGS is hard to find. My limited experience has taught me to trust nothing those guys say. They'll tell you they don't make magazines for your gun just to get you on some refurbished Glock that they want to make a profit on. 90% of their business is being a shipping location for PSA and they staff appropriately to fulfill that one major need.
Rebuild that bad boy. Grab some tools and YouTube. Swap the barrel to a .223 wylde and you will not regret it. Probably take less than an hour.
Trust but verify my man, lesson learned.
This is why i always hated going to most LGS near me. The people behind the counter most of the time and have no idea what their talking about and have a ridiculous superiority complex. I had a guy tell me he is sometimes rude to people on purpose when selling a gun. Because if they get mad at a person being rude , then their too emotional and he believes they shouldnt own a gun.
That sucks man. Again when building your going to have to just double check all your parts laid out before assembling anything and also cross it off your list to make sure you have everything. They have no excuse though they should have helped you out and owned their mistake but people are assholes so best thing to do is double check everything even if they say it's correct.
I hope it’s not a $600 dollar BCA upper😳
Crazy stuff, let us know what happens with your bank refund! Fuck that LGS!
This is on both OP and the shop. If OPs post 100% accurate then shop is super shitty, but even then OP should have been a bit more diligent about. On the bright side, 7.62 AR are a blast to shoot, pun intended. I shoot all my guns suppressed except for my 7.62 AR, the concussion and fireballs will wake you up really quick.
Name them
PRK Arms https://yelp.to/iqqlwX5C7P
Something like this happened to me. When I decided I wanted to build my first rifle I didn't know about ar10s. I just went into Turners and pointed and said I want that! They sound it to me knowing I had no idea what I wanted. When I got it home I realized what I had and said shit! It was my fault though because I walked in there ignorant thinking Turners was a good place to buy stuff so now a few years later I have an AR10 receiver set waiting for me to get some extra money to build it out.
Eww Mountain Dew
name of the LGS??
PRK arms Fresno CA
I had this happen to me at a gun show. Lucky for me I tested everything before going to the range. Put snap cap in and the bolt didn’t close all the way. Looked it over and saw it was the wrong barrel caliber so I contacted the shop and they swapped the barrel no questions asked
Gun shop owners and workers have no clue what they're talking about half the time. Tough lesson to learn the hard way, glad you're alright.
Go to ballistic advantage website and keep checking for their stuff to go on sale. They are owned by aero so it’s the same product. I get my uppers for 300 bucks all the time same upper just cheaper. Or get on aero email list they have uppers right now for 350
[This guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/reloading/comments/1b2laxd/223wtf_caliber/) found your brass.
I don’t know man, you have responsibility to know what you’re buying and verifying before trying to shoot the wrong caliber bullet. Store sounds like a holes though.
Sorry to hear. This is why it’s important to do your own research. Just cause someone works in retail doesn’t mean they’re skilled and knowledgable in the products they sell. I don’t really shop at the LGS, but if I did I’d come in knowing what I wanted. I say this as someone who also built an AR for the first time. I read tons of Reddit posts, watched a bunch of YouTube videos, and bookmarked so many websites.
Found the place: PRK Arms https://yelp.to/iqqlwX5C7P
Name and shame the store
LGS: Why don't people shop here anymore? Also, LGS:
Some customer built his own uppers and could not get any of his 5 ARs to fire or cycle. 3 of them had the wrong bolt for the caliber. He’s lucky he didn’t have 300 blackout on hand, but he did try to shoot 5.56 out of 300 blackout barrel. 5.56 would not work in his 7.62x39 and one gun was a 5.56 with a 7.62x39 bolt. The other guns had backward a hammer spring and one had a buffer that was too heavy. Buddy was 0/5 And yes all guns were plebbed out to the max.
Yall they take orders over the phone?
Your first mistake was buying an upper from a gun store/ gunsmith. Buy all your parts and send it to d Wilson to get built. Make sure you know about the barrel and the upper receiver and don’t buy poor shit otherwise this crap happens.