James river armory M14 early with 762mm firearms receiver help, gunsmith

[393 stroker]

I have a James river armory early M14 with a 762mm firearms receiver that has problems. The firing pin slot in the receiver is to small and causes the bolt not to go back with the hammer down. There is a step in the receiver channel where the top rear of the bolt slides back and forth that caused deformation of the rear top of the bolt. The heel area of the receiver does not seem to be finished all the way. I need someone who can fix it for me. Any help will be appreciated. Thank You.

[psteinmayer]

Contact Deans. Link can be found on this forum

[M1Riflenut]

Ted Brown, look him up in the user name search and send him a message. Try Dean at DGR as well but not sure if he does receiver work on M1A's.

[PhillipM]

I'd ask over at the M14 forum. Gus Fisher and a few others are sure to know what's best. http://m14forum.com/gunsmithing/

[psteinmayer]

If Dean's doesn't do M14 stuff, then try Shuff's Parkerizing.

[ncmc47]

Doesn't it have a warranty? Seems like it should be covered under manufacturing defects. Thanks
Steve

[Ltdave]

Ted Brown is at Shooters Den in oregon...

top notch guy...

[Ted Brown]

Thanks for the good mention guys, but I have worked on some 7.62 Firearms receivers before and I don't choose to do any more. Like some Armscorp receivers, they were too far out of spec and just caused me a lot of grief. I need to add them to my disclaimer in my web site about those things I don't work on along with Entreprise Arms and Chinese guns.

Right now I only work on LRB Arms, Springfield Armory, Fulton, SEI, and Rock-Ola. I will occasionally work on Armscorp, but they require careful inspection to determine their acceptability. I also do work on government M14 rifles. This policy has saved me a ton of trouble.

[Dean-DGR]

Thank you for recommending DGR, but I have to say I agree with Ted's comments regarding not being interested in that type of work. Thanks...Dean-DGR

[cplnorton]

I would contact 7.62 firearms and ask him to warranty it. I also think he should have a warranty on it. He's a former Marine so I would hope he would make it right. Also to add a lot of the early 8.62 firearm receivers had problems. I remember seeing a lot of it on the m14forum several years back.