First of all I'm not the idiot on youtube that posted 12 videos of himself whining about sig. I'm new to these forums and I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong place or if this issue has been covered elsewhere.
Now then, I purchased a new Sig 716 yesterday with several boxes of ammo. All the ammo was expensive, brass cased ammo. I got home and broke the rifle down completely and did a extensive cleaning on the gun. Once it was complete I loaded up a mag with 5 rounds and put in the mag well with the bolt locked to the rear, I released the bolt and it went forward and chambered a round but it sounded VERY sloppy instead of slamming a round home into the chamber. In fact it didn't even fully go into battery... it almost did but it lacked about a quarter of an inch from being all the way. I then tried to manually eject a round and the bolt was completely locked/jammed into place and wouldnt move. I tried using the forward assist and put it all the way into battery but it was still locked into place and wouldn't move. I had to get a screwdriver and pry the bolt open to get the round out.
There is a guy named Spyke on youtube who was having the exact same problem as me, identical. However when he broke his rifle down and cleaned it the problem was eliminated and his rifle would manually cycle fine. Cleaning didn't do a damn thing for me.
So I tried it for the third time and of course the bolt was locked shut again. I am getting pretty ****** at this point. I throw on my hearing protection and go outside, point downrange and fire. Of course the bolt opens and ejects the case fine and locks to the rear. I then loaded up 4 more rounds into the mag, dropped the bolt and as always it sounded sloppy and weak and didn't go all the way into battery. I used the forward assist to move it up that tiny quarter inch into batter and took the safety off and squeezed the trigger putting all four rounds downrange without a single problem with the bolt locking to the rear on the last shot. The gun shot absolutely fine. I then tried a final time to manually cycle rounds and to no avail it still wouldn't and I had to pry it open again.
Can anyone please help? I love this gun and I worked very hard and paid $2100 (tax and all) for it. I really want it to perform flawless. Had anyone had this problem before? Any remedies? Any tips? Thanks in advance and sorry this was so long winded.
Now then, I purchased a new Sig 716 yesterday with several boxes of ammo. All the ammo was expensive, brass cased ammo. I got home and broke the rifle down completely and did a extensive cleaning on the gun. Once it was complete I loaded up a mag with 5 rounds and put in the mag well with the bolt locked to the rear, I released the bolt and it went forward and chambered a round but it sounded VERY sloppy instead of slamming a round home into the chamber. In fact it didn't even fully go into battery... it almost did but it lacked about a quarter of an inch from being all the way. I then tried to manually eject a round and the bolt was completely locked/jammed into place and wouldnt move. I tried using the forward assist and put it all the way into battery but it was still locked into place and wouldn't move. I had to get a screwdriver and pry the bolt open to get the round out.
There is a guy named Spyke on youtube who was having the exact same problem as me, identical. However when he broke his rifle down and cleaned it the problem was eliminated and his rifle would manually cycle fine. Cleaning didn't do a damn thing for me.
So I tried it for the third time and of course the bolt was locked shut again. I am getting pretty ****** at this point. I throw on my hearing protection and go outside, point downrange and fire. Of course the bolt opens and ejects the case fine and locks to the rear. I then loaded up 4 more rounds into the mag, dropped the bolt and as always it sounded sloppy and weak and didn't go all the way into battery. I used the forward assist to move it up that tiny quarter inch into batter and took the safety off and squeezed the trigger putting all four rounds downrange without a single problem with the bolt locking to the rear on the last shot. The gun shot absolutely fine. I then tried a final time to manually cycle rounds and to no avail it still wouldn't and I had to pry it open again.
Can anyone please help? I love this gun and I worked very hard and paid $2100 (tax and all) for it. I really want it to perform flawless. Had anyone had this problem before? Any remedies? Any tips? Thanks in advance and sorry this was so long winded.