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Galil failed on me :(, getting rid of it

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White Israelite:
Well, my Galil failed on me. After only a few hundred rounds, the things bursting casings and I lost headspace on it. Used a nogo guage and field guage and it swallows it up.

I sent the rifle out to Colorado and it turns out that the bolt lugs are deforming, it looks like the manufacturer didn't heat treat this area and the uzitalk forums are claiming this is a common problem.

What's worse, the manufacturer (American company Ohio Rapid Fire) who makes the receiver is blaming the Israeli parts claiming that they need to be filed down or machined to fit his out of spec receiver. I shouldn't have to machine anything, his receivers are not in spec. Basically the way the lugs are deforming and headspace being lost, the damn thing could have blown up in my face over time. The gun smiths are welding the bolt lugs which they claim will be able to get about 2000 rounds or so before it starts to go bad again. I'm really pissed off and thinking of selling this thing as parts and demilling the reciever.

I'm going to be buying a new rifle hopefully soon, a Czech VZ-58. My girlfriends offering to assist me with this financially.

If anyone wants to buy a Galil, avoid any garbage by Century Arms or Ohio Rapid Fire, they are not TRUE Galils, the receivers are made in US and out of spec. The only way to get a "true" Galil is via IMI which are banned for import so you have to fork out 3000 dollars for them.

What a waste for a peice of [censored] paperweight.

Americanhero1:
How much to fix?

White Israelite:

--- Quote from: Americanhero on September 26, 2008, 04:17:28 PM ---How much to fix?

--- End quote ---

The bolt lugs aren't really fixable, the receiver basically pounded it's self to death on lockup. What they can do is weld them and set the barrel back slightly. I'm calling my gunsmith to find out more details. I will be posting a video on youtube showing how the cases are bursting, the gas port was also too big which was causing too much pressure and causing the casings to bounce off the dust cover and stovepipe in the gun. That issue's been fixed, but the bolt lugs themselves aren't really fixable and I have no idea what the cost of heattreating this thing would be.

Americanhero1:
Good luck

FULL METAL JACKET:
Well this is no surprise, ask any IDF soldier who has ever been fielded with this weapon and they will tell you its garbage. IDF soldiers hate it with a passion.

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