New Scar 16S, scraping sound from spring.

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shooterintraining

Discussion Starter · Mar 20, 2015 (Edited)

I just got my Scar 16S and when I pull back on the charging handle I can hear the spring scraping/squeaking (sounds like one of those shopping cart wheels that squeak) on the guide rod. After dis-assembly, I tried it with just the spring and I can reproduce the sound from it. I looked and have not seen any rust. After running some M-Pro 7 oil on the spring and trying it again a few times, the sound persists. On videos I've seen online I don't hear this sound, so I wanted to know if this was normal, and if not is this something I can have FN replace.

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Video clip of the charging and sound:

Thanks

EDIT: Based on feedback from other members. This seems to be normal for the Scar.

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vertigosol

· #7 · Mar 20, 2015

My brand new glocks would make a squeaking sound. The spring is new and needs a few compression cycles. As the prev poster said go shoot it for a while and then see if the sound is still there

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vertigosol

· #8 · Mar 20, 2015

If your real worried you can always pick up a second recoil spring assembly. Going to cost at least 40$ to send the rifle back to FN and they may not change anything
FNH SCAR 16S Return Spring Assembly

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