SGC 9mm - Catastorphic Failure - Almost lost an eye :(

[Dangermouse]

Mine fails to feed and as such is no good for competition. The last comp I shot I missed first place because of 2 fail to feeds. That was out of 30 rounds from a clean gun using factory ammunition. Whilst on the range I was approached by two other owners who stated that they had the same issues.
I would never have paid for it if I knew it was only good for plinking.
It is away again, if when I get it back it still fails to feed I will be out of patience.

Sadly I would not recommend dealing with this manufacturer.

DM

[Stuart1976]

Wow - thanks guys a mixed bag of things indeed ........ I am lucky to have some pretty awesome rifles
But don't fancy having a "b******" in the bunch.

Can I ask .... There seems to be like mk1 - mk2 and so on..... Are the problems with the older ones that took the Uzi mags or the latest batch that have Glock mags ?
I don't want the agro of dealing with someone that doesn't deal with issues cos I get mad.....hulk mad.
:)

Regards

[Dangermouse]

Mine is a UZi mag but one of the later models - has a larger release lever than the first models.

DM

[Stuart1976]

DM
Does it fail every mag .....or say one mag in every five ....or is it a persistent offender ?

[Dangermouse]

Not every string of shots (6 in comps) but I expect to get one every 20 rounds.

I should point out that the rounds that fail to feed are damaged and therefore can not be fired and have to be destroyed.
This all adds to the annoyance, cost and takes time.

DM

[Stuart1976]

Wow....that's terrible really but no worse than some straight pull rifles I guess.
Did you try to get it fixed or talk to SGC ....what was his comments ?

I was about to ask if you wanted to sell it to me.....

[Dangermouse]

I am not prepared to discuss my dealings with SGC - at this time.

DM

[Stuart1976]

Disappointed is a understatement - the rifle was something I would really have enjoyed

[ovenpaa]

The Bradley Arms/Armalon conversion seems to be a significant improvement over the SGC, you have the expertise of Mark coupled with an Armalon barrel, the pair are a known quantity and when I spoke to Mark last he certainly seemed OK with the finished result.

Welcome to the forum Stuart1976

[Stuart1976]

Thanks mate
Much appreciated !